“My experience in the birth center was very different”
I hope this finds you really well and enjoying these early signs of spring! I was reading your newsletter yesterday and it reminded me I hadn’t been in touch yet to let you that baby…
“While keeping us calm, it has also given us a further level of mindfulness to the births which meant we’ve enjoyed them so much more.”
We’re just emerging from the fourth trimester, and I’ve realised I never let you know how we got on…! On Monday 6th December our gorgeous little boy, Bodhi, was born. As I had thought and…
“I birthed him out in no time at all and in no pain, scooping him up out of the pool in my arms”
I had a stressful unpleasant day waiting over 2 hrs at the hospital to see a consultant on my actual due date. The consultant was very insistent (almost forceful) on getting me booked in for…
“I didn’t feel any pain, just the tremendous and involuntary work of my body pushing.”
Dear Kat – this is the story of my second delivery, which I’m thrilled to say was every bit as peaceful and positive as the first, but a lot lot quicker! Having spent several days…
next morning walked calmly into theatre with the doula and little baby was born and it was calm and lovely.
Good news, baby Clodagh arrived on Wednesday 29th at 10.25 in the morning weighing 3.45kg. She is a very calm baby and sleeps and eats tons. I enjoy just staring at her! The birth wasn’t…
The decisions we made were the first actions we took as parents.
S was born Thursday 18th August at midday by elective caesarean. I wanted to share the story, and thank you for contributing to the confidence and clarity W and I have had throughout. Here’s what…
“Not only has your course given us a more calm and confident pregnancy and birth, but a pretty calm baby too!”
I wanted to drop you a line to introduce you to Cecilia who arrived in the world safe and well four weeks ago today at UCLH. Now that we’ve got (a bit!) into the swing…
“I birthed in triage like a goddess!”
It’s so lovely to be able to write this positive birth story, after reading so many before Nara was born and wondering then if I would have a good experience to share….and I do and…
“It was entirely not what we had envisaged but it was still incredibly awe-inspiring, deeply emotional and amazing”
We have been meaning to email you for some time to let you know how things went with the birth but only just managing to get around to it now. Life with a newborn is…
Throughout the whole process we had worked as a team, using the different tactics we’d learnt through Kat’s hypnobirthing course to stay relaxed and in control, listening to what my body needed and consciously enjoying the experience.
After a happy Zwischen of long walks, batch cooking and listening to Kat’s affirmations, my surges began late on Saturday night. Over the next four nights and three days, we were at home, taking each…
“We weren’t planning a home birth, we were due at the birth centre at the Whittington but there was just no time to get there”
Hello Kat, Happy new year! I just read an email newsletter from you and it reminded me that I wanted to pass onto you news of our second baby, Willow Helena, born on 6 November.…
“At all stages on the road towards the birth that came to be, I felt empowered to make my own decisions.”
Hi Kat T and I wanted to let you know that our son, Arlo Joseph was born on 11th November. We wanted to thank you for the fantastic hypnobirthing course. The breathing techniques and the…
“Both me and my partner remember the birth as one of the best days of our lives.”
Dear Kat I always enjoy reading your emails and this morning’s reminded me that I had forgotten to thank you for the amazing help you gave us. You were kind enough to offer me a half…
“Your quote ‘Let go of all expectations” couldn’t have rang more true and i held that in mind when our hopes for a home birth took a very different path.”
Hi Kat, I hope you are well? It feels like such a long time since we attended your classes in the summer, but I wanted to drop you a note to let you know that…
My story isn’t the version of hypnobirthing that we saw in the videos…
Dear Kat, At an absolute low point last night when I had been cluster feeding for four hours, and was beside myself at ‘my inability’ to produce enough milk to get my son to sleep,…
“We are so grateful to Kat for giving us the tools to remain calm and confidence to have our daughter at home.”
