Our beautiful boy was born Wednesday morning in our bed. I've never been so thrilled and exhilarated. He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. He's 8lbs 5oz, 21" long, and has gorgeous round cheeks and a head full of blond hair (I'm rather astonished to have given birth to a blond boy! I thought if we had a boy his hair would be dark. Dunno why.). Nurses great, only lost 2 oz between birthweight and the MW visit, and now my milk is in (oh boy, is it EVER in!!!) so I think we'll be back on the upswing pretty quick! Will post the whole story on the other board, but will say now it was beautiful, no harder than I wanted it to be, and that I feel 10 feet tall (great feat for a 5'0" mum!!!).
Incidentally we didn't end up using the hypnobirthing in the conventional way, I was very active (NEEDED to move) and pretty noisy, but the training was unquestionably a huge factor in how confident and strong I felt through the whole thing.
For any singers reading, I found doing vocal excercises in my low register my way to tone and keep my jaw loose. It was amazing, as soon as I figured out I should be singing, I never stopped for the rest of my 8 hour labour. The MWs enjoyed it too.
happy day!
robin
Incidentally we didn't end up using the hypnobirthing in the conventional way, I was very active (NEEDED to move) and pretty noisy, but the training was unquestionably a huge factor in how confident and strong I felt through the whole thing.

For any singers reading, I found doing vocal excercises in my low register my way to tone and keep my jaw loose. It was amazing, as soon as I figured out I should be singing, I never stopped for the rest of my 8 hour labour. The MWs enjoyed it too.

happy day!
robin