I don't even know if anyone will read this but if anyone does, specially that momma that is about to have her 1st born, hear me out. What Bridget is saying is so true. On March, 25th, 2021 I was having contractions with my 1st born baby. It was late at night and I was watching many of Bridget's videos about breathing, labor stages, and others. What I focused on the most from her videos was to breathe through my contractions. I did this. I didn't honestly count as she suggested, I didn't use that method, but I did breathe in deep and slow and out slowly, trying to relax, and guess what? My baby popped right out. yes! I am not kidding. I only pushed once and just breathed through my contractions through it all. Labor was intense, don't get me wrong, but focusing on my breath made it manageable.
Thank you I’m pregnant rn with my first born I’m only 5 weeks pregnant but I was terrified of birth but I realize that I’m built to do this and my body has handled worse pain
Thank you. I am in week 38. I know that I need to relax but I have some anxiety. I have practiced breathing and I have to trust myself. Thank you for sharing your birth experience!
With my first baby, I refused to hear other womans stories, or as I would call them, horror stories. I refused to let them scare me about the labor pain. I said “once baby comes, my body will naturally know what to do.” And sure enough I did most my labor at home thinking it was only the beginning until I noticed my body was already wanting to push. That’s when I knew I had to go to the hospital. I pushed in the truck on my way to the hospital and broke my water in the truck as well. Once I got to the hospital I pushed maybe about 5 times and my son was born.
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
Wish I could’ve done this but everyone I was surrounded by felt liberty and humor to disrespect my request to keep those stories silent and decided to keep telling me about theirs or about the horror stories. I was so angry with them.
@@a.blanco7680 She is taking the time to explain and add any additional advice/information, to any new Mama this video ia gold, the way you said it is just rude, I'm sure most people would agree 👍
Okay so, hear me out. My first birth was absolutely traumatic. Hospital birth, induction, epidural, and then I had a postpartum hemorrhage. So with my second baby I knew for a fact I wasn’t going to let that happen again so I opted to go as natural and intervention free as possible. I took Bridget’s birth class and watched these videos religiously AND LET ME TELL YOU. My birth was honestly better than I could’ve asked for and this video is GOLD. The ONLY way I was able to get through my birth without crying/yelling even one time was this breathing technique. I did it my entire labor, kept myself as relaxed as possible, and I was able to have a completely intervention free birth. I was never even touched by my midwife until after my baby’s head came out. Ugh. THANK YOU BRIDGET 🥺
I did this during my labor and let me tell you it works!!!! I was able to handle my contractions and I am a person who is not good with pain at all and this really helped me
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 I did the breathing once I started to feel a contraction coming to the moment it would stop.. if I happened to get a contraction as a nurse was talking to me then I would still do the breathing.... hope this helps!!!!!
I don’t have a plan to have a baby yet but it’s always nice and very helpful to know things like this. I haven’t had a baby because I’m scared of labor to be honest.
Okay, I have to come back here after I gave birth to tell you guys this is the best advice ever!!! My OBGYN told me that since it's my first pregnancy, labor is gonna be long and it's not gonna be easy. But guys, I only spent 2 hours in the labor room, that's 5cm to 10cm. What I did was I tried to take a nap (altho it was hard), I rested save up energy so I'll have all the energy I need when it's time to push, and this breathing exercises! It worked so perfectly! 💕💕 THANK YOU BRIDGET! I also want to thank you because through my entire pregnancy, your videos helped me alot. Delivered the baby easy and safely. ❤️
I did the destresser breath without watching any videos or researching it 🤷🏼♀️ and all the nurses were so confused as to why I wasn't in any pain lol. I was on high doses of pitocin with little pain. 10/10 recommended 👍🏻
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 I just did it while I was having a painful contraction. I was induced on pitocin and for the first 12ish hours I didn't feel anything. After that once the contractions hurt enough that I couldn't talk through them (probably another 6-8 hours) I just relaxed my whole body and did the breathing. Obviously this could be different if you're not induced. Hope that makes sense, but feel free to ask more questions if you have any! 😊
@@runotehilla9276 I don't think I did it during the cervical check because I was expecting it to be uncomfortable and I knew it was a one time thing. But I'm sure it would help!
I swear by this breathing method. I delivered an 8 pound baby boy today, no pain medicines. I had requested for an epidural but the breathing control and a bathtub helped me getting to full dilation without pain killers. Thanks thanks thanks from the bottom of my heart for sharing this content ❤ after having my first with a csection, this experience was magical
Hi Briget..I am 39 weeks pregnant...just needed to inform other mommies that this breathing technique also helps during less fetal movements! After destresser breath..my child starts tweaking and moving....
I noticed this too!! Made me so happy as my baby wasn’t moving as usual and after this breathing technique he did! Now I always do this every evening before sleep and he always starts moving it’s amazing! Thank you Bridget I am so excited to give birth in December thanks to your videos!
I used this breathwork when I was sadly having a miscarriage. I had intense labor pains (I know since I already have a son and experienced birth trauma with him). I was so calm that I fell into a trance and fell asleep without pain medication. Now I’m pregnant with my rainbow and feel more confident in my body’s ability to give birth and actually looking forward to the day when I do. Thank you for this video. I wished I had this knowledge with my first son.
God bless you 🙏 thank you for sharing your story even tho it was a tough time for you. I wish you all the best with your current and future pregnancies ♥️ stay strong!
I did this instinctively with my last birth. After two horribly traumatic births, I refused to go to the hospital until I was in transition. I was relaxed at home and breathed through the contractions and worked with my body. I was amazed how fast my labor went and how easy it was compared to my other labors. 30 seconds after walking into the hospital i got the urge to push, I told the intake nurse this and she didn't believe me because I was so calm. I ended up walking about 10 ft to a gurney left in the hallway and giving birth on that. Took 2 pushes, no screaming, minimal pain (all things considered). I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant with my 4th and so excited to just go ahead and do a home birth. I am legitimately excited for birth.
@Haley Lane I was searching comments for someone else that had a very traumatic previous birth. I’m looking towards having a 2nd now….with 6 years of not getting any answers for what happened with my sons birth, emergency C-section for FTP, etc. If you have any time to share with me, I really could use some wisdom. 🙏🏽♥️ I’m also very very standoffish with hospitals and OB’s now. My previous midwife and doula did literally nothing to help me, or advise me, and just threw me to the wolves. I need to understand what happened and why, and get more education on what a 2nd birth might look like. How to do it, possibly completely on my own if everyone is useless again. Advise? UA-cam content? Or if you want to even talk with me? I would appreciate anything. ♥️
Hi. I'm back juste few hours after my delivry to really thank you for your amazing video. Watched it when my labor started and it was the only thing I concentrated to do (breathing and keeping calm as you explained) I had every thing natural without medication. God bless you
Literally watched this video on the morning I was laboring at home, and it was a LIFE SAVER! In the end I progressed so fast once I got to the hospital that I wasn't able to get an epidural and ended up with a natural birth. Scary, but I was able to breathe through it using this technique!
Can you tell me more about your experience? My second baby is due soon and my worst fear is that I'll get to the hospital too late for an epidural (first baby took a week of labor due to extreme dehydration, but only 9 minutes of delivery; she started face down and spun around to face up but it only took 4 pushes).
I had VBAC for my 2nd and got into hypnobirthing for my 2nd. I did focus on breathing (deep in and sigh out) during wave of surges. I focused on letting go of fear - which i had for my first. Had the surges at home and in the car (2 hrs ish) got to the hospital and midwife said she could see the hair, and it was about time to push. Baby was born in 10-15 min i was in that precheck room. My 1st son and husband were not even sent home. ❤❤❤❤ Im 30 weeks with my 3rd and current goal is both easy natural birth+ no tearing 😊😊😊.
