SOPHIA’S BIRTH
Stina taught me to accept and move forward from my first birthing experience and embrace the fact that my body would know how to birth my baby. So I did, drug and pain free at home.
Sophia arrived 11 days after her due date at home in water. Thanks to her guidance we felt confident enough to avoid induction any unnecessary medical intervention.
I was relaxed enough to have reached 5cm without really realising that I was in the early stages of labour!
When my waters broke and my surges felt stronger I called Stina and the midwives to come. I had used the Epi-no in the weeks before birth whilst listening to the Hypnobirthing visualisations and so when she was crowning I didn't feel pain, just pressure. It was magical when Sophia arrived healthy and calm in the birthing pool."
- DP, London