A happy breech birth
Dear Julia,
I apologize for the delay in my response, but it is all due to the extremely joyful circumstances of the birth of our daughter Josefina Beatrix Herm. As you might have noticed, on the day we have had our evening hypnosis last Friday I have had an extremely emotional day, during which I felt deep sorrow and shed lots of tears about the approaching prospect of ending our completely healthy pregnancy and delivering our completely healthy baby through a medical C-section, which I dreaded.
At around noon before my session with you I have also had accupuncture done to me and the day before I had ostheopathy.
I am convinced that this sequence of gentle treatments has contributed to the onset of natural labor on the next day, Saturday morning at around 6am. I have experienced a lot of joy and contentless about entering labor as I fully trusted my daughter that she prepared herself and rotated as needed and when we arrived to hospital at around 8am we have requested a thorough ultrasound of the baby’s position and an assessment on what are the safest next steps according to medical professionals. It turned out that our daughter stayed in a breech position, but the ultrasound revealed that she had rotated into a safer “V-shape” from her previous “footling position” and the medical professionals present on the hospital shift that morning all felt happy and confident to proceed with vaginal delivery.
Through the confidence of the doctors and midwifes at Asklepios, I felt equally relieved and confident to agree and proceed with natural labor. It was a speedy and thrilling experience as our daughter descended smoothly and in a relaxed way. Josefina was born very soon after everything started, bottom first, healthy and beautiful at 12:17 and she continues to impress us with her calm, gentle and determined character until now.
We were dismissed from hospital on Monday and it was indeed the most perfect birth that me, Andrew and Josefina could have hoped for, as Josefina defined her own path and timing. I am sure that our Friday hypnosis session has already been part of her relaxed arrival.
Thank you for your course, for all help and support and for becoming a part of this journey for us!
I am convinced all your contributions played a big role in how it all went.
Have a lovely day!
Kind regards,
Adela, Andrew and Josefina