Just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos - I watched a lot of them in the days before I gave birth to my second child, and I'm so glad I did. I ended up having a really positive, magical birth - in the end the midwives only just arrived in time, because I was so convinced I wasn't yet in established labour and we didn't need them yet... Our bodies are incredible and your videos really helped me to get in the most helpful state of mind to have my baby. Thank you Bridget, and to any pregnant women wondering whether to watch these videos, it really will be time well spent!!
I just wanted to say thank you so much! I found your video this morning without having contractions, after a couple of hours I started to have contractions really painful and this breathing was a life saver for me during all stages of labor. My baby boy was born a couple of hours ago. Completely free of meds.
Seriously these videos of your and also Sarah Lavone literally prepared me it was my third pregnancy I just had first time doing it completely natural unmedicated and without preparing myself by watching these videos I don’t think I would have been able to do it from the start I did the j breathing and that helped with the pain tremendously also everytime a contraction was coming on I kept telling myself pressure not pain PROGRESS not pain and one contraction closer to it being over and seeing my baby then I got to transition where most women get to the point where it’s to painful and they can’t do it anymore in my mind I’m like oh my gosh I can’t do this and then your words popped in my head saying how normally when they say that the end is near and I actually got excited where I’m like yes! The end is near literally 3 more contractions and boom my water broke he flew out I seriously think the j breathing triggered the fetal eject reflex because I didn’t even push at all he was just flying out
Wow your almost there! Good luck! Hope all goes well:) and For Sarah lavonne my favorites were Peanut ball positions Breathing techniques Naturally inducing labor A lot of her coffee and questions were great too! And for Bridget my favs were Phases of labor the 3 part videos Birth ball positions during labor Coping with pain without epidural How fear creates pain Eliminating pain Breathing techniques How to breathe and push Benefits of labor pain Ways to progress through labor Creating calm birth space These definitely put me in the right head space for a natural unmedicated birth and it was amazing my third and def my best doing the j breathing is the best breathing technique I used and researching the fetal eject reflex also!
Hello! Wow! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 yeah definitely have to be in that mindset for me I was literally two weeks overdue and I was like I don’t care I need him out lol but I just did them during a contraction, also trying not to tense up helps get through it faster, and just distracting your brain it’s not pain it’s progress kinda thing! Good luck!
Thank you for all this information for us mamas!!! With my first my delivery was very scary and I am determined to change that and believe in myself the second time around! I’m currently 38 weeks so any time now!! I can’t wait to meet my baby girl 🥰 Please pray for me ❤️❤️❤️
I am due with my third child in just a few weeks and I have also been following your videos. My first baby was a water birth, no pain relief - and I always felt my mind never quite caught up to what my body was doing, it was just powering through. My second birth was more intense, stressful, dramatic, everything happened so fast - also no pain relief as things were happening so quickly. But - right when I really thought I couldn't do it anymore, there was a moment of thinking " right, do your breathing" and I started doing it and I grew calmer. My son arrived a few minutes later. I'm hoping the third labour will be more like my first - but regardless of how it goes, I will be doing the breathing! Thank you for all your videos!
I got my 4 doses of oral induction today. There are mild contractions right now and I’m trying to be as comfortable as possible. I have been watching a lot of your videos during these 40 weeks and they’ve helped a lot! ❤️ I can’t wait to hold my baby in my arms soon!! 💞💞
I just gave a normal delivery to my baby boy three days ago, and I am just sooo thankful that I came across your video and applied these breathing techniques. Thank you so much!
This is so true! I had little expectation of being able to deliver my firstborn without the help of medicine, and primarily because of this belief, I ended up having an epidural. It just kept running through my head, “I can’t do this.” But with my second baby, I am SO grateful I listened to you and a few other UA-camrs, particularly about breathing. It was the most positive natural birth experience that I could have hoped for. And a good thing that I had planned to deliver naturally because labor was fast and furious, under 3 hours. We barely made it to the birth center in time for the midwife to catch her! If it weren’t for utilizing my breath and rhythm, like when I would pace and syncopate my breath when running, I might have gone out of my head with how quickly and intensely things were happening. Breath helps immensely with precipitous labor.
You are my absolute favorite UA-cam doula! You are so beautiful and I love the way you talk with your hands😊 I've never felt more fear than I felt when I first saw my positive pregnancy test, even though I had told the universe a few months prior that I was finally fully ready, at 38 years old for motherhood, and to bring it on! That initial fear really surprised me but dissipated slowly after about a week as I came to terms with the fact that this was going to happen and fear of the birth would only make it more difficult. I became determined to learn as much as I could about pregnancy, birth and infant care as I could before my baby comes. I never knew how much there was to learn about this natural process. Your videos are the best I've found so far and are giving me the exact mental tools I need to go through with my original desire to have an unmedicated natural birth. I fully believe in the power of mind over matter. And your encouraging lessons are giving me so much more confidence to go into my own birth experience feeling fearless and powerful. Almost 19 weeks now and looking forward to proving to myself just how much power I have to bring this baby into the world in the healthiest way possible. Also, I love the way you call us mamas 😊 Thank you so much for what you do, you're amazing.
I'm 38 wks into my second pregnancy and I just want to say thank you so much for the content you are sharing! Despite all the books that I read during my 1st pregnancy, I was still so fearful and felt so unprepared before and after baby. This time around I am experiencing more discomfort in babies movements and have been going through prodromal labor symptoms for a little over a month now. Your calming voice and tips have really helped me get through some rough nights and despite the discomfort, I feel so much more prepared and calm this time around. Anytime I feel discomfort, I remember your breathing techniques and affirmations and it helps tremendously!
I have to thank you sooo much, I watched you weeks and weeks before my due date and all the information you have shared specifically the breathing and believing you when you say our bodies are built to birth was the only thing that got me through the painful contractions. I surprised myself with a natural/no pain relief birth just being so focused on the breathing. I know it would have been very different if I didn’t watch your videos and I am almost certain I would have opted in for an epidural. Xxx
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
I’m currently 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby, I’m absolutely terrified of giving birth, I’m watching all your video hoping it’ll help to ease my fears 😊 x
With my first son I was able to have a natural labor even with pitocin because of my breathing! Now almost 6 years later we are having baby boy #2 very soon (currently 36 weeks) I have been really nervous about the whole thing but have been watching your videos and updating the education I already have, feeling better and more prepared for this baby. Telling myself I can do this, I did it the first time I can do it again even stronger!
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 yeah literally I started when the contractions started and it helped also I avoided lying down I tried to stay upright to help being the baby down but yeah literally deep slow breaths helps try not to hold your breath tho or give in to the pain x
It’s so interesting because I had my first son 4 years ago and I was 19. I didn’t do any hypno birthing, Lamaze or read about breathing. But I did know being out of control would make things worse. So I give the advise to all of my friends that the best tip about labor is controlling your breathing. The contractions will happen whether you want them to or not, it would just hurt enough all I could do was breathe through it and keep myself calm and allow myself to rest in between contractions. It’s great advice and I can attest to it personally
I'm pregnant with my second baby, and their nine years apart, and I've also had two open heart surgeries since my first so I've been high risk but everything she's saying that's wrong is everything that I did during my first birth, I'm so happy I found this video! 30 weeks with baby boy 💙
I just wanted to come back and say thank you for these tips on breathing. I just had my 3rd baby/3rd natural birth and breathing through contractions is what helped me through it. My doula said mine was the calmest birth she ever supported. Although I didn't count as I breathed, I did the deep breath in through my nose until I couldn't breathe in anymore and then breathed out through my mouth as recommended. The only truly rough parts were transition after my water broke (my water broke toward the end after I was in active labor) and pushing. I was praying to push the baby out fast and I only ended up pushing for 9 mins (although it felt like an eternity at the time lol). But focusing on breathing made this labor as a whole more calm and productive and allowed me to relax through the pain much better. I only tore a little and besides the few stitches everything else was natural and smooth. So thank you!!!
