My sister told me when I am ready to deliver my baby "DON'T PUSH, baby will come out on their own when she/he ready". Her first 2 baby the doctor told her to push. The 3rd baby, different doctor told her "DON'T PUSH" but focus on her breathing and baby will come out on his own. My sister did exactly that, she said it was the best birth ever, it was quick birth and easy birth.
so I just had my sweet baby girl, natural home birth. I pushed until she started crowning. then my midwife told me to breath and not push. she came out on her own in her own time. it was beautiful. and because I relaxed and breathed she came out slowly and I didn't tear. ♡ so really lovely birth, and easy recovery. Thank you so much for All your advice, I've learned so much from you! ♡♡♡
+Wahyu Widia Hi Beautiful, I hope your day is lovely. My baby girl was born at 6 lbs. 0 oz. She is now 4 months at 17 lbs. Congratulations on your baby!! Its fun being a mom. I have one baby girl, I love being her mother. ♡ How is your pregnacy going?
Congratulation for you😍😍 i cant to wait that moment too because everyone say that being mom is such great things. My pregnancy is going well so far, im getting more nervous day by day
I believe in you. You can have an Amazing birth. It is quite painful, but having a women there to help you breath and relax will help. I had a Doula. what makes you the most nervous. ♡
I am back here to thank you for this video. First time mom here and had my baby on 9/24 after spending 11 hours in labour. This video helped me so much. When it was time to push, the nurse told me to push like I was making poooo which took me one full hour and got so exhausted and made me feel I couldn’t do it anymore 😢 all of a sudden, I remembered how you teach blowing out the candle. In just 10 minutes my baby girl was out. Thank you so much
People that watch these tend to not do epidural. It defeats the purpose and contradicts what is being said. People get that due to fear and anxiety which tenses body up and causes it to be really painful
@rollthedice5682 good to hear this...I cant take epidural and this my first baby so I am no clue what giving birth feel like. I ambtrying to learn as much as I can. 30 weeks now
It’s amazing how positive and refreshing you are about labour. I’m so sick of mums giving me their horror stories, what not to do, don’t do this don’t do that, this could go wrong this happens to a girl I knew etc....I’ve been so anxious about labour (I’m 9 days away from due date) but watching you is really helping me feel relaxed and prepared so thank you!!!!!
Hi @@codishaa we have a whole section on our website where you can read positive birth stories if you're interested in more :) thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/blog
TMI but it’s so funny to realize I’ve already been down breathing my poos for years. Whenever I have a difficult or uncomfortable one, I’ve learned to relax and breathe it down rather than push. Breathing down is much more effective. I had no idea I was practicing for birthing 😂😂🤦🏻♀️
So awkward to type this here but I’m 31 weeks pregnant as a first time mama and this is my only concept of how labor feels so I’ve been “practicing” when I go to the bathroom 😂 SO GLAD I’m not the only one!!
That is absolutely awesome! I didn't ever do this - as I don't tend to have difficult poos - but ever since I learned this technique in training, you best believe I practice when ever given the opportunity lol
Same! TMI I was once really constipated on a 4-day bushwalk. No matter how much I pushed, I just couldn't push anything out lol. I was panicking a bit for days but in the end, my body decided that it had had enough lol. By that point I also ran a fever. I squatted and breathed deep for some time and the whole thing slowly worked its way down and out. Hard pushing never worked. I look forward to squatting lol!
Thank God I’ve finally found an empowering channel. My baby is due in two weeks and so many woman have practically mocked me for being positive about a home birth. I know I can do it and I know it doesn’t have to be a horror story. This information is so helpful and thank you to all the WOMEN IN THE COMMENTS who have encouraging and positive words. God bless all xoxo and good luck!
I’m so confused. How are you ‘pushing the breath down’ when you’re pointing down on the exhale? There’s no breath then. So you’re just inhaling into your belly essentially?
My body pushed my daughter out on its own, my doctor didn’t make it when I felt the urge to push I did but not hard just to relieve some tension but my body got her to crown and since I wouldn’t push when she did crown it got Her out too. No rips! And I didn’t fight the urge to do the little pushes while I was in labor 1.5 hour labor first baby💖 and pain free o might add unmedicated.. (did feel the ring of fire)
Thank you so much for your informative videos! I found your original video on Up Breathing coming up to the birth of my son in Dec 2016 and practised the technique. I got my husband to count for me throughout my entire labour and was able to have natural, medication -free, birth (although not quite pain-free lol). It really kept me focused and stopped me hyperventilating which I think was a major problem for me in labour with my firstborn. I can't believe how quickly he came out down breathing (5 mins vs 1.5hrs of pushing with my firstborn). Thank you so much again.
Thank you immensely for your videos! I did my upstage and downstage breathing during my labour and the intense labour only lasted 2 hours. My baby arrived healthy at 38.4 weeks. Heartfelt thanks!
With my fourth baby, I had the urge to push in the car. Obviously, I resisted pushing by blowing through my lips. By the time I got into the hospital, the baby just sort of fell out. There was no pain! I really think it was so easy because I had resisted the pushes for a good half an hour.
My pushing experience at my first birth was a nurse on each side of me yelling at me to push harder harder HARDER. Never for a second did I believe that was normal. I tore and they were shocked how fast my daughter came out.. This time I put on my birth plan for a nurse to tell me when contractions begin and end and otherwise let me do my own thing. This video is really making me feel like I made the right choice. We'll find out on two weeks!
Ok so I had my son. I was able to do mostly breathing down, I added a little harder pushing when I needed it (9.5lb baby so I needed a little boost at the crowning) NY son came out with a vastly better Apgar score than my daughter did and I think it had something to do with not forcefully crushing him out of me as fast as possible. It was only about an extra 15 min of pushing but so much gentler
Thanks for the update! Yes it bothers me so much when I watch birth videos and they're yelling at the poor girl to PUSH!! My first baby is due in March and if that happens to me I'm gonna yell at them to get out of my face and let me birth my baby. Congrats on your son!
