Humming Tree Yoga Blog

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

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’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