Hi I just share my positive birth experience in my chenille thanks to you i hade the best birth story ever unmedicated no epidural in short time so relaxed , my husband doesn't see me giving birth b/c he went to give our 2 kids to friend he heard the news before arriving home , thank you so much 🥰🥰
Thank you so much Bridget for putting out all of these videos!!!❤️ I can’t tell you how much help it was for me. I started binge watching your videos at about 34 weeks pregnant. Prior to this I really knew nothing about labor and how amazing our bodies are and that we are built to do this. I love love love the positive birth stories you bring on your channel and all of your breathing tips and ways to progress in labor. Happy to say that my baby girl was born on August 4th and I did it with out an epidural or IV pain killers.🙌🏻 I’m so thankful for your videos!💞
Congratulations on your Leo baby!!! August 4th baby here, my momma, and Obama. I know other August 4th people and they are some of the most can-do, explorative people out there. ❤️
I labored for 12 hours, felt like I had maybe had 5 contractions because I was so zoned out and just breathing, my husband said I was in a trance. I think I learned it while getting tattoos... Just a meditation, helps so much. It's like anything, stay calm, it goes much easier.
😂 I'm so glad you said this. I have a lot of tattoos. 5-8 hour tattoos, face, neck, etc. I was thinking, "I use these breathing techniques while getting tattooed for a long time or in a sensitive spot." Im glad someone else confirmed because I'm having my first baby.
Sending ALL my love and hugs to you from me and my lil peanut!!👶 im due in October and cannot wait.. Please update us if you can on how everything goes.. Love from Canada xo💕
I was due last Thursday & had my daughter on her actual due date! I can say whole heartedly I wish I knew everything I know now with my first labor! Listening to her techniques gave me the best possible birthing experience! Even the doctors were impressed with the breathing and how smoothly everything went! I went with her positions on pushing and didn’t need a single stitch this time! No tears! I asked to keep her on the cord a couple extra minutes for it to turn and all in all I would take her advice because she actually knows what she’s talking about. Such a beautiful experience and so thankful she’s here on UA-cam for the world to listen to! Best experience giving birth to Grace ❤️
Another excellent video from Bridget! She's right, how you breathe in childbirth is one of the main ways of staying calm, relaxed and managing any pain or discomfort. If you remember nothing else ladies, remember to breathe deeply, slowly and calmly through your contractions. Wishing you all a very positive birth experience, Anja 💕
finding this channel really changed the game for me. It's not easy to take charge of pregnancy with all the pressure and opinions around me, but now I'm confident about my labour thanks to all this info and training
Since finding your video I have been practicing your destressor breathing technique. When I started doing it I could barely do 4 seconds in and now I am able to do the full 6 seconds in and almost 6 seconds out especially more consecutively. I know it doesn't seem like a huge improvement but i can tell my lungs are fully expanding better and baby girl always moves more when I do them. One more month to go roughly for my second baby and getting more excited with the tools and knowledge I have gained from you. Winging it is not the smartest thing you can do and I regret doing that with my first born
my name is beatriz g torres.,you are amazing.,just had my baby 1-2-2021 , i had a natural birth thanks to YOU..! and your breathing techniques.! no epidural.! i actually numb the pain just by remembering how to breath, like " inhale , " exhale." like if you were throwing thr air to baby.,to belly.,instead of a candle blow..and make the sound like " mou..but silently..:) it was beautiful..thanks again god bless
I had a woman roll her eyes at me when I stated I was doing a home birth. She said she had a C-section for both of hers. I'm understanding but I really don't ever ask for stories because It seems most say something negative and i just don't need that negativity. My mother had hospital births but said she had good labors and deliveries. She also did not need medication for her births. Her positive Experience is what I keep in mind!
Thank you so much. This breathing technique alone was a game-changer for me from my previous unmedicated birth. My husband and I labored using this breathing, and by the time we arrived at the hospital, I was 9 cm, in control the whole time, and baby girl came 20 minutes later. Thank you so much!
Cool! I heard of one birth story... my Mom's. Hers was incredibly traumatic and horrible and I have felt really bad for her ever since she told me. Knowing her story made me want to educate myself as BEST I could to make sure I can have a safe natural birth, unlike my poor Mommy did. I've taken the full course of classes with my hospital and have a natural birth plan ready to go! I'm 30 weeks pregnant and have come from being SCARED AS SHIT to TOTALLY ZEN about having my first baby. I have a lot of confidence and I'm ready to breath and relax with my partner there to support me. Fingers crossed that everything will go well! I'm really excited to see my little Violet!! Thank you Bridget for being here to help us all further educate ourselves. I truly appreciate it!
I watched this video a day before I went into labor. First time mom, I could handle the contractions with this breathing technique and go through an unmedicated birth. Thank you Bridget !
Hi Bridget, I delivered today. The breathing helped me a lot although I still had to have two epidurals. It still worked and my confidence was up. I was able to do something facing the worst pain I have ever gone through. Have a healthy baby girl now and I am a momma of two.
Thanks for this information and the breathing technique. Helps to be calmed this way. I’m due the 29th of November, so labour is very soon. Hope my baby boy James will have a calm and safe birth. Bless you Bridget! ❤
I am so excited to try this out when birthing our first born! I will definitely remember to come back to report how using this technique went. With each video I watch of hers, I become more and more confident with labor
I just found your channel! After 2 births, 1 hospital with epidural ASAP, 1 at a birthing center planning for a natural birth (with no plan) and feeling stressed and out of control, this last baby I want to prepare as much as possible and have all the tools to go into it empowered and med free! Loving your videos! Thanks for sharing!!
I have watched quite a few of your videos before my second labour. I'm very grateful that I've find you and your videos! Your advice and knowledge made my labour much more comfortable and peaceful. Thank you so much for what you're doing, never stop as you're changing a dreaded experience (especially for women like me, traumatized after my first childbirth) into something beautiful :)
@Agnieszka Pietroczuk My first labor and birth and postpartum was the most tramatic experience of my lifetime. I’m now wanting to look towards baby number 2, but trying to find mental healing from the first, which was 6 years ago. Do you have any advice, or can you direct me towards any content you found helpful? I don’t even know where to turn. I had planned a home natural birth, but my midwife and doula basically did nothing, then stressed me way out with looming a 24 hour countdown over my head, then forcing me to the hospital at that time marker, then throwing me to the hospital wolves with max pitocin and looming a C-section over my head, then forced “emergency C-section” for FTP. All while I had achieved 7 cm at home before they began the whole charade. And then I had tons of postpartum complications from the drugs, and severe ppd for over 2 more years, and none of them would help me postpartum either. I just need direction to help myself, and educate myself. Any advice mama? ♥️🙏🏽♥️
This is what they actually teach us in labor préparation classes in France. 1. Breathe in through your nose, your belly expands and get bigger.. 2. Breathe out through the mouth,your belly shrinks and be becomes smaller
This is such a good breathing method! I will definitely use it during labor. This is a little nitpicky, but I think it’s worth clarifying for the sake of anatomical accuracy. You can’t actually fill your diaphragm with air! It’s a dome-shaped muscle that sits under your lungs. When that muscle contacts, it flattens out, pulling the base of the lungs downward as it flattens. This forces the lungs to expand, which really maximizes the volume of air taken into the lungs. Diaphragm breathing is much better than intercostal-only or “shoulder” breathing for getting more air into your system, but it does not actually involve filling your diaphragm with air! Other than that, the tips she gave for practicing diaphragm breathing were excellent 😄
I just want to say thank you for your videos. I watched your videos on breathing before I was due and it was such a huge help with what turned into a very complicated birth. I went natural and everything was fine until it wasn't. Being prepared with your videos saved me! So thank you! ❤
Labored about 9 hours at home with my first before having the urge to push. Doula and midwife didn't think I was close because I wasn't making noise or struggling. I was breathing!!
I had morphine and gas for pain management and after those did not feel pain at all, just pressure like wanting to do a massive poo. Throughout the labour even before the drugs I was just swaying and breathing rhythmically on my gym ball and hours just rolled by so quickly. I did not speak a word and banished my hubby to the corner of the room. Midwife was bored stiff too - I was handling it so well by myself. Breathing together with mental imagery helped so much.
thank you Bridget ! being 13 and pregnant this helped me so much. I’m 37 weeks and terrified.. of giving birth to my baby girl. but now I’m not as worried.
