I'm hoping that any of you who have had pain-free births (or mostly pain-free) will post your birth stories here. Or if you have any links to pain-free birth stories or videos you could post those too. I'll be using hypnosis for childbirth this time along and I'd like to surround myself with as many postive stories as possible. :)

I wouldn't call my last birth pain free, but it was definitely a positive experience. I knew (and could feel) that the pain that I was feeling was doing something inside my body, letting my baby come down and out in the way he needed to. The pain was there so I would focus on what was going on, and make sure that I was in the optimal situation for birthing.

Then there was his head, which felt sooo BIG and all emcompassing, but that happened so quickly, then he was here, and all the pain was gone.

Hypnobabies has a yahoo group for mamas using hypnosis and there are pain-free birth stories on there (in the files section, I think). They are great reads!

AugustLia - thanks for sharing your story. :)

Hypnobabies has a yahoo group for mamas using hypnosis and there are pain-free birth stories on there (in the files section, I think). They are great reads!

Thanks. :) I'm actually already a member of that yahoo group but my computer won't let me read those files. :( (I have a Mac with no program that can read Word files).

I had a very short active labor, there was only about 1.5 of tough contractions, but all the relaxation and water, atmosphere were very helpful. Besides a handful of transitional cxns, it was all tolerable. :)

Hi there :)
I truly don't remember DS' birth being painful at all. There were some harder contractions about 5 hours into the labor (labor was about 6 hours) but once I got into the hot tub it was SOOOO much better. I was so concentrated on his imminent arrival that I think I just looked over whatever didn't feel "good".

AugustLia - thanks for sharing your story. :)



Thanks. :) I'm actually already a member of that yahoo group but my computer won't let me read those files. :( (I have a Mac with no program that can read Word files).



I used to always use a Mac - you can get around that. Download the files, then e-mail them to yourself (I know this works if you have a yahoo mail account; if not, you can set one up). When you open your mail, there's an option to read the attachment instead of downloading it. With that, you can read the Word document right in your browser. If it's worth the trouble, that is!!! :wink

DD was painless all the way till it was time to push. Even then, I remember yelling that it was painful, but I can't at all remember the pain. After she was born (only 2 minutes of pushing) it felt like I didn't have a baby. It was so strange. She was a 10lb 5oz 22' baby. I walked all day when all I could feel was tightenings, Like my belly was hard. No pain. Walking helped me stay in "denial" so-to-speak.

DS (Liam, newest baby) was also painless. The pushing part did hurt. I have to get over that pushing part, Man! It was only 4 min. so I shouldn't complain. It has to do with fear. I was very fearful of pushing during the last two deliveries. If I can just get over that then my delivery would be painless as well. I laughed so hard during Liam's birth. Since I had ZERO pain with DD's birth my Midwife wanted to be there the moment I felt my tightings became regular. The laughing made me progress rather quickly. I wish I could show you my slide show. Its a windows proprietary issue. DH was suppose to fix that so I can share with you mamas my beautiful birth! He just said he would work on that tonight. So maybe by Monday? Watch the demo from www.birthintobeing.com There is a lady having an orgasm during her labor! Its amazing. I HIGHLY recommend all mothers about to give birth to watch this documentary.

I used to always use a Mac - you can get around that. Download the files, then e-mail them to yourself (I know this works if you have a yahoo mail account; if not, you can set one up). When you open your mail, there's an option to read the attachment instead of downloading it. With that, you can read the Word document right in your browser. If it's worth the trouble, that is!!! :wink

Thanks for the tip! :D

Thank you all for sharing your stories. Fruitful womb - how inspiring! I will check out that video clip too. :)