written by Sheridan – mom of 3 Busy Boys, Hypnobabies Instructor, Hypno-Doula, Proud VBAC mom, Loving Lactivist, Positive Birth Story Collector, , creator of online childbirth class series “Know Your Options” and now author of The Top Three Tips to Enjoy Your Birth!

You can contact me sheridan AT enjoybirth DOT com

I teach Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis and am a Hypno-Doula in Orange County, CA www.enjoybirth.com

You can enjoy my Positive Birth Stories Website www.pregnancybirthandbabies.com

I have had 3 very different birth experiences. I wanted to have natural childbirth with each baby, however birth is unpredictable. 

Thing 1 was born by emergency cesarean at 34 weeks after 9 weeks of bedrest.  It was a stressful pregnancy and birth.

Thing 2 was a VBAC with an epidural.  A pretty typical hospital birth with pitocin, epidural and the whole works.  It was very happy with how it went, because my main goal was to have a VBAC.

Thing 3′s birth was pretty magical (see video below).  It was a hospital birth, I used Hypnobabies and had a doula and had an amazing, comfortable and calm un-medicated birth! It was awesome.

Birth is a Journey:  Does it have to be life changing?

I love supporting expecting moms and dads as they make their birthing journey.  It is such a magical time and I love being a part of it.   I support moms in whatever birth choices they make.  I just try to empower them with information and support so that they have a great experience.

I am amazed by the power of the internet, which allows me to help moms from all over the world!  I have connected with moms from Australia to Estonia to Japan to China to the US to so many other places as well.

I am in the process of creating online classes to help parents “Know Their Options” for birth.

I have seen many women have comfortable un-medicated births using Hypnobabies.  You can read over 250 Hypnobabies stories here and new stories are added to their blog weekly. Most of these stories come from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group that I moderate.

I think that Hypnobabies is a great class for expecting moms to take.  It helps them deal with their fears of birth and pain and educates them on their birth choices.  They use hypnosis to create natural anesthesia in their body to help them have comfortable births.  All these things together help them to have the best birth possible.

I have had a comfortable Hypnobabies birth with Bryson.  You can see my birth video on You Tube.