Wow, hope your labor and delivery goes smooth. God bless you, and I pray you will turn your life unto Jesus, and He will take care of you and your child.
I'm on my 28 weeks for my 2nd baby, aiming for VBAC.. I didn't experience labor on my 1st child coz he's breech and my CS was scheduled. I'll practice this breathing technique every day. Hope I'll be able to vlog my labor so I can prove that this helps :) thank you so much!
I definitely agree!! Even now when I have a little pelvic pain because of walking a lot or during the exercise, or just because I'm tired, I start breathing deeply and slowly in and out and the pain goes away right away. It's unbelievable. That's why I keep doing it. That also relaxes and calms me. Bridget you're great to make it public to create awareness on the importance of breathing and to make it accessible to everyone. May God bless you. ♥️
I love to hear You! ❤ I find your information so useful and so great! Thank you 🙏🏼 But sometimes you talk so fast, no breaks or space in between that feels like you’re not breathing and overwhelm me 😢. Maybe it is just me a little bit stressed in my third trimester 😅
The breathing was hard, definitely need to practice! I'm a month away from due date, can't wait to meet our baby boy. Gotta watch these videos with my husband 💕
I will come back after I have my second LO in a month to verify if this worked for me. I did NOT breathe properly with my first; I tensed up, held my breath, tried to fight it and ended up stalling at 6cm for HOURS. I’m much more educated this time around and I’m hoping for an easier birth.
Great video. My stress definitely went down! Funniest thing is as soon as the breathing was done, baby basically started salsa dancing in my belly. I guess he loved it!
This is such an inspiring video! I started following this amazing technique as soon as I felt the contractions and Voila! Gave natural birth to a healthy baby girl today! Thank you for uploading such videos...you doing a great job!lots of love ❤️
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it! Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!! Also apart from the breathing is there anything else I can do? Thank you!
@@halloweellahere7602 Hey! I simply followed the destresser breath technique from the time I got the contractions..it helped me a lot...hope it helps you too! Sending good wishes and prayers all through your way, Momma!
It's so important to hear this because i have been there ,i didn't trust my body i was afraid i couldn't do it naturally and had to go through a c-section . If i had listened to this prior my birth ,i would have probably gone natural . But however i am so thankful to God that my baby and i are safe 😍 You have inspired me to look up for a VBAC so hopefully the next one will be through that😊😘
Technical question: I'm a speech therapist who teaches diaphragmatic breathing exercises so Iwas used to this technique but was curious as to why you would breathe out through your mouth? I teach breathe out through your mouth but thats because it's how you talk, but I was always taught a more natural way to exhale if not talking is through the nose. Thanks!
Hi Sarah, I am a hypnobirthing teacher and when it comes to the breathing techniques, I was taught that breathing out through the mouth can provide a better feeling of release and help to reduce tension more easily in labour. Also, because of the increased blood volume and higher temperature of women when pregnant, we can get nasally congested more. So breathing out through the mouth during contractions makes it easier to breathe as well. Hope this makes sense. Lots of love, Anja xxxx
im so glad I found this channel before trying for kids!! Im so on the fence and my fiancé wants them bad. This channel really helps me feel better about it!
All my knowledge and skills went out the window when I was in prodromal back labour with my first and was so over tired and exhausted from not progressing. I felt totally out of control, tense and disheartened even though I did SO much prep work with hypnobirthing and doing spinning babies and the miles circuit. I felt like a failure after all the information I took in but still had a really positive birth experience even though it wasn’t what I expected it to be. I thought I was going to handle it a lot better haha but I do think hypnobirthing gave me a really positive outlook with birth and I wasn’t afraid mostly just exhausted beyond belief. Now I am 36 weeks with my second and really REALLY want to stay focused on my breathing and not lose control. I love your mantra of “Trust. Relax. Let Go.” I’m going to post this everywhere in my home this time around and get my husband to recite it back to me haha and start doing the inversion and leaning forward to make sure I have more tummy labour this time around. Thanks for sharing your content and for being so encouraging!
Absolutely invaluable advice, thank you for sharing! Breathing techniques truly make such a difference during labor and delivery. Your guidance and expertise shine through, making the journey to childbirth feel more manageable and empowering. Can't wait to incorporate these techniques into my birth preparation journey! 🌟 #BuiltToBirth
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I don't even know if anyone will read this but if anyone does, specially that momma that is about to have her 1st born, hear me out. What Bridget is saying is so true. On March, 25th, 2021 I was having contractions with my 1st born baby. It was late at night and I was watching many of Bridget's videos about breathing, labor stages, and others. What I focused on the most from her videos was to breathe through my contractions. I did this. I didn't honestly count as she suggested, I didn't use that method, but I did breathe in deep and slow and out slowly, trying to relax, and guess what? My baby popped right out. yes! I am not kidding. I only pushed once and just breathed through my contractions through it all. Labor was intense, don't get me wrong, but focusing on my breath made it manageable.
Thank you I’m pregnant rn with my first born I’m only 5 weeks pregnant but I was terrified of birth but I realize that I’m built to do this and my body has handled worse pain
Thank you. I am in week 38. I know that I need to relax but I have some anxiety. I have practiced breathing and I have to trust myself. Thank you for sharing your birth experience!
Currently 27 weeks pregnant First baby. You gave me hope🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️Thank you, and I’l glad you had a great birth experience
currently at my 27 weeks and this is my first born, was honestly scared of giving birth but reading this one made me feel at ease somehow thank you❤️
I don’t feel I’ll be able to handle the intensity of labor even with the slow breathing but will try. I’m scheduled for induction tomorrow morning.
With my first baby, I refused to hear other womans stories, or as I would call them, horror stories. I refused to let them scare me about the labor pain. I said “once baby comes, my body will naturally know what to do.” And sure enough I did most my labor at home thinking it was only the beginning until I noticed my body was already wanting to push. That’s when I knew I had to go to the hospital. I pushed in the truck on my way to the hospital and broke my water in the truck as well. Once I got to the hospital I pushed maybe about 5 times and my son was born.
That's amazing!!
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 hi there! I don’t know If I’m too late lol but I started doing the breathing when the contractions got more intense
That’s amazing! You go mama 🙌🏽🤍
Wish I could’ve done this but everyone I was surrounded by felt liberty and humor to disrespect my request to keep those stories silent and decided to keep telling me about theirs or about the horror stories. I was so angry with them.
4:04 finally reveals the tip
6:20 is intro to and practice for Destresser Breath
Thank you!
Rude
@@tabiiebond7192 how
@@a.blanco7680 She is taking the time to explain and add any additional advice/information, to any new Mama this video ia gold, the way you said it is just rude, I'm sure most people would agree 👍
7-8cm now and watching this. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” -Philippians 4:13
We can do this Mommas!
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Amen.
How did your birth go mama?
Amen ❤️
How was your birth ? :)
Okay so, hear me out. My first birth was absolutely traumatic. Hospital birth, induction, epidural, and then I had a postpartum hemorrhage. So with my second baby I knew for a fact I wasn’t going to let that happen again so I opted to go as natural and intervention free as possible. I took Bridget’s birth class and watched these videos religiously AND LET ME TELL YOU. My birth was honestly better than I could’ve asked for and this video is GOLD. The ONLY way I was able to get through my birth without crying/yelling even one time was this breathing technique. I did it my entire labor, kept myself as relaxed as possible, and I was able to have a completely intervention free birth. I was never even touched by my midwife until after my baby’s head came out. Ugh. THANK YOU BRIDGET 🥺
I did this during my labor and let me tell you it works!!!! I was able to handle my contractions and I am a person who is not good with pain at all and this really helped me
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 I did the breathing once I started to feel a contraction coming to the moment it would stop.. if I happened to get a contraction as a nurse was talking to me then I would still do the breathing.... hope this helps!!!!!
