Despite all of the challenges in her pregnancy and birth,Laura looks back and feels positive about her experience.

As she says "for so many they would call the birth I had traumatic or scary. For me, it was everything but that. It was beautiful because my mindset was different.”

In this episode we cover:

Laura’s birth 9 yrs ago to Oliver, who was breech so she hada planned c-section

-Indecision around type of birth during pregnancy

-Traditional Maori healing

-Time distortion in labour

-Baby Selby discovered to be breech during labour

-Ambulance transfer, placenta abruption

-Feeling safe in an emergency c-section

-Bicornate uterus, inter uterine growth restriction

-Dealing with a small baby in SCBU

If you would like to learn mindset, breathwork and relaxation tools to use in any type of birth, check out the range of options of live or recorded courses at www.positivebirths.co.nz

Know that the tools and techniques are useful for your postpartum and parenting journey too.