Just thought I'd leave a comment to say thank you. I watched all of your videos before giving birth to my son two weeks ago. We had a surprise home birth with zero intervention, zero medical assistance and the body naturally pushed our baby out. I kept thinking of down breathing and letting each contraction do its thing rather than tensing and honestly believe that trusting my primitive instincts was what helped.
@@Kjoyful419 I have no idea actually. I jumped in the bath as I had contractions that were like bad period pains. Id had them all day but they never got any worse. Within 1 minute of getting in the bath I felt babies head between my legs. So got out and my body just took over and the baby made his own way out xx
Thank you for sharing this!! I’m due dec 22 and it’s the 3rd today. I’m nervous for my home birth but have faith, like most animals giving birth in the wild, my body will naturally push the baby out and it will go smoothly. I plan on birthing in the tub but also seeing how it goes from there. Planned and prepped, now we wait!! Reading stories like this reassure my nerves.
Hey. I’ve read the book. I’ve had two forced births and felt so overwhelmed with the command to push I never felt the urge. Now I am just wondering how many times Is the pushing surge letting me do this breathing technique. The up breathing says 4 times. But what about the down breathing that’s not clear to me
I had four babies all natural. All different and yes the the doctors do tend to throw you off. But all of them were extremely different. I strongly agree with this. Because the middle two babies literally came out on their own and I was just breathing trying to hold them in and didn't matter. They came out regardless. She is on to something. 😅😂😊❤
Is there a reason why your technique of down breathing has a much faster out breath than others? I personally prefer it to be faster because I feel like I'm running out of oxygen when i breath out so slowly and is not relaxing at all, but am just curious to know if it matters if it's fast or slow?
I'm not a birth coach, but I also struggled with slowing my out-breathing for the "in-breathing" style. (I've practiced this in a few different yoga/meditation styles.) I've found the best thing is not necessarily to focus so much on the count, but focus instead on fully expelling the air from your lungs. Focus on fully drawing in your diaphragm, which should enable you to fully empty your lungs before drawing a new breath. Most of the time, we don't fully empty our lungs on the exhale, and this limits how much new air we can take on the inhale! I'm pretty sure this strategy will work to help you get deeper breaths, and also lengthen the out-breath count.
Everything in this video is 100 percent right, being in the correct birthing position, and knowing how to breathe and relax is 95% of the battle. Believe it or not, your own natural contractions are strong enough to completely push the entire baby out on its own.
I had never heard of "down breathing" or know anything about hypnobirthing, and apparently I did this in labor with my second baby! It helped so much with managing my discomfort, remembering how with my first baby, i tended to push in between contractions and when I had a surge, I tensed and drew up. So cool to know this is really a thing!
Thank you so much for your channel! I used your advices during my labor (for prepearing for labor and recovering also) and it was incredibly helpful! It probably save me from harmful medical stimulation and negative experience. Wish you all the best in your life!
I had an unmedicated birth, I was in a good bit of pain during the "pushing/descent" phase and was soo eager to push. All of the pressure from her head gave me the sensation that I should push and I felt relief with each push, it was almost involuntary pushing. When baby girl was about to be born the midwife told me to try to not push so she can help stretch things slowly down there and minimize tearing but i had such a hard time following orders lol my body had it's own plans. Ended up with 1 stitch but had no pain down there during my recovery!
Same here, it was an urge similar to the one pooping, without sticking your eyeballs out. I just gave them a heads up that I really needed to push and I did, but without an artificial effort, although I did tear, even with an episiotomy. I just failed to remember in the midst of it all to breathe slowly during the expulsion, but they did do a great job with the stitching.
Thank you so much I'm going to have my baby in less than 3 months and this helps me so much I can't afford classes so I do as much as I can to search for tips. And just thank you 💙
Great!! Just what I needed. I have roughly 4 days until Due Date (when I’ll be going into hospital to be induced) so I need as much info for a positive easy water birth as possible. Thanks
Hi Siobhan. When I'm doing the out breath, should my tummy muscles be "tightening" as I'm sending it down? Or should I feel no tightening in my tummy muscles at all? Thank you
My ab muscles tightened when my baby came out. I wasn’t really pushing, just breathing through the contractions. It felt like I was doing a ton of crunches.
I am feeling uncertain about one thing. As far as I've understood, hypnobirthing involves listening to your body, helping it do its thing and breathe accordingly. From experiences I have heard, and also of Siobhan story on the website, during birth, it comes to a stage where you really feel like you have to push, so basically your body tells you to push. So wouldn't "not pushing" mean not listening to our instinct and not do what our body tells us to do? Hope I can get some clarification on that :)
I have already given birth once without hypnobirthing. I felt a downwards movement in my body and the midwife told me to really push then. However pushing felt so painful and my intuition told me not to push, because it was just unbearable. I ended up just listening to the instructions of the midwife, because I didn’t know any better and it was extremely painful and exhausting throughout. But downbreathing sounds like a much better option, that I will try, when I give birth to my next baby.
Update: So I gave birth to my second baby a month ago and used hypnobirthing with Siobhans breathing techniques. Hypnobirthing helped me tremendously during the opening phase. I was still in some pain while my cervix was opening up, but it was much more bearable and it went quite fast. During the bearing-down phase I tried to “blow out candles” like in the breathing technique that Siobhan teaches. My midwife thought, I was trying to hold the baby back and just avoiding the pain and she told me “It’s going to come out very soon but you’re gonna have to push.” I ended up doing that, because I was in a lot of pain and at some point I just wanted the pain to end - but that phase also went by relatively fast and the midwife said afterwards that it was good that I had been so careful (which was her impression). I had very little tearing, although my baby was really big, because I didn’t push super hard all the time. I listened to my body and only pushed, when I felt I couldn’t do it any other way. Also after this birth, the pain was quickly forgotten.
I have chronic allegies and can't breathe through my nose. Will this still work if I practice with just my mouth? I am counting on adrenaline to unblock my nose during delivery, or, well, saline drops too!
This is really informative video with direct information. Im going to deliver my 1st born next month and im nervous with my breathing technique. But this video helps me tp ease down mg anxiety. Tq!
