With my second I didn't push at all. I just focused on my breathing and my body just did it. I felt her pushing with her feet inside of me too. So I put my hands on the top of my bump so she had something firmer to push off of. I didn't even know that was a thing until it happened.

I did the zoom classes, read the book & listened to the guided meditations a million times & didn't really understand how to down breath until I just watched your video now, in the nick of time because I'm due in a couple days. THANK YOU!

Wow can’t explain how I felt after my delivery. It was a beautiful feeling and experience working together with my baby. I finally got this!

I'm about to have my third positive birth in a few short weeks. Watching your up and down videos helped tremendously with baby #2 and I expect it to work this time to help me manage pain and avoid pushing. May 7 Edit: had my third positive birth on 3/12 and I did not push. I did scream though. Three screams and she was here lol

This video is so well done and spot on! So many people don't realize that it is completely possible and normal for a woman to give birth with very little to no pushing at all. Being in the right birthing position and breathing is 95% of the battle.

Finally a breathing technique i can understand, follow and practice!

I am here again after 2 years. I had my amazing hypbobirth with my second after quite horrible first birth. I cannot wait to give birth for the 3rd time. Thank you for what you're doing

Im currently reading your book. Practical ways to make your birth better and its blowing my mind!! Im un learning everything I thought I knew about giving birth! Ive just had my first try in the loo of deep breathing and it worked!!! I didn’t have to push at all! Mind blowing!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! This will be my first baby and although I know there will be things that could happen out of my control,this is already helping me lots to feel calmer and more relaxed about it all! Many thanks!!!

I'm grappling with trying really hard to keep my focus and keep calm during labour this time around. I'm only 23 weeks, but I'm trying to prepare myself for the moment...because my Mum died 7 months ago and she won't be here this time around. I'm worried I'll be a mess during labour and screw up my focus or breathing with grief..Mum was CRUCIAL for me last time. I never wanted anyone else there with me aside from my husband and my mum. Mum was, once again, crucial when my daughter was born and she had severe colic...screaming 6 hours a day every single day until she turned purple and choked on her puke :( I'm going to be seeing a psychologist next month, provided by the hospital, and really hoping she can help me prepare for the obvious emotions I will surely feel during the entire thing. I know Mum will be there with me in spirit. I just miss her smile. Her laugh. He crude humour lol. She and I were so close. I just can't imagine Rory [our son I am currently pregnant with] not meeting her and loving her just as much as his sister did. I will prepare for a natural labour, I will succeed. I just have concerns lol

I was told off by a midwife for 'breathing away the contraction' and coached to push holding my breath. My body definitely wasn't at the point of pushing on it's own. Me and baby had coped so well with labour that I still don't understand why I was (or felt) forced to do it. She came out very quickly and it left me in a lot of pain for months. I wasn't prepared to stand my ground and just did what the medical person said, and I'm still so angry about it 2 years later. :(

Example breathing is at 2:37

Woman thank you so much for this video 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wonderful info and demos. Thanks!!! 🙏🏽🎉💜

You’re the best Siobhan!

Love this thank you!

Best explanation of down breathing

I'm a little confused, I thought you were meant to breath out through the nose as well? In the original hypnobirthing book it says to breath in and out through the nose, while breathing down, and down the back of your throat

Great video - thank you!!

Alrighty so I gave birth three times already and am due for another in 3 months. My first three were all natural and one even at home, no pain meds, nothing. I intuitively trust this process 100% as completely natural and with all my labors I simply just chill, but with some screaming. But I chill meaning I never pushed. Only time I pushed was when the head was at the opening of my privates, but never before then. Now I just learned of hypnobirthing yesterday for my first time ever and am starting my research well really with you. Thinking back on my labors I don’t know if I can identify when I would be up breathing and when the switch for down breathing would occur. So that’s my question is how do I know to up breath or down breath? Other than up breathing is in the beginning of labor through contractions and down breathing toward the end, but I can’t think of when exactly I would have switched in my previous deliveries. I’m probably intuitively doing this technique a little but I did scream quite a lot with all three but I never pushed. Also I see a video of yours about gravity helping and I’m thinking to plan a water birth because I have round ligament pain in my stomach this time. I never had belly pain before but I do now and I intuitively thought the water would help relieve my weight gain and help prevent stomach pain or worse a pulled stomach muscle or strained muscle. It hurts to laugh to hard or cough or sit from laying so I’m a little concerned that I’ll strain my belly during labor. Is hypnobirthing ok in a water birth or better for no water birth?

👍🏻 thanks!

Can this be used to help induce labor naturally at home before going to the hospital ? I’m full term. Thank you!

Question: if the midwife says stop pushing (i know that we are not pushing) but sometimes the midwife will want you to stop as they are trying to stop you from tearing. I had this whenbi was in the pushing stage of my 3rd birth. I didnt know how to 'stop' from this breathing technique to slow my body down. Do you have a video on this? (i am now 35 weeks with my 4th!)

Should I try to make the escalation as long as possible?

Would you still feel the urge if you have an epidural?

I tried this when giving birth a few days ago and it didn't help at all. I practiced this for a good few months running up to my due date but it didn't help. Maybe it works for some and not everyone.

Yes this is what happened to me. I practiced downbreathing on the toliet and it helped me 💩

So I dont push at all ? I’m confused ?

Hey, when i gave birth a managed to get the baby;s head half way out but i felt like my vagina was too small so they asked if they could do an episiotamy and it ruined me. The cut went up to my cliterus and down to my bum it was awful. But i feel like if i took bit more time i could have gotten the baby out, i felt rushed cuz the midwife was saying if you dont push we’ll take u to do a c section. I had so much pressure like they knew what was happening better than me. I dont know how to feel with second baby now, hopefully vagina isnt as tight and baby will just slip out. Im worried if they’ll force me to do another episiotomy again. I hate that pressure thinking baby isn’t well.

Hey Siobhan, question: As the jaw and the pelvic floor are deeply connected, wouldn't it be the best to simply relax and release my jaw completely and exhale with more of a wide "Haaaa..." or "Aaahhhhh" as I focus downwards while *relaxing my jaw and pelvic floor open*, so that my baby can come out? When I do this I notice a widening and relaxing in my pelvic floor. When I just now practice the down breathing as you show here, and I make the "Ooh" shape with my mouth, like blowing out a candle, I notice a subtle but definite engagement and tightening/contraction of my vaginal muscles. Thank you 💗💗💗 P.S. Just bought the triple bundle for Pregnancy, Hypnobirthing and Postpartum after a friend recommended it to me.