“The midwives kept saying, “oh yeah, the 3rd ones – they are different!“ and they were right.”
And now he’s here! 9 days later than expected – I always thought 3rd babies wouldn’t be later than the previous ones – but little Elias Bodhi proved us wrong. The midwives kept saying, “oh…
“Thanks to hypnobirthing, we were able to go with the flow and confidently make new decisions as we went along.”
Hey Kat! THANK YOU! Our baby boy decide to break my waters five weeks early, and I ended up being induced at UCLH after experiencing zilch contractions for a good few days afterwards. (The original…
“if we hadn’t done the hypnobirthing course we might not have been so confident to champion our own preferences”
Hi all, hope you’re very well.Just wanted to let you know about the arrival of our son, James Rudy, on 15th September, 7lb 7oz. It wasn’t quite the birth we were planning. He remained stubbornly…
“I’d wholeheartedly recommend hypnobirthing to all pregnant women and their partners, no matter what sort of labour you have”
Throughout my pregnancy I was fortunate enough to feel fit and well. I practiced yoga at Hackney Forge, a lovely little studio by Victoria Park, and swam lots in the Olympic pool, even more so…
“It was definitely a positive experience overall, despite the tough bits.”
We are delighted to announce the birth of our son, Theodore Emmanuel, currently known as Teddy. He joined us late in the evening on Thursday 16 March, weighing in at 9lb 4. Teddy pushed it…
“hypnobirthing was not just about the birth, I had three months of pregnancy being much more relaxed and confident than I would have been without it.”
Hi Katrina, I can’t believe it has already been 7 weeks since our little Oscar was born and I have not found the time to send this email… when I was reading birth stories a…
“All in all an amazing experience.”
Hi all, Hope this finds you and your babies/bumps well! David and I welcomed our daughter Artemis into the world last week, we are totally delighted with her. She arrived just into the 43rd week,…
“How I hypno-birthed the fuck out of a c-section”
“My first labour was, in hindsight, relatively easy. It hurt, it took me to places I didn’t know existed, and it produced my beautiful baby boy. It was relatively quick, 18 hours from first twinge…
“Guess what, as soon as I found out I was in labour, I switched off my ‘thinking brain’ and ended up having Byron naturally, with no pain relief, not even gas and air – just breathing techniques and visualisations!!”
Hi Kat We’re all very well thank you! Byron is such a sweet, serious little thing and I’m soaking up every precious newborn moment with him – even the sleep-deprived ones! Speaking of sleeplessness, every…
“I genuinely don’t know how people manage birth without hypnobirthing.”
Hi KatI wanted to let you know that last Wednesday morning our little boy (name tbc) was born – at 06:36 as the sun rose. Ross is gunning for the name Sonny (as in sunrise!).…
“I felt very present and alive during the birth. My heart was singing.”
I’m so thrilled to bring you this incredible story of courage, determination and love being brought to birth. Nicky and John were preparing for the birth of their second child and after a lot of…
The babies that birthed a doula
My journey to becoming a vociferous advocate for calm, confident, informed birthing is perhaps surprising. I gained a first class degree from the University of Manchester in Business and Media Studies having been convinced since…
“I’m content with the way everything turned out – we put up a good fight but eventually knew when to go with the flow”
So here’s our full birth story Kat – it’s quite long! But before I start, I wanted to say thank you for everything. Whenever people ask me to explain hypnobirthing, I say that it’s far…
“You can’t control what will happen in your own birth story but you can control how you deal with it.”
This is a great example of how HypnoBirthing really does help in all birthing situations and being calm, confident and informed makes for the most positive of experiences. Catherine and Damian had this to say…
Dealing with obstetric cholestasis
Here’s Nora, 1 month early but a punchy 6.1lbs and already being called ‘feisty’ by the midwives. Another example of how HypnoBirthing can help in all circumstances… Having been diagnosed with Obstetric Cholestasis at 32…
“I think that so many women are having babies without knowing that this is the most cherished moment in a woman’s life.”
English is not Maya’s first language so we got together to talk through her experience. What follows is a transcription of that conversation. “The birth of my first son left me traumatised. I’d done pregnancy…
“Hypnobirthing isn’t about the physical place, it was really about me, my head, my ability to focus.”
Dear Kat I thought it might be useful to send you the full account of our birth story, just I case it might ever come in useful for other cholestasis sufferers and/or anyone anticipating an…
“I believe hynobirthing prepared me to cope with the unexpected by equipping me with information and confidence and connecting me to my body.”
“I’d like to share with you the story of N’s birth. My husband D and I met fairly late on in life – nothing quite pans out the way you think it will when you…
“Hypnobirthing seemed like something for woman who were either afraid of giving birth or traumatised by their first baby. I was wrong”
We had thought about doing hypno birthing when i first found out i was pregnant but then discounted it as, in spite of other mothers telling me how awful childbirth is, i was not nervous…
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