I talked to my doctor yesterday about breathing the baby out, he basically said I could do whatever I wanted but breathing the baby out takes so much longer than pushing. Also the baby could be in trauma/distress hitting the pubic bone over and over instead of pushing and helping him out. I was a little discouraged leaving because I really want to breath the baby out. How long does breathing the baby out take?
More than likely your doctor doesn't have much experience with hypnobirthing and/or just wants their job to be done quicker. Research shows that this is actually healthier for mom and baby.
I pushed my first born out for 2 and a half hours. Half his head was bruised when he finally came out. So I don't think breathing them out would make it longer.
Being urged to push hard and continuously after the baby’s head emerges is actually more likely to get them stuck on your pubic bone. Its better to let the baby ease out and give time for it to turn on its own.
I'm due in March and I also want a natural birth. I don't know if you have discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" UA-cam channel. She is a doula and her videos will help you... She has a video on 3 different "Breathing techniques" that can help you with natural birth. Many women gave natural birth trying her breathing techniques.
Pushing is also horrible for post partum healing! I had an epidural first time around and no one told me about the pain of after! Going from numb to after birth pains and having been told to push, on my back, at every contraction, without my being able to feel them, bad combo!
She Powerland definitely a learning experience, especially postpartum phase, no support or guidelines. I went home and took on my regular responsibilities, no rest, as I was filled with adrenaline, months later I wound up with a prolapse. My body obviously was burned out, a year later, another baby later and I'm still trying to recover from it all. Luckily my second birth was a lot better (home birth with midwives)!
How do I tell the nurses to not intervene? I really need advice on this because I will be having my baby without epidural and I really don't want anybody telling me to push ...
@@rosisepulveda1567 just say you don't want to be coached through the pushing stage unless you ask for assistance, they should respect your wishes. Also include it in your birth plan if you have one so that the information is there for anyone taking care of you
Does this work when you have an epidural? Do your muscles do what they need to do on its own without you forcing the push? I’m due in a couple months and idk what I should do I just know I don’t want to tear
Your videos are amazing ! 😍 Thanks to your lessons my second baby's birth went well two days ago. My little girl is in good health. My first baby's birth was a complicated and traumatic experience 4 years ago (my son is fine but I still have nightmares). But with your breathing techniques everything went normally this time. I am very proud of myself, using relaxing breathing every time panic and contractions hit me (my husband was not allowed at the clinic dued to covid. It was stressful to be alone but it helped me really focus on myself too...) then downbreathing when pushing time came. Big hugs to you !
I don’t know if it’s just me but I actually can’t get poo out by pushing really hard anymore (third trimester). I have to breathe it out. It’s exciting to know that I’ve been practicing without knowing. I had an unmedicated birth last pregnancy and it was hard but I’m excited to go at it again with your techniques. 4 weeks left!
Do you practice this same method yourself that you have just been explaining to us about giving birth whenever you need to poo? I would be interested to know. In one of your other videos you explained that giving birth was just like going to the toilet and doing a massive poo. I would never have thought that it would be possible to poo without having to push to evacuate the poo from your bowels. If it's possible then maybe I could try practicing this technique whenever I need to poo.
I discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" UA-cam channel, she taught 3 different breathing techniques during labor and one of those breathing techniques is for when you ready to deliver baby. This technique she said practice when you go to poop. I have been practicing and it works. You don't need to force yourself or to push to poop. Just breath in and out slowly and the poop come out.
My birth Center is teaching this. It's funny that you said that the toilet is a good place to try it because my cousin had 2 out of 3 kids on the toilet. My question is that if you aren't really supposed to push then why do Doctor's say "PUSH, PUSH HARD! GET MAD AND PUSH"!!!
I think, doctors just don’t know much about hypnobirthing. It’s not taught at universities. Are you from the US? Here in Germany the doctors usually don’t give you any advice at all during labor. They just remotely monitor the babies heart rate and only act when there are complications. During my first sons birth the midwife gave me all the instructions and the doctor was only present for the last 15 minutes of labor. However my midwife also was for pushing. It‘s just the oldfashioned, better known method, but certainly not the best one. Giving birth by pushing was extremely painful and exhausting.
@@steffidoc yes, my sister told me her first two babies the doctor told her to push. She said it was more painful and tiring. But her 3rd baby, different doctor told her "DON'T PUSH" but rather focus on her breathing and baby will come out on his own. She did just that and she said it was the best birth ever. It was quicker and she wasn't tired or in much pain.
Thank you for such an informative video! You mentioned to resist tensing and drawing up! What should I try and do? Just relax the muscles in the vagina or should I push it downwards? Thank you :)
So to confirm this, as a side note, pooping your pants in death is a thing. It’s the final vowel movement because your muscles RELAX. So no, you don’t need your muscles to actively push, your body will do it on its own.
Hi. I've just bought an aniball to help get me ready for birth next month. The instructions seem to be counter to what is suggested in hypnobirthing. The aniball exercise instructs you to relax your PC muscles on the out breath, thereby allowing the ball to move to the opening, then on the in breath hold the ball where it is. Repeat this until the ball is completely expelled. This method of breathing is also similar to pelvic floor exercises. I'm also reading the Make Your Birth Better book and have been practising breathing using the suggested methods from the book but now I'm getting confused because it seems different to pelvic floor and aniball methods. Can anyone help please?
Thank you very much for putting these videos up for free. I am already less afraid and more prepared. I thank God for bringing me to your videos. May God and His Son Jesus be with you and bless you. Thank you for your work.
In the course I bought that's a lot of explanations for a very simple thing, literally for a pregnant woman who has baby brain and it's fatigued it's excessive! I'm disappointed with that.
I been practicing these breathing techniques everytime I have a poo and it makes all the difference, I use to constantly get cuts and would have to use an enema. So I can definitely see how using these will give me such a positive painless labour.
I gave birth during COVID in a different country, and it was such a stressful experience. I was in labour for 36 hours and eventually the nurse cut me to help my son out. I wish I'd known about these techniques before all that! So thankful I've come across these resources. Hopefully I will be better equipped for my next birthing experience 🙏
Hi, we're so sorry to hear how stressful your experience was. If you're interested in more hypnobirthing techniques you might be interested in our Hypnobirthing pack x thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/digital-pack
Best pack I ever bought, I had bad anxiety building up to the big day, by the end of first couple of vids I felt empowered and confident that would be happy and wanted to go through it all naturally. Ended up with a csec due to underlining issues, however I still used the techniques and it helped me beyond any other show on having a baby.
