The Birth of Marcie - 2nd Birth at Home During COVID

Our second daughter Marcie was born on the 20th August 2020. It really was the perfect birth! I was keen on a home birth with my first daughter but was a bit nervous about the birth so opted for a hospital birth.

This time we decided to try the hypnobirthing course with Katy and we found it really informative and it left us feeling confident for a home birth so we hired a pool in the hope we could have the magical birth we wanted. I had passed my due date by a week when I started getting contractions.

We used the techniques we had learnt with Katy and after about 5 hours we called the midwives to come. The midwives pretty much left us to it other than the checks they needed to do In order to keep baby and I safe, and helped to regulate the pool temperature.

The home setting was perfect and so relaxing I was almost falling asleep between contractions! I worked with my baby and totally listened to my body, putting all the techniques I had learnt into practice. The midwives supported the last bit of delivery and I birthed our baby in the pool catching her as she came out and I guided her through the water into the air for her to take her first breath.

It really was amazing!

Without a doubt the yoga classes and hypnobirthing course made a huge difference to our birthing experience. I came out completely unscathed (no tears/no stitches) and feeling full of energy in the days to follow. I couldn’t recommend the course enough - it certainly provided us with the most perfect birthing experience.

Massive thank you to you Katy! 🙏🏼 🥰