Humming Tree Yoga Blog

The midwives were excellent in guiding my pushing and I didn’t tear as a result. We had immediate skin to skin and delayed cord clamping. We kept her on skin to skin for a few hours afterwards and my placenta passed well without the injection.

The birth felt truly like something that belonged to me, my husband and our girl, rather than something that had happened to us.

During my second pregnancy I read more positive birth stories and birth plans than I had prior to my first birth.

How Sabena kept calm during her hospital birth using her breath, counterpressure, tens and gas and air.

A week before my due date, I’d had a fairly normal evening with a friend round for dinner then went to bed around 10pm only to wake a couple of hours later with some stomach cramps. I thought it might be Braxton hicks so I took a couple of paracetamol and got back into bed. I couldn’t get back to sleep and the cramps didn’t seem to be going away so I decided to just get up and have a bath at 1am! My husband asked if everything was alright and I told him yes and just to go bac

I would like to share my positive birth story with you as it was everything I thought I didn't want it to be, yet also the most amazing day of my life. I was told at my 20 week scan that my placenta was low meaning there was a high chance by the time of the third trimester, I would need to have a planned cesarean section. I had always wanted a low intervention, waterbirth and even during the fertility treatment I underwent to become pregnant, I had convinced myself all the me

In short, I really did have a wonderful experience with my labour, all the midwives I encountered were just fantastic and I'm so fortunate for my first labour to be as quick and straight forward as it was. I would even go as far to say I enjoyed my labour. The breathing skills you taught us really did help and got me through. I was kept informed the whole time and the midwives couldn't do enough for me - they even looked after Steve really well, he got cups of tea brought for

My waters broke on Halloween evening as I was answering the door to excited kids who were guising! One being my neighbour who asked when I was due, imminently was the answer. We called the hospital and they told us to have some food then come into the RIE. We had to put a plastic bag down in the car to catch my pooling waters, I'll never forget that feeling when I stood up after parking to them running down my legs! We got taken straight away and it turned out I had high bloo

I’m going to tell the story of the birth of Angus. It was a really positive experience and I have multiple professionals to thank for that. I was more prepared than for my first, I read hypnobirthing books, added in weekly Yogabellies classes, a couples daisy class and an online birth and baby course and did more practice of breathing and relaxation. The biggest difference between my first and second births was my mindset and my breath. These are the two most important things

I had an elective C section and I wouldn’t change a thing. We had to wait from 10 until about 3:30 because of an emergency but it was the chillest day. My husband and I could just sit and do nothing together 🥰. Then when I was brought down, we got to play our playlist over the speaker and the staff were singing along to some of the songs 🤣! My hubby was under the drape beside me, facing me with my arm across him the whole time. He got to cut the cord and get cuddles. I got

I attended Louisa’s pregnancy yoga from around 16 weeks, and cannot recommend it highly enough. It was undoubtedly a major factor in my positive birth story! After a sweep, my waters broke at home at 41+3, and very soon I was contracting every few minutes. On arrival at the birth centre, I was already 4cm, in pain and scared! The midwife told me to breathe and that’s when I remembered all the things I’d practised in yoga (breathing in for 4 and out for 8, open pelvis position