I don’t have a plan to have a baby yet but it’s always nice and very helpful to know things like this. I haven’t had a baby because I’m scared of labor to be honest.
Thanks! This comment gave me hope❤
That is good to hear because I am not good with pain either and knowing that it’s manageable if gives me so much relief
Okay, I have to come back here after I gave birth to tell you guys this is the best advice ever!!! My OBGYN told me that since it's my first pregnancy, labor is gonna be long and it's not gonna be easy. But guys, I only spent 2 hours in the labor room, that's 5cm to 10cm. What I did was I tried to take a nap (altho it was hard), I rested save up energy so I'll have all the energy I need when it's time to push, and this breathing exercises! It worked so perfectly! 💕💕 THANK YOU BRIDGET!
I also want to thank you because through my entire pregnancy, your videos helped me alot. Delivered the baby easy and safely. ❤️
That's so amazing. One question- Which stage of labour can you take a nap?
You need to create a podcast with all this useful information so we can listen to you 24/7.
I second this!!! I would listen to you all the time!
I did the destresser breath without watching any videos or researching it 🤷🏼♀️ and all the nurses were so confused as to why I wasn't in any pain lol. I was on high doses of pitocin with little pain. 10/10 recommended 👍🏻
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 I just did it while I was having a painful contraction. I was induced on pitocin and for the first 12ish hours I didn't feel anything. After that once the contractions hurt enough that I couldn't talk through them (probably another 6-8 hours) I just relaxed my whole body and did the breathing. Obviously this could be different if you're not induced.
Hope that makes sense, but feel free to ask more questions if you have any! 😊
Did the breathing also help when they did the cervix check?
@@runotehilla9276 I don't think I did it during the cervical check because I was expecting it to be uncomfortable and I knew it was a one time thing. But I'm sure it would help!
@@nitole12 Okay, thank you. I'm not even pregnant and I'm just 19 lol but child birth has always scared me. Thank you once again for replying.
I swear by this breathing method. I delivered an 8 pound baby boy today, no pain medicines. I had requested for an epidural but the breathing control and a bathtub helped me getting to full dilation without pain killers.
Thanks thanks thanks from the bottom of my heart for sharing this content ❤ after having my first with a csection, this experience was magical
Hi Briget..I am 39 weeks pregnant...just needed to inform other mommies that this breathing technique also helps during less fetal movements! After destresser breath..my child starts tweaking and moving....
I noticed this too!! Made me so happy as my baby wasn’t moving as usual and after this breathing technique he did! Now I always do this every evening before sleep and he always starts moving it’s amazing! Thank you Bridget I am so excited to give birth in December thanks to your videos!
It happened to me too. My baby liked it so much
@@ValerieLundqvist omg when are u due in Dec.? I'm the 22nd
@@Giovanonifamily have a safe delivery 😊
@@megg7040 thank you❤️
I used this breathwork when I was sadly having a miscarriage. I had intense labor pains (I know since I already have a son and experienced birth trauma with him). I was so calm that I fell into a trance and fell asleep without pain medication. Now I’m pregnant with my rainbow and feel more confident in my body’s ability to give birth and actually looking forward to the day when I do. Thank you for this video. I wished I had this knowledge with my first son.
God bless you 🙏 thank you for sharing your story even tho it was a tough time for you. I wish you all the best with your current and future pregnancies ♥️ stay strong!
Congratulations on your precious rainbow 🌈
How are you & baby doing now?
Going through the physical pain of a miscarriage is what convinced me I could handle the pain of natural labor!
I did this instinctively with my last birth. After two horribly traumatic births, I refused to go to the hospital until I was in transition. I was relaxed at home and breathed through the contractions and worked with my body. I was amazed how fast my labor went and how easy it was compared to my other labors. 30 seconds after walking into the hospital i got the urge to push, I told the intake nurse this and she didn't believe me because I was so calm. I ended up walking about 10 ft to a gurney left in the hallway and giving birth on that. Took 2 pushes, no screaming, minimal pain (all things considered). I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant with my 4th and so excited to just go ahead and do a home birth. I am legitimately excited for birth.
@Haley Lane I was searching comments for someone else that had a very traumatic previous birth. I’m looking towards having a 2nd now….with 6 years of not getting any answers for what happened with my sons birth, emergency C-section for FTP, etc. If you have any time to share with me, I really could use some wisdom. 🙏🏽♥️
I’m also very very standoffish with hospitals and OB’s now. My previous midwife and doula did literally nothing to help me, or advise me, and just threw me to the wolves. I need to understand what happened and why, and get more education on what a 2nd birth might look like. How to do it, possibly completely on my own if everyone is useless again. Advise? UA-cam content? Or if you want to even talk with me? I would appreciate anything. ♥️
How did it go
I feel the same. Not going to the hospital until the last possible moment. I'm so glad to hear it went well for you!
I paid $70 for a online Hyponobirthing class to only take away this breathing technique. You're videos are a God send.
Hi. I'm back juste few hours after my delivry to really thank you for your amazing video. Watched it when my labor started and it was the only thing I concentrated to do (breathing and keeping calm as you explained) I had every thing natural without medication. God bless you
Breathing and humming helped me ALOT! No meds no screaming or cussing
Literally watched this video on the morning I was laboring at home, and it was a LIFE SAVER! In the end I progressed so fast once I got to the hospital that I wasn't able to get an epidural and ended up with a natural birth. Scary, but I was able to breathe through it using this technique!
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Can you tell me more about your experience? My second baby is due soon and my worst fear is that I'll get to the hospital too late for an epidural (first baby took a week of labor due to extreme dehydration, but only 9 minutes of delivery; she started face down and spun around to face up but it only took 4 pushes).
@@RonryAsAlways You’re better without an epidural.
I had VBAC for my 2nd and got into hypnobirthing for my 2nd. I did focus on breathing (deep in and sigh out) during wave of surges. I focused on letting go of fear - which i had for my first. Had the surges at home and in the car (2 hrs ish) got to the hospital and midwife said she could see the hair, and it was about time to push. Baby was born in 10-15 min i was in that precheck room. My 1st son and husband were not even sent home. ❤❤❤❤ Im 30 weeks with my 3rd and current goal is both easy natural birth+ no tearing 😊😊😊.
I want to try for vbac too. I'm scared if I'll be able to do it or not... Tell me how you did it
Just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos - I watched a lot of them in the days before I gave birth to my second child, and I'm so glad I did. I ended up having a really positive, magical birth - in the end the midwives only just arrived in time, because I was so convinced I wasn't yet in established labour and we didn't need them yet... Our bodies are incredible and your videos really helped me to get in the most helpful state of mind to have my baby. Thank you Bridget, and to any pregnant women wondering whether to watch these videos, it really will be time well spent!!
I just wanted to say thank you so much! I found your video this morning without having contractions, after a couple of hours I started to have contractions really painful and this breathing was a life saver for me during all stages of labor. My baby boy was born a couple of hours ago. Completely free of meds.
Seriously these videos of your and also Sarah Lavone literally prepared me it was my third pregnancy I just had first time doing it completely natural unmedicated and without preparing myself by watching these videos I don’t think I would have been able to do it from the start I did the j breathing and that helped with the pain tremendously also everytime a contraction was coming on I kept telling myself pressure not pain PROGRESS not pain and one contraction closer to it being over and seeing my baby then I got to transition where most women get to the point where it’s to painful and they can’t do it anymore in my mind I’m like oh my gosh I can’t do this and then your words popped in my head saying how normally when they say that the end is near and I actually got excited where I’m like yes! The end is near literally 3 more contractions and boom my water broke he flew out I seriously think the j breathing triggered the fetal eject reflex because I didn’t even push at all he was just flying out
Haha I’ve been watching these and Sarah lavone as well, but still have 6-7 weeks to go. What were your favorite Bridget and Sarah videos?
