I had my first appointment with my birthing coach. It was so amazing! Over the next 4weeks I will have my follow up appointments and learn the techniques that will help this baby's delivery be truly joyful and amazing event. Since there were some logisitc issues with getting to the classes I wanted to take, I am doing on online class. The birth coach is on webcam and we use a chat applet to talk. Times sure have changed since the birth of my oldest!
We talked today about my expectations for this birth, my past birth experiences, fears I have about the birth and between this week and my fourth visit with the birthing coach, she will develop an audio that will be specifically designed to address all of the things I want to experience and at the same time calm any fears that I might have over the birth.
This is so exciting for me and really brought home just how close we are to having little Allen here with us.
Because one of my fears is going into labor too early, as I have with my others, we worked on some meditation things that I can do twice a day to help with that. Although it brings no gaurantees that I wont experience preterm labor, the labor coach says that it can reduce the likelyhood of it.
I loved the one visualization/meditation that she taught me today. After basic relaxation is achieved, you start by saying "My body knows exactly when it is time for my baby to arrive." Then you picture a calendar and fix on a date on it for a "safe" delivery date. You tell yourself "My body will be a safe place for my baby to live until after December 13th." Again you picture the calendar, then you see yourself draw a red circle around the date. Then, so as to not to feel as if you are forcing that as a due date you say "Any day after December 13th is a good time for my baby to make his arrival. I trust my body to know exactly when the right time for my baby to come into this world is." Then you visualize putting X's or arrows from the date that is "safe" to the baby's actual due date.
This really gave me a feeling of empowerment over preventing preterm labor. It also quickly reduced the anxiety I had experienced over thinking it might happen. I had been rather low level anxiety because I have gone so long with out any real contractions. I had the one day where I had some, but it subsided really quickly and since then I haven't had any.
Being 31 weeks and knowing in just 6 weeks we are totally in the safe zone... I am really feeling positive that I will experience no preterm labor or preterm delivery. A nice uncomplicated last 9 weeks of pregnancy....
Now I wait for my next doctors appointment, share my birth plan with him, and hope that he has no issues with it :) My appointment day with him has been changed, so I won't have a doctor appointment update for a couple of more days instead of tomorrow...
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YAY!!!!! I am really happy you are doing this. Like I told you this morning- Autumn took that hypnobirthing thing and even with and even with an episiotomy never had drugs or acted like she needed them.
As soon as I call her I will ask her if she still has that music cd she used. You would love it. Right up your warped positive thinking alley.
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