Thank you, this video is so helpful! I am calm about my upcoming birth, but have no idea how to birth. I have been looking for techniques to get the baby out calmly. Thank you for explaining the process so easily.
I thought deep breathing is a no-no when the baby is coming out because it can move the baby faster and make you tear... very confused. Then when do we use shallow breathing in labor?
I think shallow breathing is in the short phase, when you’re almost completely dilated, but not quite ready to get the baby out. The midwife will probably notice that phase and tell you wait a little, before downbreathing (or pushing for those who don’t use hypnobirthing).
@@HypnobirthingWithAnja hi.. This is my pregnancy and I just delivered a healthy baby boy on 10th of Oct. Thanks for the reply. I had planned c section.
I found during my first natural birth my whole body was tense for hours, like I couldn’t relax. I did pop blood vessels in my face, neck, and chest as well without screaming. What is the difference between typical breathing methods and this?
I like the explanation of upward and downward contractions, etc. I am just wondering why the use of "hypno" to describe the strategy explained in this video? It seems to be a conscious method of managing the pushing stage with breathing and knowledge, similarly to having a BM. "Hypno" seems to imply external manipulation into a half conscious or subconscious state. Being able to breathe well through transition and the pushing stage seems to require being fully aware or close to. Quite naturally, when things require high management our bodies attempt to switch gears, and our minds think about and visualize what is needed or happening. Seems that a person would need awareness and knowledge during that time, not induced trances or half consciousness. JMO....
Most Hypnobirthing teachers agree that the name of this approach is problematic and unhelpful. Unfortunately that's just what it's called! The "hypno" of Hypnobirthing refers to the fact that this approach involves harnessing the power of one's own mind to support the process of giving birth. It includes various relaxation and visualisation techniques, for example. Hope this helps.
I got dizzy at first too, but practicing each day solved that. Also practicing made the process (birth) SO much easier than the birth I didn’t practice with because I had thought, “I already know how to do this from previous birth.”
Can u please tell me if I could practise the up breathing and down breathing when in 6th month of pregnancy until giving birth to baby... just like for practise purpose?? If yes, how many times to practise a practise and for how long should I do it?? Also how will I know up stage and down stage of labour ?? Is it like until the water breaks it’s up stage and once it’s broken it’s down stage??
The up breathing is for active labor which will be the majority of your labor. The down breathing is for the pushing phase. You will know when it is time to push because you will feel you’re body start to push and move the baby down. You care provider will also likely check you to make sure you are fully dialted.
@@HypnobirthingWithAnja Hey I see thanks for response appreciate it, hope don't mind one other question, one thing wondered about say if the babies head is half out and you don't push, yet the babies taking quite long to come out is it possible the baby lose oxygen then ?
Right?! My water home birth is planned, I’m due dec. 22 and today is the 3rd. This was one thing I was nervous about too, SO reassuring to read these types of comments!! Calms the nerves!
My sister told me when I am ready to deliver my baby "DON'T PUSH, baby will come out on their own when she/he ready". Her first 2 baby the doctor told her to push. The 3rd baby, different doctor told her "DON'T PUSH" but focus on her breathing and baby will come out on his own. My sister did exactly that, she said it was the best birth ever, it was quick birth and easy birth.
Uuugh it's so refreshing to find someone that provides an informative quick video without 90% of the video being of pointless boring chat!
So true, lovely to hear somebody giving meaningful advice instead of mindless chatter about inner wisdom.
I’m actually on toilet now, and it’s so true!!!
Not in the course, surprisingly
so I just had my sweet baby girl, natural home birth. I pushed until she started crowning. then my midwife told me to breath and not push. she came out on her own in her own time. it was beautiful. and because I relaxed and breathed she came out slowly and I didn't tear. ♡ so really lovely birth, and easy recovery. Thank you so much for All your advice, I've learned so much from you! ♡♡♡
Kaydi Angel wow..it's incredible. What was her weight at the moment? Im 30weeks now but i am not convident to have normal birth
+Wahyu Widia Hi Beautiful, I hope your day is lovely. My baby girl was born at 6 lbs. 0 oz. She is now 4 months at 17 lbs. Congratulations on your baby!! Its fun being a mom. I have one baby girl, I love being her mother. ♡ How is your pregnacy going?
Congratulation for you😍😍 i cant to wait that moment too because everyone say that being mom is such great things. My pregnancy is going well so far, im getting more nervous day by day
I believe in you. You can have an Amazing birth. It is quite painful, but having a women there to help you breath and relax will help. I had a Doula. what makes you the most nervous. ♡
+Wahyu Widia. Hello Lovely. Hope everything is well. Did you have your baby. ♡
You are seriously helping to ease my worries about the pushing process and listening to you is filling me with confidence. Thank you so much.
I am back here to thank you for this video. First time mom here and had my baby on 9/24 after spending 11 hours in labour. This video helped me so much. When it was time to push, the nurse told me to push like I was making poooo which took me one full hour and got so exhausted and made me feel I couldn’t do it anymore 😢 all of a sudden, I remembered how you teach blowing out the candle. In just 10 minutes my baby girl was out. Thank you so much
thank you for sharing that it worked for you it encourages me
This completely solved my constipation during pregnancy and worked like a charm for labor. Thank you so much!
I breathed out my baby. I had very minimal tearing and a quick delivery. This is a great method.
U had epidural?
People that watch these tend to not do epidural. It defeats the purpose and contradicts what is being said. People get that due to fear and anxiety which tenses body up and causes it to be really painful
@rollthedice5682 good to hear this...I cant take epidural and this my first baby so I am no clue what giving birth feel like. I ambtrying to learn as much as I can. 30 weeks now
It’s amazing how positive and refreshing you are about labour. I’m so sick of mums giving me their horror stories, what not to do, don’t do this don’t do that, this could go wrong this happens to a girl I knew etc....I’ve been so anxious about labour (I’m 9 days away from due date) but watching you is really helping me feel relaxed and prepared so thank you!!!!!
