Our doula has got us going through "The Pink Kit", which is a booklet, DVD and audio CDs which go through birthing. Primarily, the bit we are going to focus upon is the body awareness and birthing positioning parts.
Essentially, the more awareness Naomi has of her body, and principally, her pelvis and the muscles surrounding it, the more she can work with it during the birth.
So, last night (and this morning, coz we woke too early) we did some of the stuff on the DVD.
It was pretty good, although a lot of the time we were laughing at the fashion choices by some of the models/demonstrators, and the Kiwi accents didn't help much either.
"Teek a brith dipply un... and out egin....."
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SO proud of her!
I was SO proud of Naomi. She really got back into it so quickly. We had an initial 'sleep breathing' session which we both did. Very relaxing and we got into it straight away (we both continue to use this from day to day... very useful to reduce your heart/breathing rate during a triathlon!)
Anyway, then it upped a level and it was soon up to me to guide Naomi through it... so essentially, to lead her into a trance-like state. I was nervous, but it worked a treat. It was pretty amazing when Kayte (our practitioner) was asking Naomi to open her eyes, and she couldn't (a good indicator that she's in the zone).
However... it's not all as freaky as it sounds. It's really just yoga-like breathing, and confidence in your body and that it knows what it needs to do. After our first birthing experience, we're even more confident in how well it will work this time.
Anyway, then it upped a level and it was soon up to me to guide Naomi through it... so essentially, to lead her into a trance-like state. I was nervous, but it worked a treat. It was pretty amazing when Kayte (our practitioner) was asking Naomi to open her eyes, and she couldn't (a good indicator that she's in the zone).
However... it's not all as freaky as it sounds. It's really just yoga-like breathing, and confidence in your body and that it knows what it needs to do. After our first birthing experience, we're even more confident in how well it will work this time.
Hypnobirthing Refresher
Today Cory and I had our Hypnobirthing refresher session with Kayte who we did our course with during our last pregnancy.
We went through all the breathing and visualisation techniques which all came flooding back from last time once we got started. We also did a debrief on letting go of fears - so that was good as I am anxious about having another caesarian and really want to have a VBAC. It was funny though as BB#2 had been a bit quiet for the last couple of days but when I started with the breathing and relaxation it just went nuts and was kicking all over the place. I think the extra oxygen and relaxed state gives the bub energy.
We went through all the breathing and visualisation techniques which all came flooding back from last time once we got started. We also did a debrief on letting go of fears - so that was good as I am anxious about having another caesarian and really want to have a VBAC. It was funny though as BB#2 had been a bit quiet for the last couple of days but when I started with the breathing and relaxation it just went nuts and was kicking all over the place. I think the extra oxygen and relaxed state gives the bub energy.
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