The birth of Alexander – At Darent Valley Birth Centre Sole and Paul took part in my group hypnobirthing course…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Birth affirmations are a great tool for hypnobirthing. They tend to be aimed towards natural births, so here are some free hypnobirthing affirmations for a caesarean birth.
During pregnancy we are so lucky in this country to have free healthcare and support through our NHS system. Although,…
Sarah and Aaron were the first couple I taught hypnobirthing to when I first qualified as a hypnobirthing teacher in…
Mia and Joe were part of my October group hypnobirthing class. Their birth story is amazing! Usually when we think…
Many people believe that to have a succesful hypnobirth, you must labour completely naturally. However, this is not the case.…