Julie - yes this was our first time birth so we feel very lucky to have had a great experience. I tried to keep active during pregnancy, walked/swam/did pilates. We also found the ante-natal classes focussed on non-pharmalogical pain relief methods which was a great help. Apart from that I did a lot of reading! I was very determined to have as natural a birth as we could and fortunately it all came together for us.
Kristi - Yep in Perth and went to the KEMH birth centre! We're really glad we chose it! Have you given birth there too?
I read Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley which I thought was great. I had this preconceived idea that the majority of doctors are against homebirth so I was really glad to read this.
The other one that stands out to me is Birth Skills by Juju (can't remember surname) - this was more focussed on having an active birth but I still found some of the techniques useful.
I basically just raided our local libraries! I read one called Birth Crisis but can't remember who it was by! Found it really interesting.
I think it's great that there are so many positive books out there - it seemed when I was pregnant people suddenly decided it would be a good time to share their negative birth experiences. Only one person shared their positive birth experience with me the whole time I was pregnant. I found reading all the birth stories on BB so helpful to get a bigger picture of the variety of different scenarios that can happen.
Thanks for sharing your fantastic story. With both my births I have wanted to have water births, DD1 I had stained waters so could not and DD2 arrived to quickly so the bath did not fill up in time. Hopefully next time I get one just like yours.
By any chance do you live in perth and go to kemh birth centre?
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Awesome, hey??
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