Emma Har How did it go?
How was everything? Congrats
This!!! I don't want to read or watch or listen to the horror stories 😢
Hi @@codishaa we have a whole section on our website where you can read positive birth stories if you're interested in more :) thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/blog
TMI but it’s so funny to realize I’ve already been down breathing my poos for years. Whenever I have a difficult or uncomfortable one, I’ve learned to relax and breathe it down rather than push. Breathing down is much more effective. I had no idea I was practicing for birthing 😂😂🤦🏻♀️
OMG!!! SAME!!!! ☺
FTM here and I'm just realizing that all these years I've been preparing for down breathing every time I take a poo lol I feel so prepared 🤣
So awkward to type this here but I’m 31 weeks pregnant as a first time mama and this is my only concept of how labor feels so I’ve been “practicing” when I go to the bathroom 😂 SO GLAD I’m not the only one!!
That is absolutely awesome! I didn't ever do this - as I don't tend to have difficult poos - but ever since I learned this technique in training, you best believe I practice when ever given the opportunity lol
Same! TMI I was once really constipated on a 4-day bushwalk. No matter how much I pushed, I just couldn't push anything out lol. I was panicking a bit for days but in the end, my body decided that it had had enough lol. By that point I also ran a fever. I squatted and breathed deep for some time and the whole thing slowly worked its way down and out. Hard pushing never worked. I look forward to squatting lol!
Thank God I’ve finally found an empowering channel. My baby is due in two weeks and so many woman have practically mocked me for being positive about a home birth. I know I can do it and I know it doesn’t have to be a horror story. This information is so helpful and thank you to all the WOMEN IN THE COMMENTS who have encouraging and positive words. God bless all xoxo and good luck!
You honestly don’t need to push, your baby will come out naturally
My sister said the same from her own experience.
I finally understand why my ob kept telling me to blow out a candle and let my body do the pushing lol I though she was crazy
I’m so confused. How are you ‘pushing the breath down’ when you’re pointing down on the exhale? There’s no breath then. So you’re just inhaling into your belly essentially?
My body pushed my daughter out on its own, my doctor didn’t make it when I felt the urge to push I did but not hard just to relieve some tension but my body got her to crown and since I wouldn’t push when she did crown it got Her out too. No rips! And I didn’t fight the urge to do the little pushes while I was in labor 1.5 hour labor first baby💖 and pain free o might add unmedicated.. (did feel the ring of fire)
Thank you so much for your informative videos! I found your original video on Up Breathing coming up to the birth of my son in Dec 2016 and practised the technique. I got my husband to count for me throughout my entire labour and was able to have natural, medication -free, birth (although not quite pain-free lol). It really kept me focused and stopped me hyperventilating which I think was a major problem for me in labour with my firstborn. I can't believe how quickly he came out down breathing (5 mins vs 1.5hrs of pushing with my firstborn). Thank you so much again.
Thank you immensely for your videos! I did my upstage and downstage breathing during my labour and the intense labour only lasted 2 hours. My baby arrived healthy at 38.4 weeks. Heartfelt thanks!
With my fourth baby, I had the urge to push in the car. Obviously, I resisted pushing by blowing through my lips. By the time I got into the hospital, the baby just sort of fell out. There was no pain! I really think it was so easy because I had resisted the pushes for a good half an hour.
I couldnt have resisted
My pushing experience at my first birth was a nurse on each side of me yelling at me to push harder harder HARDER. Never for a second did I believe that was normal. I tore and they were shocked how fast my daughter came out.. This time I put on my birth plan for a nurse to tell me when contractions begin and end and otherwise let me do my own thing. This video is really making me feel like I made the right choice. We'll find out on two weeks!
Ok so I had my son. I was able to do mostly breathing down, I added a little harder pushing when I needed it (9.5lb baby so I needed a little boost at the crowning) NY son came out with a vastly better Apgar score than my daughter did and I think it had something to do with not forcefully crushing him out of me as fast as possible. It was only about an extra 15 min of pushing but so much gentler
Thanks for the update! Yes it bothers me so much when I watch birth videos and they're yelling at the poor girl to PUSH!! My first baby is due in March and if that happens to me I'm gonna yell at them to get out of my face and let me birth my baby. Congrats on your son!
Why? Why do the nurses do this?? I also had this and wish it had gone so differently.
Just practiced this method in the bathroom 😂 it works! Very excited to try this in labour!
Just thought I'd leave a comment to say thank you. I watched all of your videos before giving birth to my son two weeks ago. We had a surprise home birth with zero intervention, zero medical assistance and the body naturally pushed our baby out. I kept thinking of down breathing and letting each contraction do its thing rather than tensing and honestly believe that trusting my primitive instincts was what helped.
Wow that is amazing! How long were you in labor?
@@Kjoyful419 I have no idea actually. I jumped in the bath as I had contractions that were like bad period pains. Id had them all day but they never got any worse. Within 1 minute of getting in the bath I felt babies head between my legs. So got out and my body just took over and the baby made his own way out xx
@@jaynedytiche4532 wow! Ok thanks I am currently 37 weeks and labor is on my mind all the time 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for sharing this!! I’m due dec 22 and it’s the 3rd today. I’m nervous for my home birth but have faith, like most animals giving birth in the wild, my body will naturally push the baby out and it will go smoothly. I plan on birthing in the tub but also seeing how it goes from there. Planned and prepped, now we wait!! Reading stories like this reassure my nerves.
@@Rowm222 How did it go💕
Hey. I’ve read the book. I’ve had two forced births and felt so overwhelmed with the command to push I never felt the urge. Now I am just wondering how many times Is the pushing surge letting me do this breathing technique. The up breathing says 4 times. But what about the down breathing that’s not clear to me
I had four babies all natural. All different and yes the the doctors do tend to throw you off. But all of them were extremely different. I strongly agree with this. Because the middle two babies literally came out on their own and I was just breathing trying to hold them in and didn't matter. They came out regardless. She is on to something. 😅😂😊❤
How do you know when you switch from up breathing to down breathing?
