The biggest hangover of my life…
For those of you that knew me in my previous life you’ll know I don’t make a statement like that lightly. Throughout my twenties and early thirties I worked and partied hard with musicians, bands and…
Katrina Berry (kattanna)
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“it really felt like my body just took over and all I had to do was just allow it to happen”
Hi Katrina, We are delighted to let you know that our baby daughter Nina was born on 25th February. She was born at home, as we had wished. I had very long early labour, it…
“Thanks so much for your classes which we found engaging, interactive, empowering and essential for us to prepare for an amazing birthing experience.”
Hi Katrina and everyone, Just wanted to let you know we now have a baby girl named Isabella Poppy. We had a wonderful home birth on 31st January. We found the hypnobirthing techniques very helpful…
Birthing my baby…
It might have passed you by but it was World Book Day on Thursday and my Facebook page was filled with pictures of children dressed up as their favourite book characters. Stories capture a reader’s…
“I thought people were making it up when they said that they had enjoyed childbirth. I now know they weren’t.”
It wasn’t until around 35 weeks that I began to think beyond pregnancy. Until then I had buried my head in work and avoided focusing on the birth completely. My daughter’s delivery around two and…
“Sian was even talking about the second child during the midst of labour – a first for the midwife!”
Hello all! I write to share that Sian gave birth to a strapping young boy on 10th February. We have named him Kayode (“Kye-oh-dey”, which means “he brought joy” in the Nigerian tribal language Yoruba).…
Love and loss – miscarriage and stillbirth
Having shared a sizeable chunk of time with hundreds of pregnant couples preparing for birth I’m lucky enough to regularly share the incredible highs and excitement of new life coming into the world. However, with…
“it really is the best money we ever spent!”
Just wanted to let you know that baby girl Bado was born yesterday at 8:35am weighing in at 8.10lbs- Born in water. Labour was about 6.5 hrs and another pool birth! No drugs just your…
“you really gave us all the skills to have the birth we wanted”
Tom and I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that our little boy, Gabriel William, arrived safely on the evening of Monday 19th January. I had an amazing birth at…
“We’re in awe of what we did”
Huge congratulations to Megan and William who welcomed their daughter into the world last weekend…. So thrilled for them, welcome Scarlet!! “Hi Kat, Wanted to drop you a line to say Scarlet Anthenea arrived last…
Vitamin K for newborns
I’m consolidating a lot of information, resources and links at the moment so this post serves as a home for that which I have around giving Vitamin K to newborns. The ever wise and considered Sara Wickham…
“the birth of my gorgeous daughter was an empowering experience that none of us will forget”
We just wanted to let you know that we are now the proud parents of little baby Bella. She weighed in at 8 pounds and it was an 18 hour delivery!!! Thanks to hypnobirthing we…
“hypnobirthing techniques I used in the last 3 months of my pregnancy has contributed to Joseph’s beautifully calm nature.”
Dear Kat, I hope you are well. Charlie and me are delighted to be able to tell you that we had a beautiful baby boy on Friday 12 December weighing 7lb and 9oz. Having moved…
“The midwives at the hospital couldn’t believe it was my first labour.”
Hi Ladies, I just wanted to let you know that Louis was born on the 19th November at 08:28 weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. We are all doing well and I had a fantastic birthing…
“I was so pleased to have been able to stick with what I wanted – and that was entirely thanks to your excellent classes.”
Thank you so much for all your hypnobirthing help. It was invaluable. Labour ended up being very long – 24 hours of contractions every 20 – 10 mins at home, then once we got to…
An oft asked question
I thought I’d share some correspondence between me and one of my clients this weekend – this comes up fairly often so I thought it worth sharing. Hi Kat, Hope u r well! A quick…
“I just feel so amazed that I did it and as I didn’t need any drugs I can remember everything – I’m so thankful for that as I love to think about it and I never want to forget a moment of the whole process.”
“We wanted to let you know our news, we have had our baby! Albert (Albie) George came on Wed 13th August at 00.49, just 49 mins over his due date. Words cannot describe how amazing…
“I feel so happy that I managed to have such a great birth.”
Hey Katrina! Hope all is well. Just wanted to update you on our birth. We couldn’t have a home birth in the end as the local hospital to me wasn’t the one I wanted to…
“We’re definitely evidence that it works!”
Hi Kat, Hope you’re well. We have baby news! Charlie was born 3weeks early on 19th July. Sorry we didn’t let you know sooner but we’ve been in our little cocoon. Despite my waters breaking…
“I overheard them saying one to the other… don’t disturb her, she looks like she is just listening to her body, she is doing great!”
Hey Katrina, Just a quick note that our little one has joined us on the 29th at 3:30AM. He is big (4.12kg) and is healthy, happy and absolutely gorgeous. We are totally in love…
“The female body is truly a remarkable thing.”
Hi Katrina, It was so so lovely to see you at the end of May for the refresher, and my apologies this is coming to you ridiculously late. Just wanted to thank you from the…