Sarah's transformation in pregnancy and fast birth to Winnie

The Positive Births NZ podcast - A podcast by Helen Bartrom

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This story truly makes my heart sing! Sarah came into pregnancy terrified and anxious about giving birth and in 5 short weeks through attending the Positive Births hypnobirthing course did a massive 180 degree turn. She left feeling empowered and excited and her anxiety was gone. For the first time in her life she was able to use breathing as a way to help her relax and to prevent anxiety attacks. What's more when she was faced with a potentially terrifying and anxiety triggering diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis she felt she had all the tools to navigate through this. And she did! In and out of hospital from 38 weeks with the threat of induction she managed it all beautifully, even going into labour at the perfect time and birthing in the perfect way. This is a powerful story of transformation as Sarah discovered her body "knew what to do" and the fact that birth is "not this big scary thing it's portrayed to be". In fact it was the best day of her life. I'm so grateful to Sarah for sharing her story with her all and so proud of what she achieved.