Is there a reason why your technique of down breathing has a much faster out breath than others? I personally prefer it to be faster because I feel like I'm running out of oxygen when i breath out so slowly and is not relaxing at all, but am just curious to know if it matters if it's fast or slow?
I'm not a birth coach, but I also struggled with slowing my out-breathing for the "in-breathing" style. (I've practiced this in a few different yoga/meditation styles.) I've found the best thing is not necessarily to focus so much on the count, but focus instead on fully expelling the air from your lungs. Focus on fully drawing in your diaphragm, which should enable you to fully empty your lungs before drawing a new breath. Most of the time, we don't fully empty our lungs on the exhale, and this limits how much new air we can take on the inhale! I'm pretty sure this strategy will work to help you get deeper breaths, and also lengthen the out-breath count.
Thanks for this. I was struggling to understand down breathing but no I get it!
Everything in this video is 100 percent right, being in the correct birthing position, and knowing how to breathe and relax is 95% of the battle. Believe it or not, your own natural contractions are strong enough to completely push the entire baby out on its own.
I had never heard of "down breathing" or know anything about hypnobirthing, and apparently I did this in labor with my second baby! It helped so much with managing my discomfort, remembering how with my first baby, i tended to push in between contractions and when I had a surge, I tensed and drew up. So cool to know this is really a thing!
Thank you so much for your channel! I used your advices during my labor (for prepearing for labor and recovering also) and it was incredibly helpful! It probably save me from harmful medical stimulation and negative experience. Wish you all the best in your life!
I had an unmedicated birth, I was in a good bit of pain during the "pushing/descent" phase and was soo eager to push. All of the pressure from her head gave me the sensation that I should push and I felt relief with each push, it was almost involuntary pushing. When baby girl was about to be born the midwife told me to try to not push so she can help stretch things slowly down there and minimize tearing but i had such a hard time following orders lol my body had it's own plans. Ended up with 1 stitch but had no pain down there during my recovery!
Same here, it was an urge similar to the one pooping, without sticking your eyeballs out. I just gave them a heads up that I really needed to push and I did, but without an artificial effort, although I did tear, even with an episiotomy. I just failed to remember in the midst of it all to breathe slowly during the expulsion, but they did do a great job with the stitching.
I can’t begin to say how wonderful and lovely of a woman you are for living your life to empower others! You literally brought tears to my eyes
Thank you so much I'm going to have my baby in less than 3 months and this helps me so much I can't afford classes so I do as much as I can to search for tips. And just thank you 💙
Great!! Just what I needed. I have roughly 4 days until Due Date (when I’ll be going into hospital to be induced) so I need as much info for a positive easy water birth as possible. Thanks
Finally a short and sweet video that explains clearly how to push! Glad I found this. Thanks, this really helps a lot!
Hi Siobhan. When I'm doing the out breath, should my tummy muscles be "tightening" as I'm sending it down? Or should I feel no tightening in my tummy muscles at all? Thank you
Yes I'd like to know this too!
Me too!
For me the muscles below my belly button engage not my upper abs. Does this help?
My ab muscles tightened when my baby came out. I wasn’t really pushing, just breathing through the contractions. It felt like I was doing a ton of crunches.
I am feeling uncertain about one thing. As far as I've understood, hypnobirthing involves listening to your body, helping it do its thing and breathe accordingly. From experiences I have heard, and also of Siobhan story on the website, during birth, it comes to a stage where you really feel like you have to push, so basically your body tells you to push. So wouldn't "not pushing" mean not listening to our instinct and not do what our body tells us to do? Hope I can get some clarification on that :)
I have already given birth once without hypnobirthing. I felt a downwards movement in my body and the midwife told me to really push then.
However pushing felt so painful and my intuition told me not to push, because it was just unbearable.
I ended up just listening to the instructions of the midwife, because I didn’t know any better and it was extremely painful and exhausting throughout.
But downbreathing sounds like a much better option, that I will try, when I give birth to my next baby.
Update: So I gave birth to my second baby a month ago and used hypnobirthing with Siobhans breathing techniques.
Hypnobirthing helped me tremendously during the opening phase. I was still in some pain while my cervix was opening up, but it was much more bearable and it went quite fast.
During the bearing-down phase I tried to “blow out candles” like in the breathing technique that Siobhan teaches.
My midwife thought, I was trying to hold the baby back and just avoiding the pain and she told me “It’s going to come out very soon but you’re gonna have to push.”
I ended up doing that, because I was in a lot of pain and at some point I just wanted the pain to end - but that phase also went by relatively fast and the midwife said afterwards that it was good that I had been so careful (which was her impression).
I had very little tearing, although my baby was really big, because I didn’t push super hard all the time. I listened to my body and only pushed, when I felt I couldn’t do it any other way.
Also after this birth, the pain was quickly forgotten.
@@steffidoc Wonderful! Congratulations.
My 1 and a half year old has been practicing his down breathing along with you. It's so funny to watch.
This is not only handy for birth....but that next big dump I take 💩 hahaha sorry TMI. Thank you hhahaha
I have chronic allegies and can't breathe through my nose. Will this still work if I practice with just my mouth? I am counting on adrenaline to unblock my nose during delivery, or, well, saline drops too!
This is really informative video with direct information. Im going to deliver my 1st born next month and im nervous with my breathing technique. But this video helps me tp ease down mg anxiety. Tq!
Your body defintely pushes the baby out I didn't have control at that point. Its amazing what the body does.
Lol I dont know if I'm pushing down lol
i am 39wk +5 downbreathing is super effective. it just helped me with my constipation. and give me more confidence for birth.
I talked to my doctor yesterday about breathing the baby out, he basically said I could do whatever I wanted but breathing the baby out takes so much longer than pushing. Also the baby could be in trauma/distress hitting the pubic bone over and over instead of pushing and helping him out. I was a little discouraged leaving because I really want to breath the baby out. How long does breathing the baby out take?
