#108. Amelia's hospital induction to Basil

Amelia had never felt anxious before, but when it came to thinking about birth – anxiety was really triggered. She’d heard her mum’s 3 traumatic inductions and needed to overcome fear and change her mindset – which is what she did. Hear how hypnobirthing changed her pregnancy, helped her to find a new midwife at 36 weeks and how it stopped her spiraling when at 41 weeks baby growth dropped significantly which meant everything needed to change. Amelia talks us through her induction process, and how nothing played out the way she thought it might for her whole journey. But she remembers it “being such a positive experience, it was euphoric, I loved it, like the pushing, everything, I loved.” This is a positive induction story and is a great episode if you too might find everything changing for you, or if you’re fearful and wonder if you can overcome birth anxiety. If you too would like to learn tools to feel calm, confident and empowered for your birth check out www.positivebirths.co.nz