Birth Reports

‘I wanted to share that we found the hypnobirthing techniques invaluable, I honestly believe that there is no way I could have stayed that calm and confident throughout and achieved the VBAC I so desperately wanted. This birth experience does not compare in any way to my first experience and has made everything much smoother since coming home.’

‘After two tough labours, my girlfriend was obviously quite anxious about giving birth a third time. My brother and his wife had used HypnoBirthing for the birth of their first child and sung its praises highly. We decided to give it a go- nothing ventured, nothing gained. A quick Internet search later and we found Helen, a local HypnoBirthing teacher. Before we signed up, Helen came to our house to talk to us about what to expect and what we would get out of the course. It was obvious from...

Shorter Labour“Your labour was 2.5 hours shorter than I expect and you’ve got a very chilled out baby.”– Midwife at Queen Charlotte’s, London

It was amazing!– Sally, Salisbury

I never considered that I could! I remember when I met my midwife for the first time during my booking. She surprised me by asking where I would like to have my baby. I answered: “At hospital of course!” I had never considered I could or would have a baby anywhere else but in a hospital.

“I wanted to quickly share my experience to really say thank you. I had an amazing birth and now a wonderful baby boy.. I am sure it would have been a completely different story if I haven’t join your course. I gave birth in Italy where unfortunately the whole process is very medicalised. Giving birth is an emergency and fear is part of it. I was offered many times during the last month of pregnancy a C section as they could see I was terrified, and I was big time….I was terrified...

“I just wanted to let you know that we had our baby girl Wednesday morning. Possibly due to the baby lying back to back, I felt the discomfort exclusively in my back, which led to the midwife on the phone initially telling me that I was not in labour. So, to cut a long story short, by the time a midwife came out to me 3 hours later I was already 7cm dilated. She then couldn’t get another midwife to me quickly enough so accompanied me to the birth centre instead. The midwives there were...

“I wanted to thank you for your course that my husband and I attended a couple of years ago and to let you know that our second hypnobirthing baby was born on the 4th of July. 

“As a result of the belief and confidence that you instilled in us and in me I managed to stand up for our rights despite the hospital and indeed national policy of inducing a pregnant woman ten days after her due date.  We listened to my body – which was gave us a due date worked out in accordance with my last period (rather than the due date that the hospital deduces from a scan).  Thus, despite being due on the first of August, we were still awaiting our baby on the weekend...

“I gave birth using the techniques you taught me. The whole experience was utterly amazing. I hired a private midwife and had my baby girl at home. I managed the labour on my own without giving a thought to pain relief, in silence and for the most part pretty motionless. My midwife said she had never witnessed hypnobirthing working so successfully. I sat for 2 hours on a foot stool (apparently a difficult position to labour in!) and dilated to 10cm in an almost euphoric state.