The birth of Zen

Here is a beautiful birth story from one of my Hypnobabies students:

This is the birth story of my son, he was brought into the world in the comfort of his own home in the room that he will grow up in and in the water. It all started on the peaceful starry Saturday morning, 12:30am to be exact. During this time, little did I know what was going on. I didn't get to sleep much, but that was okay, I woke up feeling rested and excited. Birthing waves came anywhere from 30, 15, to 5 minutes apart. They came very inconsistently. To help things we went for a walk. We walked through our complex where there are streams and the sound of running water. Anytime I felt a pressure wave come I grabbed onto my partner and rocked back and forth until it subsided. All the while I kept repeating the word peace in my head and listening to the running water. The birthing waves came like this for quite some time, (by this time we figured things were really happening), we called the midwife around 4ish Saturday afternoon only to find out that she thought that I needed my rest, so off to bed I went. Finally around 7pm the birthing waves became more frequent and more intense. So intense that I wouldn't let my partner leave me at all, she was attached to my back. To make a long story short our midwife showed up Sunday morning around 1am. After being checked I was almost 7 cm dilated and completely effaced. The birthing tub was my friend by this time and I never wanted to leave, unfortunately in order for things to continue progressing I needed to move around. I was taken to the shower and finally took a walk around the house. A few hours later my body decided that it wanted to push so I let it, WHAT A RELIEF!!! This went on for a while until my midwife decided to tell me that it was about time that I actually help my body push, for YAY, finally we're almost there.

By the way, this whole entire time I was under hypnosis, so what many may construe as pain, I saw it as intense pressure and I actually enjoyed it. Every so often after a pressure wave, I would reach down and could actually feel my son's head! That was the coolest thing in the world. It was so soft and fuzzy. I wasn't afraid as I've seen some women in videos be. I kept feeling his head knowing that soon he would be joining us in this big bad world!

By 7 he was starting to crown and finally 20 minutes later his head was out! My partner was behind me as I was on my hands and knees in the water, and she was doing a great job calling out the play by play as my family watched quietly, which I was completely unaware of. (This hypnobabies stuff really works!) 1 minute later out came sliding our son, my partner was able to catch him with the help of the midwife and he was passed under to me as in a football hold, but I was so tired and out of it that he got to go swimming for a second before I caught him. I tried pulling him up to me as I tried to sit up at the same time, but his cord somehow in the transition got wrapped around his neck. Finally off of his neck we laid there and looked at him as he gasped for his first breath of air. Finally he was here and we all cried and laughed and were in awe of this beautiful baby boy!
Born into this world at 7:21am, weighing in at 9lbs 6oz, measuring 22 inches long without a tear or episiotomy. Baby Z was birthed naturally without any drugs out of my medium sized 5'3" frame. I did a good job, but I couldn't have done it without the help of my darling strong partner and wife, oh and the hypnosis. This is my story as I remember it.