More than likely your doctor doesn't have much experience with hypnobirthing and/or just wants their job to be done quicker. Research shows that this is actually healthier for mom and baby.
I pushed my first born out for 2 and a half hours. Half his head was bruised when he finally came out. So I don't think breathing them out would make it longer.
マッコイナタリー How did it go? Hope you had a beautiful experience and a healthy baby
Being urged to push hard and continuously after the baby’s head emerges is actually more likely to get them stuck on your pubic bone. Its better to let the baby ease out and give time for it to turn on its own.
Oh my gosh, I wish I knew this 20 years ago!!! I pushed so hard that I was soooooo exhausted!
Wow this sounds great but what is the best birthing position to try this interesting technique????
Gonna try natural birth here in February and this video is a blessing! Will definitely be trying
I'm due in March and I also want a natural birth. I don't know if you have discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" UA-cam channel. She is a doula and her videos will help you... She has a video on 3 different "Breathing techniques" that can help you with natural birth. Many women gave natural birth trying her breathing techniques.
Just binging your videos! Prepping for homebirth, doing hypnobirthing course in about two months. Love the c9ntent!
Super concise and so helpful! I loved the candle analogy, and the tips provided, thank you!
Pushing is also horrible for post partum healing! I had an epidural first time around and no one told me about the pain of after! Going from numb to after birth pains and having been told to push, on my back, at every contraction, without my being able to feel them, bad combo!
Natural Vegan Mom that’s TERRIBLE this is why I hate hospitals
She Powerland definitely a learning experience, especially postpartum phase, no support or guidelines. I went home and took on my regular responsibilities, no rest, as I was filled with adrenaline, months later I wound up with a prolapse. My body obviously was burned out, a year later, another baby later and I'm still trying to recover from it all. Luckily my second birth was a lot better (home birth with midwives)!
How do I tell the nurses to not intervene? I really need advice on this because I will be having my baby without epidural and I really don't want anybody telling me to push ...
@@rosisepulveda1567 just say you don't want to be coached through the pushing stage unless you ask for assistance, they should respect your wishes. Also include it in your birth plan if you have one so that the information is there for anyone taking care of you
I burst so many blood vessels in my eyes and face last time around, determined to do things differently this time!
Does this work when you have an epidural? Do your muscles do what they need to do on its own without you forcing the push? I’m due in a couple months and idk what I should do I just know I don’t want to tear
What makes you think you will tear? The midwives will help guide your baby out
Victoria Simpson because most women tear a little their first time and I don’t have any midwives only a doctor
@@MeekaChannel yea exactly. What if you don't have a midwife and have to deal with a regular doctor?
Your videos are amazing ! 😍 Thanks to your lessons my second baby's birth went well two days ago. My little girl is in good health. My first baby's birth was a complicated and traumatic experience 4 years ago (my son is fine but I still have nightmares). But with your breathing techniques everything went normally this time. I am very proud of myself, using relaxing breathing every time panic and contractions hit me (my husband was not allowed at the clinic dued to covid. It was stressful to be alone but it helped me really focus on myself too...) then downbreathing when pushing time came. Big hugs to you !
I don’t know if it’s just me but I actually can’t get poo out by pushing really hard anymore (third trimester). I have to breathe it out. It’s exciting to know that I’ve been practicing without knowing. I had an unmedicated birth last pregnancy and it was hard but I’m excited to go at it again with your techniques. 4 weeks left!
Hey! Congratulations on your baby! Any updates on how the breathing and relaxing techniques went for you during labor?
Do you practice this same method yourself that you have just been explaining to us about giving birth whenever you need to poo? I would be interested to know. In one of your other videos you explained that giving birth was just like going to the toilet and doing a massive poo. I would never have thought that it would be possible to poo without having to push to evacuate the poo from your bowels. If it's possible then maybe I could try practicing this technique whenever I need to poo.
I discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" UA-cam channel, she taught 3 different breathing techniques during labor and one of those breathing techniques is for when you ready to deliver baby. This technique she said practice when you go to poop. I have been practicing and it works. You don't need to force yourself or to push to poop. Just breath in and out slowly and the poop come out.
My birth Center is teaching this. It's funny that you said that the toilet is a good place to try it because my cousin had 2 out of 3 kids on the toilet. My question is that if you aren't really supposed to push then why do Doctor's say "PUSH, PUSH HARD! GET MAD AND PUSH"!!!
I think, doctors just don’t know much about hypnobirthing. It’s not taught at universities.
Are you from the US? Here in Germany the doctors usually don’t give you any advice at all during labor. They just remotely monitor the babies heart rate and only act when there are complications.
During my first sons birth the midwife gave me all the instructions and the doctor was only present for the last 15 minutes of labor.
However my midwife also was for pushing. It‘s just the oldfashioned, better known method, but certainly not the best one. Giving birth by pushing was extremely painful and exhausting.
@@steffidoc yes, my sister told me her first two babies the doctor told her to push. She said it was more painful and tiring. But her 3rd baby, different doctor told her "DON'T PUSH" but rather focus on her breathing and baby will come out on his own. She did just that and she said it was the best birth ever. It was quicker and she wasn't tired or in much pain.
Very helpful, but I don't think it would work in a precipitous labour....
Thank you! I was worried about needing to push hard for hours!
Thank you for such an informative video!
You mentioned to resist tensing and drawing up! What should I try and do? Just relax the muscles in the vagina or should I push it downwards?
Thank you :)
What about “ J “ breathing during the pushing stage.
So to confirm this, as a side note, pooping your pants in death is a thing. It’s the final vowel movement because your muscles RELAX. So no, you don’t need your muscles to actively push, your body will do it on its own.
Hi. I've just bought an aniball to help get me ready for birth next month. The instructions seem to be counter to what is suggested in hypnobirthing. The aniball exercise instructs you to relax your PC muscles on the out breath, thereby allowing the ball to move to the opening, then on the in breath hold the ball where it is. Repeat this until the ball is completely expelled. This method of breathing is also similar to pelvic floor exercises.
I'm also reading the Make Your Birth Better book and have been practising breathing using the suggested methods from the book but now I'm getting confused because it seems different to pelvic floor and aniball methods. Can anyone help please?
