Food blogger Ella Mills opens up about having a water birth
Deliciously Ella shares an intimate photo taken moments after welcoming her daughter in a water birth pool at home – describing it as a ‘powerful’ and ‘intense’ experience
- Blogger Ella Mills, known as Deliciously Ella, 28, gave birth to baby girl Saturday
- Has now opened up about the birth in an Instagram post to 1.6 million followers
- She had a water birth in pool at home with husband Matthew Mills by her side
- Said birth was an ‘intense’ and ‘physical’ experience that made her fell powerful
Food blogger Deliciously Ella shared an intimate photo of her and her husband moments after she gave birth to their daughter in a water pool at home.
The social media star, whose real name is Ella Mills, shared the photo with her 1.6 million Instagram followers alongside a lengthy caption detailing her daughter Skye’s arrival on Saturday.
The new mother, 28, explained they had chosen to plump for an alternative birth after researching hypnobirthing and water births, and described the moment as ‘powerful’ and ‘intense’.
Their daughter Skye Tessa Camilla Davan Mills, was given her middle name in honour of her late mother-in-law, Labour MP Tessa Jowell.
Food blogger Deliciously Ella shared this intimate photo of her and her husband Matthew moments after she gave birth to their daughter Skye in a water pool at home
Ella shared a lengthy caption detailing her decision to plump for a water birth at home
Writing about the birth, Ella explained she first started thinking about hypnobirthing when a friend sent her a book on the practice shortly after she’d announced her pregnancy.
This led Ella and her husband Matthew to look into the technique before meeting with their midwife.
‘It just felt so right for us,’ she went on. ‘I’d heard so many horror stories and had a lot of fear around the process, so I was really interested in exploring something a bit different if I could.’
But Ella added she thought there was no ‘right or wrong way to bring a child into this world’ as long as they came into it safely.
‘We feel so lucky to have had a healthy pregnancy and been able to chose what we wanted to do,’ she added.
Ella, pictured, gave birth to Skye at home on Saturday after five hours of labour and explained how she felt about the hypnobirthing technique she selected
Ella and her husband Matthew (left) looking happy and relaxed a few hours after the birth of Skye
She then went into more details about her own experience, revealed she could feel the baby was coming the day prior to the birth.
‘The birth was intense, it’s certainly a physical experience, and I’ve never felt more powerful. I had a sense that she was coming on Friday and woke up to my waters breaking early on Saturday morning.
‘We pottered around at home for a few hours, went to the farmers market, made breakfast, watched Notting Hill and then as it started to pick up we put our fave calming music on, lit candles, closed the curtains and filled the birth pool.
Ella at 38 weeks pregnant in a selfie shared four days before giving birth to her daughter at home
‘About five hours later she shot into the world like a rocket, came out the water straight on to my chest where she fed for about an hour and a half while we waited for the placenta and our midwife checked we were both ok.
‘I went totally into my own space during the birth, focusing on every sensation and visualising what was happening during it, thinking of each one as a wave.
She also explained how she prepared for the delivery.
‘It’s a whole other level of surrendering and trusting your body totally, and we spent months focusing on letting go of fear, learning everything we could about birth, so that we felt as educated and informed about every step of the process and every decision along the way,’ she said.
Ella’s fans wished her well on her recovery after the birth of Skye this weekend and thanked her for sharing her experience with them
‘Our doula took this and I saw it for the first time this morning, it says everything about that moment perfectly. It wasn’t easy but it was so powerful,’ she concluded.
Fans of the food blogger thanked her for sharing her story with them and added it was making them feel emotional.
‘Wow that certainly is an amazingly loving & powerful picture. Congrats to you both,’ one wrote.
How does hypno-birthing work?
Using a combination of breathing and relaxation techniques, hypnobirthing is a way to prepare and cope with the pains of childbirth without medication.
Hypnobirthing is a skill that’s cultivated during antenatal classes through a combination of education, self-hypnosis & deep relaxation to help achieve a more comfortable birth
Southend University Hospital
‘This made me so emotional! Congratulations to you both, what a beautiful powerful birth story,’ another gushed.
‘You are an incredible inspiration Ella. Congratulations. What a magical time and little family you now are,’ another added.
‘Amazing photo and words. Thanks for letting us in,’
‘Sounds like a dream, you feel like wonder woman on those moments. It is a super power to be able to create life from your own body. It is sometime surreal.
‘What an amazing memory captured in this picture,’ said another.
‘Oh my goodness Ella…this photograph perfectly captures the emotions of all of you at such an incredible moment in your lives . Enjoy these precious days,’ another advised.
‘Shed a few tears reading this. So proud of you, amazing beautiful couple, you are so powerful mama
‘Makes my heart full hearing this birthing story,’ another wrote.
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