My first birth wasn’t the best and I felt completely out of control, I heard myself thinking…
“I don’t understand what’s happening to me”
I had no idea how birth worked, the physiology, the science or the hormones. I had no idea how things like my surroundings and language used could affect how I birthed my baby. I definitely had no idea that I could have done so many things to prevent that feeling.
After going through this, I thought I was the only one that felt like this. I mean, I went to all of my hospital antenatal classes and appointments and assumed if there was anything I needed to know, that’s where I would be told. It was only after having my 3 babies, and talking to other mums I realised I wasn’t alone, in fact it was a lot more common than I thought. Learning this really upset me, it made me sad to see that women are birthing their babies every day and so many of them don’t understand how their body or birth works.