We’d love to introduce you to Bonnie Love Brookes, our little girl born on Tuesday 19th December at 3.58pm (exactly 41 weeks). It was a long labour of love to birth Bonnie, but we are so grateful for the tools learnt in Calmbirth that helped us stay calm, focused, and positive. I can honestly say that I enjoyed birth, and that it was a positive experience, so thank you!
Chantal’s two very different births – one during Covid in Hospital and another 2 years later at home. But what both births had in common was they were both informed, confident, prepared and empowered to advocate for themselves and not be afraid to ask questions in order to have the birth they wanted. Here are how her births unfolded….
We really did love Calmbirth. We found it so helpful, especially Jack as he really wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do to support me and he felt really confident with that after the course! Sometimes he would even just do deep breaths himself to remind me to breathe deeply, which would work without us even having to say anything. Little forms of communication like that were super helpfu
I LOVE receiving birth stories from the proud dads and hearing about what an amazing and supportive birth partner they were on the day utilising all the Calmbirth tools and ‘pressing all those oxytocin buttons’!
Our little man has arrived! He came in a hurry on the 27/10, at 38+1, after an amazing unmedicated medical induction which resulted in a 3.5 hour labour and delivery. Such a beautiful experience, and Grant was amazing and so supportive. We used many of the calm birth techniques during the labour – breathing, acupressure, visualisation and really the mindset was the key.
We didn’t have time for much else. Surrendering to what my body wanted to do was amazing, and I feel so empowered. Wishing everyone else all the best for their upcoming little arrivals – it’s so special!