Damian and I are really so glad that we decide to take your hypo birth course. It’s fair to say we both had some reservations before starting -not wanting to put pressure on ourselves to be the perfect natural parents. I think one of the things that resonates the most with both of us is the reassurance that birth, as life can’t always be predicted, but hypnobirthing is a tool we can use regardless. It is an attitude and perspective we both believe in that can help us to calmly work with the birth we are meant to have.
Feeling informed, and confident about the reasons for our preferences, we have been able to have sensible conversations with the medical team at Homerton. Our midwives and consultant have treated me as ‘high risk’ due to previous medical history and abdominal surgery. The consultant was very respectful of our decision to hypnobirth and as a result has agreed to sign me off for a natural birth at the birth centre. The variation of daily practice Damian and I can do together and individually as we go about our day, makes the lead up to the birth of our baby relaxing and actually quite exciting rather than filled with unspoken dread.

Thank you so much for all of the information and for how you approach it.