By Kat | November 12, 2011

I would like to introduce our adorable little baby boy who was born on Monday at 2.29pm via c-section.  Unfortunately he was still breeched at week 39 so we opted for a planned c-section as…

By Kat | October 25, 2011

Dear Kat We just wanted to say thank you so much for the HypnoBirthing course – it really transformed both of us in terms of how prepared we both felt for the birth and the…

“It was so important for us to work together as a team on the day and ever since”

By Kat | October 18, 2011

This time last week (11th Oct) I gave birth to our lovely little daughter! I was still working (due to finish work on 14th) so was a little unprepared both mentally and physically I think,…

“I have no doubt that my hypnobirthing practice during the pregnancy has had an effect”

By Kat | September 28, 2011

Hi Kat,   Mahi Alexander Croft was born on September 15th (12 days after his guess date). His birth was pain free in the end – just not quite the way I had planned it!…

“A woman on a HypnoBirthing mission!”

By Kat | September 19, 2011

Hi hypnobirthing friends, Teacher Kat thank you so much for giving us all your knowledge, state of mind and inspiration! I wanted to let you know that our beautiful little girl Maia was born on…

By Kat | September 14, 2011

“Baby Ravi Thompson arrived on Sunday weighing 7lb and 5oz. He was very quick to come out and took everyone by surprise including the midwife who had left an hour earlier saying I’d probably deliver…

“The information from your classes was invaluable.”

By Kat | August 30, 2011

We had our baby girl, Leila Rose, on Saturday. I had to be induced at 39 weeks due to concerns over the size of the baby’s heart so things weren’t quite as planned. I managed…

By Kat | August 25, 2011

Leila Rose born on Saturday to Sarah and Jim Sally and Tom welcomed their daughter at home on Tuesday and Cassian Quiller born yesterday at home to Samantha and Bijan… 
Big hugs and congratulations all…

“It is the most amazing thing to have a child!”

By Kat | August 25, 2011

“Just wanted to say thank you so much for the hypnobirthing classes you provided. Shame we didn’t complete the course, but Andro and I really found it useful and helped us going through a smooth…

“It was just as amazing as in the videos we watched with you!”

By Kat | July 15, 2011

Dear Katrina,We are happy to let you know that baby Jad was born on the 6th July at 39wks +5.It was just as amazing as in the videos we watched with you! Early labour was…

By Kat | July 8, 2011

Hi Kat, Just to let you know, Henry Santer arrived last night at 22.59 in the pool at the BBC. Also on his guess date, it must be something about living in Abney Gardens! All…

By Kat | June 30, 2011

Brigid and Rob welcomed little Stella into the world on Thursday morning after a “long and peaceful labour. Thank you for doing what you do, so well. It made our little daughter’s birth more special…

By Kat | June 28, 2011

“Just a quickie to say thank you – your hypnobirthing lessons made a potentially nightmare induction into a blissful drug free experience (with a bit of gas and air…) we’d been planning a home birth…

By Kat | June 25, 2011

Ella and Andy welcomed their daughter this morning, “all went very well and had her in the pool at Bloomsbury birthing centre. She is a very happy soul and was alert from the moment she…

Pretty damn close to the birth plan, but then miles away from anything I was expecting.  Hilarious!

By Kat | June 24, 2011

Hi Katrina, Further to my brief text … here is what happened … in full(ish)… amazing I could write so much for such a quick labour! Monday morning I got up for breakfast and declared…

By Kat | May 21, 2011

Yesterday morning, at 01.56 Kate delivered a little boy into our arms. Taking after his mum, he was on right on time. His due date became his birthday, and the 20th May will take a…

By Kat | May 10, 2011

“Little Emily is born… 2.850kg and 51cm…. and we are so happy! Everything went perfectly fine and we are now back home … by the way .. did pool birth and had only a paracetamol as painkiller ….…

“We’ve absolutely no doubts that the techniques helped us no end”

By Kat | May 2, 2011

Hi everyone, Our baby – Edward Joaquim Henman – surprised us and arrived early on Tuesday 19th April, a healthy boy of 6 pounds 4 and 51 cm tall! We were lucky enough to have the…