Thank you very much for putting these videos up for free. I am already less afraid and more prepared. I thank God for bringing me to your videos. May God and His Son Jesus be with you and bless you. Thank you for your work.
In the course I bought that's a lot of explanations for a very simple thing, literally for a pregnant woman who has baby brain and it's fatigued it's excessive! I'm disappointed with that.
I believe this. I believe in the biological functions of my body! So cool
Im scared to practise this in case the baby actually comes out😂
Another question, why does the body give us naturally the signal to push and we are supposed to not pushing?
Selina N Because your body gives you the feel to push when your cervix is fully dilated
Thanks🩵💙
I been practicing these breathing techniques everytime I have a poo and it makes all the difference, I use to constantly get cuts and would have to use an enema. So I can definitely see how using these will give me such a positive painless labour.
I gave birth during COVID in a different country, and it was such a stressful experience. I was in labour for 36 hours and eventually the nurse cut me to help my son out. I wish I'd known about these techniques before all that! So thankful I've come across these resources. Hopefully I will be better equipped for my next birthing experience 🙏
Hi, we're so sorry to hear how stressful your experience was. If you're interested in more hypnobirthing techniques you might be interested in our Hypnobirthing pack x thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/digital-pack
While breathing down, it's from nose or mouth as if blowing out candles
Thank you ❤it's brilliant
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Thank you for this information 🙏🏻
Best pack I ever bought, I had bad anxiety building up to the big day, by the end of first couple of vids I felt empowered and confident that would be happy and wanted to go through it all naturally. Ended up with a csec due to underlining issues, however I still used the techniques and it helped me beyond any other show on having a baby.
Thank you, this video is so helpful! I am calm about my upcoming birth, but have no idea how to birth. I have been looking for techniques to get the baby out calmly. Thank you for explaining the process so easily.
How did it go?
When i was in labor..i keep pushing and pushing 😂😂😂..i try this advice but i cant relax during my labor..😂😂😂..
Thank you times infinity! You are wonderful!
37weeks pregnant tom. Thanks for your informative video 👶
I thought deep breathing is a no-no when the baby is coming out because it can move the baby faster and make you tear... very confused. Then when do we use shallow breathing in labor?
I think shallow breathing is in the short phase, when you’re almost completely dilated, but not quite ready to get the baby out.
The midwife will probably notice that phase and tell you wait a little, before downbreathing (or pushing for those who don’t use hypnobirthing).
I want to ask u that .. Can short heighted pregnant woman give natural birth? Is it easy for us to give natural birth?
@@HypnobirthingWithAnja hi.. This is my pregnancy and I just delivered a healthy baby boy on 10th of Oct. Thanks for the reply. I had planned c section.
I found during my first natural birth my whole body was tense for hours, like I couldn’t relax. I did pop blood vessels in my face, neck, and chest as well without screaming. What is the difference between typical breathing methods and this?
Makes sense will be using thank you
Is this the same as j breathing?
Thank you very much 😀
I love this channel, super helpful ❤🙏
Do we need down breathing at the time of contraction when crowning happens
I didn't know to push as well
I like the explanation of upward and downward contractions, etc. I am just wondering why the use of "hypno" to describe the strategy explained in this video?
It seems to be a conscious method of managing the pushing stage with breathing and knowledge, similarly to having a BM.
"Hypno" seems to imply external manipulation into a half conscious or subconscious state. Being able to breathe well through transition and the pushing stage seems to require being fully aware or close to.
Quite naturally, when things require high management our bodies attempt to switch gears, and our minds think about and visualize what is needed or happening. Seems that a person would need awareness and knowledge during that time, not induced trances or half consciousness. JMO....
It refers more to being in a very relaxed state, which helps the birthing process. And being very intuned to your body and baby.
Most Hypnobirthing teachers agree that the name of this approach is problematic and unhelpful. Unfortunately that's just what it's called! The "hypno" of Hypnobirthing refers to the fact that this approach involves harnessing the power of one's own mind to support the process of giving birth. It includes various relaxation and visualisation techniques, for example. Hope this helps.
Lovely n helpful video
What if i get really dizzy by breathing like that? :(
I got dizzy at first too, but practicing each day solved that. Also practicing made the process (birth) SO much easier than the birth I didn’t practice with because I had thought, “I already know how to do this from previous birth.”
Thank you for the info. So helpful
Is this jay breathing
Thanks for the great info 🙌🏾 at what stage in pregnancy can one start “Down Breathing”?
Can u please tell me if I could practise the up breathing and down breathing when in 6th month of pregnancy until giving birth to baby... just like for practise purpose?? If yes, how many times to practise a practise and for how long should I do it?? Also how will I know up stage and down stage of labour ?? Is it like until the water breaks it’s up stage and once it’s broken it’s down stage??
The more practice the better 😊 I’m 6 months pregnant too!
The up breathing is for active labor which will be the majority of your labor. The down breathing is for the pushing phase. You will know when it is time to push because you will feel you’re body start to push and move the baby down. You care provider will also likely check you to make sure you are fully dialted.
Really helpful
So educative
What about if not pushing and the baby taking longer to deliver is that okay for babies health how to know if babies stuck.
@@HypnobirthingWithAnja
Yes thanks for this don't feel have to push really too much, just was wondering how may know if baby may be stuck.
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Hey I see thanks for response appreciate it, hope don't mind one other question, one thing wondered about say if the babies head is half out and you don't push, yet the babies taking quite long to come out is it possible the baby lose oxygen then ?
@@HypnobirthingWithAnja hi would this method still work if you had epidural or only works when you haven’t had epidural? Thanks
Okay, I’m only 9 but I’m really scared of giving birth,This helped alot, and then I realized I could just have a c-section 🤣
Can one still do this with a water birth? Will baby's head not end up spending too much time under water? 😖
Right?! My water home birth is planned, I’m due dec. 22 and today is the 3rd. This was one thing I was nervous about too, SO reassuring to read these types of comments!! Calms the nerves!
This is nothing new & very similar to Lamaze Prepared Childbirth breathing techniques.