Wow your almost there! Good luck! Hope all goes well:) and For Sarah lavonne my favorites were
Peanut ball positions
Breathing techniques
Naturally inducing labor
A lot of her coffee and questions were great too!
And for Bridget my favs were
Phases of labor the 3 part videos
Birth ball positions during labor
Coping with pain without epidural
How fear creates pain
Eliminating pain
Breathing techniques
How to breathe and push
Benefits of labor pain
Ways to progress through labor
Creating calm birth space
These definitely put me in the right head space for a natural unmedicated birth and it was amazing my third and def my best doing the j breathing is the best breathing technique I used and researching the fetal eject reflex also!
OMG
Hello! Wow! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 yeah definitely have to be in that mindset for me I was literally two weeks overdue and I was like I don’t care I need him out lol but I just did them during a contraction, also trying not to tense up helps get through it faster, and just distracting your brain it’s not pain it’s progress kinda thing! Good luck!
Pro tip, this breathing technique helps you get through food poisoning 🤣
Thank you for all this information for us mamas!!! With my first my delivery was very scary and I am determined to change that and believe in myself the second time around! I’m currently 38 weeks so any time now!! I can’t wait to meet my baby girl 🥰 Please pray for me ❤️❤️❤️
How was your delivery?
I am due with my third child in just a few weeks and I have also been following your videos. My first baby was a water birth, no pain relief - and I always felt my mind never quite caught up to what my body was doing, it was just powering through. My second birth was more intense, stressful, dramatic, everything happened so fast - also no pain relief as things were happening so quickly. But - right when I really thought I couldn't do it anymore, there was a moment of thinking " right, do your breathing" and I started doing it and I grew calmer. My son arrived a few minutes later. I'm hoping the third labour will be more like my first - but regardless of how it goes, I will be doing the breathing! Thank you for all your videos!
I got my 4 doses of oral induction today. There are mild contractions right now and I’m trying to be as comfortable as possible. I have been watching a lot of your videos during these 40 weeks and they’ve helped a lot! ❤️
I can’t wait to hold my baby in my arms soon!! 💞💞
How's baby
@@jerryrouns4452 she is great! Such an adorable little miss who turned 6 months last week. Thank you for asking 😊
I just gave a normal delivery to my baby boy three days ago, and I am just sooo thankful that I came across your video and applied these breathing techniques. Thank you so much!
Hi, Ma'am. May I ask? How old are you when this happened? Thank you..
This is so true! I had little expectation of being able to deliver my firstborn without the help of medicine, and primarily because of this belief, I ended up having an epidural. It just kept running through my head, “I can’t do this.” But with my second baby, I am SO grateful I listened to you and a few other UA-camrs, particularly about breathing. It was the most positive natural birth experience that I could have hoped for. And a good thing that I had planned to deliver naturally because labor was fast and furious, under 3 hours. We barely made it to the birth center in time for the midwife to catch her! If it weren’t for utilizing my breath and rhythm, like when I would pace and syncopate my breath when running, I might have gone out of my head with how quickly and intensely things were happening. Breath helps immensely with precipitous labor.
You are my absolute favorite UA-cam doula! You are so beautiful and I love the way you talk with your hands😊 I've never felt more fear than I felt when I first saw my positive pregnancy test, even though I had told the universe a few months prior that I was finally fully ready, at 38 years old for motherhood, and to bring it on! That initial fear really surprised me but dissipated slowly after about a week as I came to terms with the fact that this was going to happen and fear of the birth would only make it more difficult. I became determined to learn as much as I could about pregnancy, birth and infant care as I could before my baby comes. I never knew how much there was to learn about this natural process. Your videos are the best I've found so far and are giving me the exact mental tools I need to go through with my original desire to have an unmedicated natural birth. I fully believe in the power of mind over matter. And your encouraging lessons are giving me so much more confidence to go into my own birth experience feeling fearless and powerful. Almost 19 weeks now and looking forward to proving to myself just how much power I have to bring this baby into the world in the healthiest way possible. Also, I love the way you call us mamas 😊 Thank you so much for what you do, you're amazing.
And how did it go, girl?!
I'm 38 wks into my second pregnancy and I just want to say thank you so much for the content you are sharing! Despite all the books that I read during my 1st pregnancy, I was still so fearful and felt so unprepared before and after baby. This time around I am experiencing more discomfort in babies movements and have been going through prodromal labor symptoms for a little over a month now. Your calming voice and tips have really helped me get through some rough nights and despite the discomfort, I feel so much more prepared and calm this time around. Anytime I feel discomfort, I remember your breathing techniques and affirmations and it helps tremendously!
I have to thank you sooo much, I watched you weeks and weeks before my due date and all the information you have shared specifically the breathing and believing you when you say our bodies are built to birth was the only thing that got me through the painful contractions. I surprised myself with a natural/no pain relief birth just being so focused on the breathing. I know it would have been very different if I didn’t watch your videos and I am almost certain I would have opted in for an epidural. Xxx
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
I’m currently 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby, I’m absolutely terrified of giving birth, I’m watching all your video hoping it’ll help to ease my fears 😊 x
With my first son I was able to have a natural labor even with pitocin because of my breathing! Now almost 6 years later we are having baby boy #2 very soon (currently 36 weeks) I have been really nervous about the whole thing but have been watching your videos and updating the education I already have, feeling better and more prepared for this baby. Telling myself I can do this, I did it the first time I can do it again even stronger!
I just wanna thank you, your videos got me through my labour and birth on my own and without medication during a pandemic.You're really an inspiration
Hello! So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!!
@@halloweellahere7602 yeah literally I started when the contractions started and it helped also I avoided lying down I tried to stay upright to help being the baby down but yeah literally deep slow breaths helps try not to hold your breath tho or give in to the pain x
It’s so interesting because I had my first son 4 years ago and I was 19. I didn’t do any hypno birthing, Lamaze or read about breathing. But I did know being out of control would make things worse. So I give the advise to all of my friends that the best tip about labor is controlling your breathing. The contractions will happen whether you want them to or not, it would just hurt enough all I could do was breathe through it and keep myself calm and allow myself to rest in between contractions. It’s great advice and I can attest to it personally
I'm pregnant with my second baby, and their nine years apart, and I've also had two open heart surgeries since my first so I've been high risk but everything she's saying that's wrong is everything that I did during my first birth, I'm so happy I found this video! 30 weeks with baby boy 💙
I just wanted to come back and say thank you for these tips on breathing.
I just had my 3rd baby/3rd natural birth and breathing through contractions is what helped me through it.
My doula said mine was the calmest birth she ever supported.
Although I didn't count as I breathed, I did the deep breath in through my nose until I couldn't breathe in anymore and then breathed out through my mouth as recommended.
The only truly rough parts were transition after my water broke (my water broke toward the end after I was in active labor) and pushing.
I was praying to push the baby out fast and I only ended up pushing for 9 mins (although it felt like an eternity at the time lol).
But focusing on breathing made this labor as a whole more calm and productive and allowed me to relax through the pain much better.
I only tore a little and besides the few stitches everything else was natural and smooth.
So thank you!!!
Hi I just share my positive birth experience in my chenille thanks to you i hade the best birth story ever unmedicated no epidural in short time so relaxed , my husband doesn't see me giving birth b/c he went to give our 2 kids to friend he heard the news before arriving home , thank you so much 🥰🥰
Thank you so much Bridget for putting out all of these videos!!!❤️ I can’t tell you how much help it was for me. I started binge watching your videos at about 34 weeks pregnant. Prior to this I really knew nothing about labor and how amazing our bodies are and that we are built to do this. I love love love the positive birth stories you bring on your channel and all of your breathing tips and ways to progress in labor. Happy to say that my baby girl was born on August 4th and I did it with out an epidural or IV pain killers.🙌🏻 I’m so thankful for your videos!💞
Congratulations on your Leo baby!!! August 4th baby here, my momma, and Obama. I know other August 4th people and they are some of the most can-do, explorative people out there. ❤️
34 weeks and going to do the same
I labored for 12 hours, felt like I had maybe had 5 contractions because I was so zoned out and just breathing, my husband said I was in a trance. I think I learned it while getting tattoos... Just a meditation, helps so much. It's like anything, stay calm, it goes much easier.