“We couldn’t have got through the initial 30 odd hours of labour without the breathing and visualisation exercises”

By Kat | April 19, 2011

Albert was born at the end of February a few days or so late and is now seven weeks old. We started off at home/in the very nice birthing centre in St Mary’s, but after…

“Our birthing day was fabulous but not how we had planned”

By Kat | April 18, 2011

Hello all, I want to share the wonderful news of the arrival of our daughter, Ava-Lucia, last weekend at Homerton Birthing centre. We are now at home getting to know each other. It is wonderful!…

By Kat | April 3, 2011

Seeing babies enter the world is truly humbling. Watching these children grow up and become happy, adventurous characters brings me so much joy. I’ve been able to catch up with mums and babes recently and…

Labouring in a hotel room…

By Kat | March 22, 2011

I’m so delighted to announce the arrival of William James this weekend, thanks to the Super Moon and amazing work of Lisa, Ben and William together. As a doula it was the first time I’d…

NHS trial HypnoBirthing!

By Kat | February 18, 2011

NHS trial HypnoBirthing!

“In what seemed like no time at all I was picking our beautiful little boy out of the water and clutching him close to my chest”

By Kat | February 13, 2011

Cameron Thomas Kirk arrived in the early hours of Tuesday 8th February (12:38am) weighing 5.10 lbs. He was pretty quick about entering the world as I had no real early signs of labour. I spent…

“I feel so empowered by what we achieved” – a wonderful tale of a home birth

By Kat | February 10, 2011

Our baby boy arrived on Sunday 23rd Jan at 3.24am, at home in the pool.
 Weighing in at 7.5 lbs He is perfect and three weeks on, we are all doing really well. Gideon also…

By Kat | January 28, 2011

Hi Kat She came last night! 8.2lbs, lots dark hair, blue eyes, softest skin…. She’s amazing! Birth was incredible….. Everything we learnt came into play & although couldn’t use birthing centre…. We had a natural…

“The midwife said that it looked like that I gave birth to 8 children already!”

By Kat | January 27, 2011

Dear Kat, As i started to tell you by text, the labour was quite quick  (just 6 hours) and she came out with just 2 pushes….. you will not believe it that the 2nd stage…

By Kat | January 7, 2011

Hi Katrina, Just wanted to let you know that Ian and I had a little girl called Lily on the 11 Dec. She is delightful and we love her to bits. That said I thought…

By Kat | December 22, 2010

Jamie was born at 9:30pm on Wed 22nd December, weighing in at 8lb 8oz, so we were 3 Kings in time for Xmas! It’s been a sleepless few nights but we all seem to be…

By Kat | December 16, 2010

Delighted to share that Pinar and Gerry had their first son, Leon at 00.35 last Friday 10th December. Huge congratulations to the three of you – he’s simply adorable!!

The only way he knew that I was having a contraction, was that I would tap my finger when they started and again when they stopped

By Kat | November 20, 2010

Hi Kat, I hope that you’re well. Meet our baby boy! Joseph, Zedekiah Turton, born 26th September 2010, weighing a whopping 9lb 6oz! I thought I’d write and tell you a little about the birth…

By Kat | October 25, 2010

I couldn’t resist sharing this painting with you. Painted by Cathy Hill, my dad’s twin sister and my godmother, it depicts her twin daughters Nicola and Natalie who were both pregnant together last year. How…

By Kat | October 10, 2010

HI Katrina A little tip for any of your other students. I found these time lapse movies of flowers opening and have set up a google calender reminder with the links (see below) so that…

By Kat | September 30, 2010

I worked with Charlie back at the beginning of 2010 when she joined one of my HypnoBirthing groups at Born in Stoke Newington. She fully embraced the philosophy and I was proud to spend time…

By Kat | September 29, 2010

“We live in a culture of fear and anxiety, especially where birthing is concerned. I was determined to dispel this myth and opted for a homebirth. Everyone remarked how brave I was, but I just…

By Kat | September 16, 2010

I’m delighted to congratulate Lacey and Mick on the safe arrival of their beautiful first son Lucas Ethan at lunchtime today. Whilst I love the honour of being able to photograph a babys first moments…

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