Emily Street, a midwife from the UK has revealed that she felt so good after giving birth to her children, she was in a state of euphoria which felt like a three-week ORGASM.
The 35-year-old experienced pain-free labour by using hypnotherapy and breathing exercises after taking part in a three-part course.
“I was really quite terrified having seen loads of things as a midwife, and obviously the things that really stick with you are the ones that weren’t so nice.
“I remember being heavily pregnant with Oscar, sitting on the sofa a nervous wreck and just bursting into tears saying, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to do this’.”
She told SWNS: “Back then, hypnobirthing wasn’t popular. Hardly anyone had heard of it.
“While Paul and my family and friends were supportive I’m sure they were thinking,’Yeah, right, you’re saying this now but let’s see how you deal with the pain. She’ll still have an epidural.’
“In the end, I didn’t tell many people - I decided I should probably keep it under wraps.
“But during the tail end of pregnancy, after learning about hypnobirthing, I definitely felt more relaxed about what was coming, rather than dreading it.
“The whole idea behind hypnobirthing is distraction in order to keep you calm and to conserve your energy.
Emily said that during the birth of her first child, Oscar, all the breathing exercises worked and she went without pain relief.
“It all felt very new and intense, but it was never overwhelming or unmanageable.
“Oscar arrived just before 8am. I had a fabulous birth, and there was no pain relief."
And after the birth, Emily said she had an "astonishing euphoria" due to her high hormone levels - and it felt like a three-week orgasm.
“The euphoria that I felt after the births was very, very close to an orgasm sensation, which lasted for three or four weeks as opposed to something that’s very intense for a short amount of time. From my point of view, I’m happy with that.
“People think that hypnobirthing is this airy-fairy, hippie, new age thing, but it’s really not. It’s a real, back to basics principal," she added.
After Oscar, Emily had three more children, Ernie, seven, Roo, five and Pip, three-years old.
Would you consider this instead of pain relief when giving birth?