Nearly everything about this pregnancy and birth were different to my first Amy SwannJune 12, 2025second birth, Premature rupture of membranes
Hypnobirthing allowed us to be so much more confident during labour Amy SwannJune 12, 2025family birth centre, tens machine, gas, first baby
George was born in the water after only 33 minutes of pushing Amy SwannJune 12, 2025private midwife, tens machine, family birth centre, gas, waterbirth
I am now looking into becoming a Hypnobirthing practitioner myself Amy SwannJune 12, 2025waterbirth, second birth
We have recommend hypnobirthing to everyone we talk to Amy SwannJune 12, 2025epidural, tens machine, gas
"You’ve run 30 kms and done all the hard work! You’ve got 10 kms to go...” Amy SwannJune 12, 2025prodromal labour, induction, stretch and sweep, tens machine, waterbirth, gas, family birth centre
WE USED OUR 'BRAIN' TECHNIQUE AND PLANNED OUR INDUCTION Amy SwannJune 12, 2025IUGR, induction, first baby
The paramedics arrived with just three minutes to spare Amy SwannApril 18, 2025first baby, accidental homebirth, homebirth
I really needed to focus inward and switch off from everything Amy SwannJuly 26, 2023homebirth, waterbirth, physiological third stage, first baby
I remember walking around eating snacks saying I could not believe I just gave birth – I felt great! Amy SwannApril 3, 2023physiological third stage, prodromal labour, second birth
I've walked out of birth feeling like a total rockstar. I am beyond proud of how in control I was Amy SwannFebruary 28, 2023waterbirth, family birth centre, encaul, physiological third stage, first baby
I would always joke about how my pain threshold is pretty much non existent Amy SwannNovember 14, 2022family birth centre, physiological third stage, waterbirth, first baby
The caesarean was a beautiful experience because I had a back up birth plan just in case. Amy SwannOctober 20, 2022big baby, emergency caesarean, family birth centre, gestational diabetes, posterior, first baby
A Dad's perspective - I didn’t doubt for one second that Juliette could do this Amy SwannAugust 30, 2022family birth centre, waterbirth, first baby
My midwife told me that I had gone from 4cm to 10cm in an hour Amy SwannAugust 8, 2022waterbirth, family birth centre, first baby
I could hear talks in the room of how big he was. He hit the scales at 5.25 kg Amy SwannJuly 5, 2022big baby, VBAC
I felt this immense rush of love and happiness having so many women around / Gabby Amy SwannJune 15, 2022waterbirth, family birth centre, first baby
We never expected to be delivering our own baby, let alone having a breech vaginal birth / Jenelle Amy SwannMay 24, 2022breech, accidental homebirth, homebirth, family birth centre, first baby
After taking time to think what was right for baby and me, we requested a Caesarean / Kristal Amy SwannApril 21, 2022induction, emergency caesarean, big baby, first baby