Just had our hypnobirthing refresher with the lovely Hannah Percy. Lots of positivity was just what we needed with everything that is going on in the world at the moment. Time to put all of the techniques into practive again and get ready for our little lady’s arrival (Sam, Solihull) The post Sam’s refresher appeared first on Enhance Your Birth ..read more

We joined Hannah’s course unsure about what hypnobirthing was really all about and if it would be right for us, but open minded and keen to learn. What we found is that the course covers such a broad approach to pregnancy, labour and beyond that there’s a multitude of techniques and advice that will speak to even the most cynical hypnobirthing newcomer. The combination of science and the practical and emotional aspects of labour and birthing provides a wide range tips and tricks for all types of parents-to-be to take comfort and confidence from. It would be difficult to sum up just how much we ..read more

If you are anything like me – an ill-informed bloke – the word hypnobirthing will initially summon wacky scenes of shamanistic rituals involving alchemist potions, bizarre animal noises, and enchantingly repetitive breathing. Turns out that only some of it was true (I will leave you to discover this for yourself). Whilst guided by the extremely knowledgeable Hannah, I came to learn that hypnobirthing is so much more: a fresh approach to life rather than a quick ‘life-hack’. Over the course of several sessions, we explored the connection between the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of th ..read more

I had the pleasure of teaching Sophie & Sam my short hypnobirthing course. This course is 6 hours of teaching time split over two sessions at around 36 weeks of pregnancy. They came to me excited but apprehensive and wanting to birth with more knowledge and more power! There birth story will follow, but for now here is the news they shared with me following the beautiful calm birth of baby Isla. The post Sophie’s Amazing Hypnobirthing Experience appeared first on Enhance Your Birth ..read more

I started getting twinges at 11pm and woke Dave at 4am when things were ramping up. I stayed home until 8am with a combination of warm bath, tens machine and breathing. When I got to hospital I was 9cm. As soon as I got into the birth pool I needed to push, and there he was!! I declined gas and air as the breathing was so much better!! I had a wobbly that I wouldn’t be able to deliver babies head, but Dave was amazing. Thank you so much for everything. The post Sneha’s 2nd Birth appeared first on Enhance Your Birth ..read more

I knew I wanted to use Hypnobirthing not long after I found out I was pregnant. Birthing is treated like a secret society, like it is something you have to suffer through and everyone wants to share their horror stories like it is funny even when you are scared. It becomes this looming deadline and it is now inescapable. I refused for that to be me. Then I saw two birthing videos on youtube of women talking about hypnobirthing/positive birthing/calm birthing. And they had labour for hours, both their babies were back to back and got stuck and one had to have an emergency c section. They both s ..read more

So after a great hypnobirthing course with Reena and a fairly straightforward pregnancy I was very positive about giving birth to my first baby boy.  At 37 weeks pregnant I went to my appointment with the midwife for the usual checks only to be told that my bump hadn’t increased in the last 3 weeks.  Although alarming I wasn’t worried as I had been told this in the previous appointment and after being sent for an ultrasound it was nothing to be worried about and was probably down to inaccurate measurements taken. I had 4 different midwifes in my checks so this didn’t help.  I was book ..read more