Mihaela: Breech Birth. Positive, Self-determined and Empowering Breech Birth Experience.
Mihaela shares her empowering breech birth story, defying medical expectations through tenacity and informed decision-making to deliver her daughter naturally at Hirslanden Clinic in Aarau, Switzerland.
- First-time mother determined to have a natural birth despite baby being in breech position
- Used hypnobirthing techniques to prepare mentally and emotionally with her partner
- Faced significant pressure from medical professionals to have a scheduled cesarean birth
- Found a supportive doctor willing to support natural breech birth after changing providers multiple times
- Experienced a surprisingly fast six-hour labor despite being a first-time mom with a breech baby
- Baby was born naturally with her hand up alongside her face in the breech position
- Learned from an acupuncturist that "breech babies usually stay like that because they want to be close to the mom's heart"
- Advocates for women to be drivers of their birth experience through education and preparation
- Describes the birth as transformative and empowering, creating a new birth legacy for her daughter
- Emphasizes the importance of finding the right care provider who respects informed choice
Never give up and try to find the best place for you to give birth on your terms and never on others' terms.
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Mihaela's Resources:
- Julia’s hypnobirthing course (www.happydayhypnobirthing.ch) and Katharine Graves’s resources (book, instagram, free resources on her website - https://www.kghypnobirthing.com/hypnobirthing-free-resources)
- Herr Wenhua Zhang from TCM Stadelhofen (Zurich): expert at breech accupuncture and moxibustion
- Dr. Müller Astrid - The Webster Technique ( chiropractic method recommended by spinning babies for pelvic alignment during pregnancy and breech positioning )
- Susann Brun - Hebamme services (from Delphys Geburtshaus in Zurich) and her course of birth preparation through swimming exercises and water
- Hirslanden Klinik Aarau https://www.hirslanden.ch/de/hirslanden-klinik-aarau/
- The most important one: Dr med W. Stadlmayr- Geburt und Familie Aarau ( as you can see the reviews are incredible) https://g.co/kgs/H6TgcPF
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00:00 - Untitled
00:18 - Meeting Mihaela and her breech birth journey
04:15 - Preparing for birth with hypnobirthing
08:15 - Finding out about pregnancy and the breech position
14:26 - Finding a doctor who supported her choices
26:08 - The labor and birth experience
35:32 - The postpartum period and cultural differences
44:14 - Battling the medical system and self-advocacy
59:19 - The power of making informed choices
01:07:07 - The most brilliant moment after birth
