Birth of Alexander – Darent Valley Birth Centre

The birth of Alexander – At Darent Valley Birth Centre Sole and Paul took part in my group hypnobirthing course…

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Birth of Henry – a positive, long labour

This birth story is from Erika and Nathan, who did an online hypnobirthing course with me due to Covid and…

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The birth of Zachary – first time mum, home birth at 42+ weeks

Caroline and Jack were first time parents who after doing a hypnobirthing course with me had a home birth at 42+1 weeks!

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What are the pros and cons of an epidural?

An epidural, for many, is often seen as the best thing that you can do for birth and labour! The closer you get to your due date, you might even have friends and family start saying to you ‘Just book the epidural, make your life easy!” But actually it’s not as clear cut as that.

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Positive birth story: The birth of Shelby

Sarah and Ben took online hypnobirthing classes with me in preparation for the birth of their second baby. Here is the positive birth story of Shelby.

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How to make birth less painful

How do you make birth less painful – without an epidural?! Firstly I’m not against medicalised pain relief. But before going straight for the strong stuff, why not give some of these ideas a go first.

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The birth of Jesse: home birth to c-section

Jen and Justin planned a home birth for the birth of their first baby. They ended up with a caesarean birth, but used their hypnobirthing techniques to keep it as a really positive experience.

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An interview with Ellen Allen on placenta encapsulation in Kent

When I was pregnant the first time I’d heard of placenta encapsulation, but knew very little about it. Since teaching…

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Pelvic floor exercises for pregnancy and beyond

A lot of women are scared of the damage that pregnancy birth will cause to their bodies. They worry about…

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The birth of Sienna – a natural birth from a first time mum

Vi had such a fear of natural childbirth she’d decided to look into a caesarean birth. When this option wasn’t possible for her she booked on to a hypnobirthing course and had a magical, fast natural birth.

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