Hannah's epic birthcentre birth to Mateo and fast homebirth to River
The Positive Births NZ podcast - A podcast by Helen Bartrom

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"If you had asked me prior to being pregnant did I have any fears, I probably would've said childbirth" is what Hannah says early on in our chat. Fast forward to meeting her first baby Mateo, she says her first thoughts were "I can totally do this again, it was such a beautiful experience, it was doable, manageable". After witnessing an amazing video of a friend's birth she learned about hypnobirthing, so early on in her pregnancy Hannah signed up for the course. She believes it gave her the knowledge (and therefore power) of skills and tools for birth. She shares about how, during her labour, she got into the zone, stayed in the zone and the beauty of catching her baby in the water. She shares her thoughts about sharing positive stories, the high of birth and her throughs around her second pregnancy and birth. Second baby River was a very quick homebirth in just a few hours.