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Listen to Nicky tell her birth story of how she pivoted with the news that she had to have an emergency caesarean - and how Relax Into Birth had given her the tools for an easier transition to a new plan... "I’m Nicky and this is our first baby - Josephine Olivia. My husband, a… Continue reading Episode 8: Nicky and Peter’s Birth Story

Carina and Ross were not expecting to have a breech vaginal birth for their first daughter, Holly, who was born four weeks early during the COVID-19 lockdown. Watch them tell their exciting birth story in this episode... Relax into Birth is the first proudly South African Online Birth Preparation School, of international standard, teaching women… Continue reading Episode 7: Carina & Ross’s Birth Story

Kendall and Dean birthed their second baby Jackson, during the COVID-19 lockdown and found the experience to be calmer than their first birth with their firstborn son, Benjamin, who came earlier than his estimated due date. Watch them tell their birth stories in this episode... Relax into Birth is the first proudly South African Online… Continue reading Episode 6: Kendall & Dean’s Birth Story

Tertia and Mike share their home birth story of Siena, their second daughter. Their first daughter India was born in hospital. "Shortly after Susan’s arrival my waters broke on the kitchen floor - I said ‘oh shit’ & started crying again (I was not in a Zen mental space). The pool was taking forever to… Continue reading Episode 5: Tertia & Mike’s Birth Story

Pip and Josh share their New Zealand birth story and Pip shares how she overcame her extreme anxiety so that she could birth without fear - and birth without fear she did! "You couldn't have come at a better time for me as the anxiety was getting the better of me as time progressed. I… Continue reading Episode 4: Pip and Josh’s Birth Story

Dr Frances Straeuli and her husband, Dr Chris Straeuli share their birth story and the tools that helped them on their journey to meeting their baby girl Sienna Ruth. "It was a Saturday morning around 9.30 and I had just finished having some breakfast. As I got up to start my day I felt a… Continue reading Episode 3: Frances and Chris’s Birth Story

Breath is your best and most accessible tool when it comes to mental preparation and relaxation for birth. Your breath is powerful and can get you out of a fear state (the sympathetic mode) into your birthing state (parasympathetic mode), which can make your labour feel instantaneously more manageable. You want to sink into your… Continue reading Freebie: Hypnobirthing Breathing Audio

Dr Tracy Flowers (of Médecins Sans Frontières) shares her birth story. Here's an excerpt... ""As a doctor, I always imagined I would want a caesar, but then I fell pregnant and everything changed.There's no doubt that the Relax Into Birth course and the preparation really made it such a wonderful event for us. We went… Continue reading Episode 2: Tracy and Ryan’s Birth Story