😂 I'm so glad you said this. I have a lot of tattoos. 5-8 hour tattoos, face, neck, etc. I was thinking, "I use these breathing techniques while getting tattooed for a long time or in a sensitive spot." Im glad someone else confirmed because I'm having my first baby.
@@emilyann4549 Congrats!!!! You'll be great. Our bodies are made for this. Also, just like a tattoo, as soon as labor is over, the pain is over.
I was due last Thursday and am scheduled to be induced this Thursday at 41 weeks. I plan on using your breathing techniques through the labor process.
Wish you all the best. I am due 8/21.
Sending ALL my love and hugs to you from me and my lil peanut!!👶 im due in October and cannot wait.. Please update us if you can on how everything goes.. Love from Canada xo💕
Sending you positive vibes! You got this mama 💕
I was due last Thursday & had my daughter on her actual due date! I can say whole heartedly I wish I knew everything I know now with my first labor! Listening to her techniques gave me the best possible birthing experience! Even the doctors were impressed with the breathing and how smoothly everything went! I went with her positions on pushing and didn’t need a single stitch this time! No tears! I asked to keep her on the cord a couple extra minutes for it to turn and all in all I would take her advice because she actually knows what she’s talking about. Such a beautiful experience and so thankful she’s here on UA-cam for the world to listen to! Best experience giving birth to Grace ❤️
Happy induction day! Praying for a smooth labor with a healthy mama and healthy baby!
Very positive esp for me that in my 40th week and you help me be patient and calm. ❤️ Thank you such a wonderful doula ☺️💕
Ahhhh! Congrats! I’m at week 36 and I’m already anxious so I can imagine how you feel!
Congratulations!! I’m due August 3rd! Hope you have a great birth experience
Yomahira Ash did you have your baby on your due date ?♥️♥️ 39 weeks now
Leah Kay He didn’t. He was born 6 days after. He was born on 8/9 and I went into labor the night before
I'm there right now! This is helping me too 💗
Another excellent video from Bridget! She's right, how you breathe in childbirth is one of the main ways of staying calm, relaxed and managing any pain or discomfort. If you remember nothing else ladies, remember to breathe deeply, slowly and calmly through your contractions. Wishing you all a very positive birth experience, Anja 💕
finding this channel really changed the game for me. It's not easy to take charge of pregnancy with all the pressure and opinions around me, but now I'm confident about my labour thanks to all this info and training
Since finding your video I have been practicing your destressor breathing technique. When I started doing it I could barely do 4 seconds in and now I am able to do the full 6 seconds in and almost 6 seconds out especially more consecutively. I know it doesn't seem like a huge improvement but i can tell my lungs are fully expanding better and baby girl always moves more when I do them. One more month to go roughly for my second baby and getting more excited with the tools and knowledge I have gained from you. Winging it is not the smartest thing you can do and I regret doing that with my first born
my name is beatriz g torres.,you are amazing.,just had my baby 1-2-2021 , i had a natural birth thanks to YOU..! and your breathing techniques.!
no epidural.! i actually numb the pain just by remembering how to breath, like " inhale , " exhale." like if you were throwing thr air to baby.,to belly.,instead of a candle blow..and make the sound like " mou..but silently..:)
it was beautiful..thanks again
god bless
38 weeks and having a little girl! so excited and good luck to all other mamas xo
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Going to be induced today and a bit nervous but also at peace knowing all these mommas had a good experience
I had a woman roll her eyes at me when I stated I was doing a home birth. She said she had a C-section for both of hers. I'm understanding but I really don't ever ask for stories because It seems most say something negative and i just don't need that negativity. My mother had hospital births but said she had good labors and deliveries. She also did not need medication for her births. Her positive Experience is what I keep in mind!
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Unrelated, but I have to say I love your wallpaper!! haha I'm picky about map projections and that one is great, plus it looks so cool as a wallpaper!
Thank you so much. This breathing technique alone was a game-changer for me from my previous unmedicated birth. My husband and I labored using this breathing, and by the time we arrived at the hospital, I was 9 cm, in control the whole time, and baby girl came 20 minutes later. Thank you so much!
Cool! I heard of one birth story... my Mom's. Hers was incredibly traumatic and horrible and I have felt really bad for her ever since she told me. Knowing her story made me want to educate myself as BEST I could to make sure I can have a safe natural birth, unlike my poor Mommy did. I've taken the full course of classes with my hospital and have a natural birth plan ready to go! I'm 30 weeks pregnant and have come from being SCARED AS SHIT to TOTALLY ZEN about having my first baby. I have a lot of confidence and I'm ready to breath and relax with my partner there to support me. Fingers crossed that everything will go well! I'm really excited to see my little Violet!! Thank you Bridget for being here to help us all further educate ourselves. I truly appreciate it!
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I am starting my labor process right now! Your timing is impeccable 🥰🤰
How did it go? ❤️
I hope it went well
I watched this video a day before I went into labor. First time mom, I could handle the contractions with this breathing technique and go through an unmedicated birth. Thank you Bridget !
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thank you haha
Hi Bridget, I delivered today. The breathing helped me a lot although I still had to have two epidurals. It still worked and my confidence was up. I was able to do something facing the worst pain I have ever gone through. Have a healthy baby girl now and I am a momma of two.
I’m one week away from labor and I came across your video, Thank you so much for helping me feel better about birthing my first baby.
Thanks for this information and the breathing technique. Helps to be calmed this way. I’m due the 29th of November, so labour is very soon. Hope my baby boy James will have a calm and safe birth. Bless you Bridget! ❤
How is your baby?
I have been in latent phase labour for 8 days. The destressor is a life saver.
I am so excited to try this out when birthing our first born! I will definitely remember to come back to report how using this technique went. With each video I watch of hers, I become more and more confident with labor
I just found your channel! After 2 births, 1 hospital with epidural ASAP, 1 at a birthing center planning for a natural birth (with no plan) and feeling stressed and out of control, this last baby I want to prepare as much as possible and have all the tools to go into it empowered and med free! Loving your videos! Thanks for sharing!!
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I have watched quite a few of your videos before my second labour. I'm very grateful that I've find you and your videos! Your advice and knowledge made my labour much more comfortable and peaceful. Thank you so much for what you're doing, never stop as you're changing a dreaded experience (especially for women like me, traumatized after my first childbirth) into something beautiful :)
@Agnieszka Pietroczuk My first labor and birth and postpartum was the most tramatic experience of my lifetime. I’m now wanting to look towards baby number 2, but trying to find mental healing from the first, which was 6 years ago. Do you have any advice, or can you direct me towards any content you found helpful? I don’t even know where to turn. I had planned a home natural birth, but my midwife and doula basically did nothing, then stressed me way out with looming a 24 hour countdown over my head, then forcing me to the hospital at that time marker, then throwing me to the hospital wolves with max pitocin and looming a C-section over my head, then forced “emergency C-section” for FTP. All while I had achieved 7 cm at home before they began the whole charade. And then I had tons of postpartum complications from the drugs, and severe ppd for over 2 more years, and none of them would help me postpartum either. I just need direction to help myself, and educate myself. Any advice mama? ♥️🙏🏽♥️
This is so helpful because I'm so scared but the little motivation at the beginning of the video really helped me
This is what they actually teach us in labor préparation classes in France.
1. Breathe in through your nose, your belly expands and get bigger..
2. Breathe out through the mouth,your belly shrinks and be becomes smaller
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Going in for my first delivery today... I'll be using this breathing technique during my labour. Kindly pray for us 🙏
4 kids later and i just discovered ur video. my boy is due next month and will keep this in mind. I appreciate this.
