Why you don't need to push when giving birth || Down Breathing || Hypnobirthing Breathing Techniques 

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

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. ♡

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

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!

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

thank you for sharing that it worked for you it encourages me

My sister said the same from her own experience.

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.

I couldnt have resisted

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💕

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.

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

I'm due in March and I also want a natural birth. I don't know if you have discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" RU-vid 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.

Hey! Congratulations on your baby! Any updates on how the breathing and relaxing techniques went for you during labor?

How did it go?

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.

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.

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

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.

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 think you start, when you’re fully dilated to 10 centimeters.

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.

I discover "BRIDGET TAYLOR" RU-vid 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.

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.

Selina N Because your body gives you the feel to push when your cervix is fully dilated

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?

@@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 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).

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.

@@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.

@@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 ?

@@HypnobirthingWithAnja hi would this method still work if you had epidural or only works when you haven’t had epidural? Thanks

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.”

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!

I think she is just saying that you don’t need to push with your head because you will end up with popped blood vessels in your face and possible tearing from pushing hard nether to breath down and let your body do they job - not saying don’t take any medicine if you want to. I do wonder though can you still have epidural and do the down breathing technique?