“We announced the birth to friends and family then lay side by side in bed with a glass of champagne and a silly grin on our faces knowing our family had begun and life would never be the same again.” – A dad’s view of birth
It’s always great to hear from dads about their perspective on birth and their role as a birthing companion. Here Richard tells us about the birth of his and Kat’s daughter, Stella… “As this was…
“Hypnobirthing was a fantastic preparation tool for the birth”
(Before sharing our birth story I wanted to say that we were opting for a home birth supported by two brilliant independent midwives, who we had got to know a little during the antenatal care…
“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…
“After just a few hours of easy labour in the darkness of Sunday morning, he came swimming up into the world with his eyes wide open”
This is our new baby, Marlow Brady ffytche. He was born at home on Sunday 3 March, his due date. Having kicked free of his waters quite dramatically on Saturday morning, he gave us plenty of…
“She arrived drug free (still in her amniotic sac) in the birth pool in our living room.”
Hi Kat, Just a quick note to let you know that Elizabeth Clementine Greenwood was born on Wednesday 27th March at 5:05 am. Many, many things went out of the window (!) but we made…
Great article on home birth in the telegraph
Great article on home birth in the telegraph
“She really embodies the characteristics we discussed- calm, peaceful, kind and extemely alert- and we felt she actually helped us through it. She’s wonderful.”
Hi Kat, Hope you’re well.Our little girl Snow Paloma arrived at home on 22nd November just before midnight. All went well over a period of 24 hours and we had the natural, drug free birth…
“Any initial ambivalence about the effectiveness of hypnobirthing on the day has given way entirely to a profound gratitude that we went into the birth excited, relaxed and confident that we were together equipped to make the right decisions for me and Stella.”
Dear Kat, I thought you’d be pleased to hear that our beautiful daughter, Stella Anne was born on 5th October (one month ago today!). She is an absolute joy and we feel so lucky to…
“His birth was wonderful – rather than be scared I just let my body get on with it.”
I just wanted to get in touch to say how helpful we found the hypnobirthing course and report back now baby Booker has been born! He’s a month old now and we’re just getting to…
Without a doubt HypnoBirthing ensured we had the birthing experience we wanted
Kerensa Faulknor Walker-Smith was born on the 14th August at 1.48pm at home as we had planned with our favourite midwife from the homebirth team and another that we had met previously also. I woke…
“I feel that the birth has made me feel stronger and more confident in general.”
Hello KatrinaGeorgia was born last Thurs, on her due date (my birthday!), still in her sack, in a pool in our kitchen. It couldn’t have gone better! Matt caught her. The visualisations re Ribbans and…
“I feel so empowered by what we achieved” – a wonderful tale of a home birth
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…
I am certain that the positive attitude and relaxation encouraged by HypnoBirthing made a big difference.
Dear Kat, Thought you’d like to hear my birth story! And share it with others if it would be useful… Eva Alice Clark was born last Saturday, at home after an easy, happy labour. I…
My midwife admitted that this had been the 3rd time in as many months where she had underestimated how far along her mums were and in each case the mums had been practicing HypnoBirthing
Hi there Kat – I hope you remember me – you very kindly came and gave myself and my husband Matt a one off session very close to when my baby was due in October…
You can have a home birth for your first!
Just ask Rachel and Alex… “Dear friends, It is with great joy that we announce Esme Adelaide Lily was born in water at home at 12.40am on Thursday 4th March 2010. (This just happened to…
“HypnoBirthing helped me to feel relaxed and strong. I used the breathing, and the music, but more than that, I believed in myself.”
Just wanted to let you know that this little one, Kieran Spike Lennox Napier, was born happily at home on September 29. Twelve hours of fun-filled labour. I wanted to tell you my thoughts…
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