Hypnobirthing and pre & postnatal yoga
I’m so glad Helen got to experience the joy of a wonderful birth experience after a traumatic first birth. She says, “I was euphoric! It was the most incredible and mind-blowing experience, and the complete opposite to my previous labour”. Having had a traumatic first birth myself, I know how debilitating that can be, it’s […]
For a lot of people, been termed ‘high risk’ is enough of a worry to prevent them planning for the type of birth they really want. This wasn’t the case for Rachel, even though she was diagnosed with Covid shortly before her daughter’s birth, and had already been told she had gestational diabetes and Group […]
These two beautiful babies were born to two friends Paige and Vicky within two weeks of each other, and I have to put their inspiring birth stories together because they have so many similarities! Both are first-time mums, both had short labours and gave birth at 39 weeks (plus a few days), both gave birth […]
This really is the most beautiful birth – birth as it should be, as it’s designed to be, a birth that reminds us that we’re built to do this! Just trust in the process and in your body’s innate ability to birth your baby – at the right time, in the right way – when you release fear and allow it to happen.
One of the things first-time mums often struggle with is asserting themselves when faced with medical staff. This is completely understandable, labouring in hospital can make you feel vulnerable, you’re out of our comfort zone, and relying on other people to help you achieve the birth you’re hoping for – sometimes people feel railroaded down […]
As promised here is my birth story for Arabella Grace, born on Friday at 6:34am, weighing 9lbs 1oz and 59cm long (my longest baby!). Thank you again for all your support, yoga and our couple’s hypnobirthing refresher course! Our KG Hypnobirthing book is so well thumbed that it is falling to pieces! I’ve already decided […]
Third time mum Lisa, told her husband she’d drive herself to hospital when her waters broke during the night – because her two little girls were sleeping at the time. When her husband refused, all four of them got in the car and headed to the hospital, where the girls would be picked up by […]
First-time mum Olivia, thought she was being a bit dramatic when she first started to feel contractions, only to be examined and told she was fully dilated! Here’s Olivia’s truly inspiring birth story. Rex Lucca’s incredibly quick birth After leaving your yoga class on Saturday 24th July, I felt something was different and just put […]
One of the many great things about a home birth is that you can labour in your own time, without being under the time constraints that might be placed on you in a hospital. You’re also not under pressure to have a vaginal examination (VE) to determine if you’re in established labour, a pressure that […]
I’m so impressed with this mama, Lydia, from my pregnancy yoga class, who stood her ground and trusted her instincts when told she was ‘only 3cm’ dilated and would need to leave the birth centre room she was in. Lydia knew she was in established labour and said no, she wasn’t going anywhere: “The midwife […]