“It was the most exciting feeling, so powerful. I washonestly just feeling so privileged that my body could, could experience it. I had like awesome music playing and just that pushing phase was just fun.”

Anna shares with us her first birth, a c-section to Kaiden andhow she experienced postpartum pre-eclampsia, with spiking blood pressure and scary panic attacks. This impacted greatly on her early days as a mum and naturallywas a concern when she became pregnant again.

Working through the fears and emotions of postpartum andkeen to attempt a VBAC Anna got into the right mind space, with the right support to achieve this.

Through her second birth, despite the same patterns playingout again, something different occurred to enable Anna to succeed in her desire to have a vaginal birth. Yes, she describes the pushing phase of her labour as “fun.”

Fortunately, her postpartum with Leo was much easier andmore enjoyable.

If you too need support to prepare for your positive birth, check out the resources for you at www.positivebirths.co.nz