Initially I wanted to give birth in a birth centre but the more I read about hospitals / the medicalisation of birth the more uneasy I became. I read a bit about home birthing and…
“although it wasn’t the water birth I had pictured it felt calm and I felt in control of my decisions”
Just to let you know that Reuben arrived into the world on 28th September for the new moon an Jewish new year. I thought I would let you know my birth story. After a week…
A birth from both mum and dad’s perspectives…
We did the Hyponobirthing course back in February (wow! I had to look that up, can’t believe it was so long ago) and we had a very healthy big baby boy on 8th June!! Not only…
“I managed to hop into the pool that was only just ready for the 2 pushes that it took for her to ‘fire out like a torpedo into the water and create a wave’”
I just wanted to let you know that we had another little lady on 15th August weighing 8lbs 3oz 😊 I’ve been meaning to message you. We’ve named her Zefiryne (Zefi for short). She was…
“None of the changes to the plan phased me and I think that is a credit to the groundedness you helped instill.”
A big belated thank you for your advice on sweeps. Freya was born on the full moon of Tuesday 16th (3.825kg, 53cm). Though 12 days past her due date she zoomed out when she decided…
“It was intense, but I really felt prepared, calm and confident!”
Hi Kat, Just to let you know that our hypno-baby arrived last Sunday – also known as Alice. Another happy homebirth, which her big brother slept through in the room next door. She’s lovely, and…
“I feel my birth story was a huge initiation into motherhood, with inevitable obstacles and gates I had to pass through along the way. “
Our beautiful son, a little Leo, was born Friday 9th August at 6:28pm in a thunderstorm at 39 weeks. He came to earth like a lightning bolt! It was a wildly magical cosmic experience –…
Celebrating fathers
God I love “my” hypnobirthing dads…. When I get riled up about the patriarchal system squashing feminine power and how that has affected women’s ability to birth and belief in themselves; I remember “my” dads and how…
I honestly believe giving birth is the most empowering thing I have ever done.
I write with exciting news of the safe arrival on 13 March of our baby girl, Jemima. Coincidentally, when we got home from the hospital your postcards were waiting for us. It may sound corny…
“Happy if we contribute to help couples to not be scared of a c-section and stick to their guns decision wise. “
Hi Katrina, How are you? A little email to let you know that we had our baby girl Eva on Thursday 21st February at 10.01am! She decided to come early at 39weeks + 1 day.…
“It was very special for baby to be born at home and without any intervention at all.”
Hi Kat, I hope that you’re well. I wanted to let you know that our baby boy, Sebastian, arrived on Friday 5th October at 10pm. We’re both doing well, although still a bit shocked about…
“I thought that hypnobirthing was about breathing your baby out, in a dark room, in a pool, but it’s something entirely different. It’s about being empowered, informed and courageous.”
Hi Kat, I am beyond happy to tell you that Joan arrived safe and well on the 6th of November at 42+5 when my instincts told me that my baby needed to come earth-side the…
“I knew that my body was birthing my baby and I just needed to work with it and accommodate what it needed to do”
Max’s Birth Story- 19th August 2018 On the morning of Saturday 18th August Erica, my midwife, came to visit us. I was 10 days post due date and the anxiety around induction and the tough…
“hypnobirthing helped us realise that you can use your mind to take yourself to a place of safety and security regardless of where you are”
Dear Kat Our dimple-cheeked boy was born hollering in the early hours of 24 June at 42 weeks. I felt his head as he emerged, covered in thick fuzzy hair, and soon afterwards he was…
“Birthing him was such a magical experience”
Hi Kat, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to say first of all thank you for all the resources and support you shared with me in regards to the GBS concern. It…
“hypnobirthing helped me stay relaxed and in tune with my body for the delivery of my wonderful baby”
Dear Kat, I hope you are well. Just wanted to drop you a quick email to let you know that my baby boy showed up a little earlier than expected, exactly a week ago today…
“I really couldn’t believe that it was all going so well and smoothly, and that we might actually be going to have the baby at home!”
Dear Kat I’ve been meaning to write and say thank you so much for your session with us back in the Spring, and to tell you that all went well with the birth of F,…
“things were so intense and fast, but curiously I started to sing a series of long notes”
Hi Kat, Sorry this has taken so long to write, I wanted to make sure I could do it justice and having three kids doesn’t really allow for much down time! This is so long…
I saw off the “advanced maternal age” brigade
Hey Kat I thought you’d like to know that our sweet baby Maia arrived on 15 May. At home. Four hour labour. Felt fantastic. Right on 42 weeks so I saw off the “advanced maternal…