I have been practicing and have your affirmation for labor. I'm ready. Thank you! Also- i cry when you call us mamas 😊 so sweet!
This is such a good breathing method! I will definitely use it during labor.
This is a little nitpicky, but I think it’s worth clarifying for the sake of anatomical accuracy. You can’t actually fill your diaphragm with air! It’s a dome-shaped muscle that sits under your lungs. When that muscle contacts, it flattens out, pulling the base of the lungs downward as it flattens. This forces the lungs to expand, which really maximizes the volume of air taken into the lungs. Diaphragm breathing is much better than intercostal-only or “shoulder” breathing for getting more air into your system, but it does not actually involve filling your diaphragm with air!
Other than that, the tips she gave for practicing diaphragm breathing were excellent 😄
I just want to say thank you for your videos. I watched your videos on breathing before I was due and it was such a huge help with what turned into a very complicated birth. I went natural and everything was fine until it wasn't. Being prepared with your videos saved me! So thank you! ❤
Hi there. What happened if you don't mind me asking? Glad you're OK!
Labored about 9 hours at home with my first before having the urge to push. Doula and midwife didn't think I was close because I wasn't making noise or struggling. I was breathing!!
I’m 26 weeks with twin girls! Thanks for the videos!
Congrats! I’m 25 weeks with twin boys!
Hello,
Is It posible in the práctica of breathing tecnique, to Breathe the in and out all from the nouse?,instead of breathing out fron the mouth??
I had morphine and gas for pain management and after those did not feel pain at all, just pressure like wanting to do a massive poo. Throughout the labour even before the drugs I was just swaying and breathing rhythmically on my gym ball and hours just rolled by so quickly. I did not speak a word and banished my hubby to the corner of the room. Midwife was bored stiff too - I was handling it so well by myself. Breathing together with mental imagery helped so much.
Tip starts on 07:41
thank you Bridget ! being 13 and pregnant this helped me so much. I’m 37 weeks and terrified.. of giving birth to my baby girl. but now I’m not as worried.
Wow, hope your labor and delivery goes smooth. God bless you, and I pray you will turn your life unto Jesus, and He will take care of you and your child.
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I'm on my 28 weeks for my 2nd baby, aiming for VBAC.. I didn't experience labor on my 1st child coz he's breech and my CS was scheduled. I'll practice this breathing technique every day. Hope I'll be able to vlog my labor so I can prove that this helps :) thank you so much!
Currently 37w+1day with baby number 2 and going to try these breathing techniques this labour! 😊
I definitely agree!! Even now when I have a little pelvic pain because of walking a lot or during the exercise, or just because I'm tired, I start breathing deeply and slowly in and out and the pain goes away right away. It's unbelievable. That's why I keep doing it. That also relaxes and calms me. Bridget you're great to make it public to create awareness on the importance of breathing and to make it accessible to everyone. May God bless you. ♥️
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Thank you for always filling me and my life with good and positive things.
I love to hear You! ❤ I find your information so useful and so great!
Thank you 🙏🏼
But sometimes you talk so fast, no breaks or space in between that feels like you’re not breathing and overwhelm me 😢.
Maybe it is just me a little bit stressed in my third trimester 😅
I've panic and anxiety attacks. I need to learn this earlier and do some breathing exercises because, I'm very scared of natural labor
I did it girl! You can do it. I listened to worship music and did the hip squeeze for every contraction.
i really need to practice this breathing...i got lightheaded trying it the first time :(
Going in for my induction tomorrow!! Such divine timing❤️thank you so much for this❤️
Divine timing for me too im 40 w 1 day & just seeing this video. Due w #4. Having a home Water birth
Thank you so much for this video. Currently 1 day past my due date with my first baby. I'm so glad I found your channel.
The breathing was hard, definitely need to practice! I'm a month away from due date, can't wait to meet our baby boy. Gotta watch these videos with my husband 💕
I will come back after I have my second LO in a month to verify if this worked for me. I did NOT breathe properly with my first; I tensed up, held my breath, tried to fight it and ended up stalling at 6cm for HOURS. I’m much more educated this time around and I’m hoping for an easier birth.
Great video. My stress definitely went down! Funniest thing is as soon as the breathing was done, baby basically started salsa dancing in my belly. I guess he loved it!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Same thing happened here 🙋🏼♀️ he started shaking like crazy 🤣
Totally agree. When people ask me advice I send them your breathing videos.
Actual stuff starts at 5:50
Am learning a lot, am 39 weeks tdae and eagerly waiting for my baby to come, hoping to have natural birth 🙏
i felt so relaxed after practicing my breathing with you! thank you god bless
7:30 ish to get to the point
It's a breathing technique
This is such an inspiring video! I started following this amazing technique as soon as I felt the contractions and Voila! Gave natural birth to a healthy baby girl today!
Thank you for uploading such videos...you doing a great job!lots of love ❤️
Hello!
So do you pretty much do the destresser breath from the moment contractions start til you give birth (minus talking to nurses etc and things like that!) I just have no idea when to do it!
Before watching this video and reading the comments I genuinely thought I'd absolutely get an epidural but now I realise that might not be the case, just need a little extra knowledge. Thank you!!! Also apart from the breathing is there anything else I can do? Thank you!
@@halloweellahere7602 Hey! I simply followed the destresser breath technique from the time I got the contractions..it helped me a lot...hope it helps you too! Sending good wishes and prayers all through your way, Momma!
My 2nd was born 7 minutes after I got to the hospital 😂 the second one comes FAST!
Lot of talking (helpful) but she finally got there! Thank you!
It's so important to hear this because i have been there ,i didn't trust my body i was afraid i couldn't do it naturally and had to go through a c-section . If i had listened to this prior my birth ,i would have probably gone natural . But however i am so thankful to God that my baby and i are safe 😍
You have inspired me to look up for a VBAC so hopefully the next one will be through that😊😘
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I actually did this with my 3rd baby without realizing it was a technique but now I’m pregnant again due for induction for 2 days and nervous again
Technical question: I'm a speech therapist who teaches diaphragmatic breathing exercises so Iwas used to this technique but was curious as to why you would breathe out through your mouth? I teach breathe out through your mouth but thats because it's how you talk, but I was always taught a more natural way to exhale if not talking is through the nose. Thanks!
Hi Sarah, I am a hypnobirthing teacher and when it comes to the breathing techniques, I was taught that breathing out through the mouth can provide a better feeling of release and help to reduce tension more easily in labour. Also, because of the increased blood volume and higher temperature of women when pregnant, we can get nasally congested more. So breathing out through the mouth during contractions makes it easier to breathe as well. Hope this makes sense. Lots of love, Anja xxxx
im so glad I found this channel before trying for kids!! Im so on the fence and my fiancé wants them bad. This channel really helps me feel better about it!
All my knowledge and skills went out the window when I was in prodromal back labour with my first and was so over tired and exhausted from not progressing. I felt totally out of control, tense and disheartened even though I did SO much prep work with hypnobirthing and doing spinning babies and the miles circuit. I felt like a failure after all the information I took in but still had a really positive birth experience even though it wasn’t what I expected it to be. I thought I was going to handle it a lot better haha but I do think hypnobirthing gave me a really positive outlook with birth and I wasn’t afraid mostly just exhausted beyond belief. Now I am 36 weeks with my second and really REALLY want to stay focused on my breathing and not lose control. I love your mantra of “Trust. Relax. Let Go.” I’m going to post this everywhere in my home this time around and get my husband to recite it back to me haha and start doing the inversion and leaning forward to make sure I have more tummy labour this time around. Thanks for sharing your content and for being so encouraging!
In the midst of labor right now. Very useful! Thanks.
Absolutely invaluable advice, thank you for sharing! Breathing techniques truly make such a difference during labor and delivery. Your guidance and expertise shine through, making the journey to childbirth feel more manageable and empowering. Can't wait to incorporate these techniques into my birth preparation journey! 🌟 #BuiltToBirth