"I would be very happy to repeat this experience over and over again! I believe every new mother deserves the chance to have this type of birth"
Nora, Hypnobirthing mother
Testimonials and Birth Stories
by Galina
First I would like to say THANK YOU to Kirsty. The hypnobirthing course really helped me to believe and understand what my body can do. My baby girl was born at 38 weeks on 27 March at 2am weighing 2.8kg in St.Georges hospital. On 26 March around 17.30 I was getting ready to go out for dinner with my husband when I realised I was bleeding. I went to the hospital and the midwife examined me and said: "You may have your baby soon" and then she said: "it's very early on and as it's your first baby you can go home."
by Lorna
My partner and I are pretty anxious people and during pregnancy we were constantly worrying about the health of our baby . He didn't move a great deal so I was running to the hospital every couple of weeks to check he was ok. I found the idea of giving birth incredibly daunting and my anxiety was starting to take over my whole pregnancy experience. I was even having panic attacks.
My friend had recently given birth and she told me about hypnobirthing. She had a great birth experience and so I decided to give it a go.
by Selena
After being monitored regularly for high blood pressure the Dr's decided induction at 39 + 2 was the only option as it wasn't improving. So we were booked in for induction at 3.30pm on Thursday. As we have just moved we spent most of the day unpacking boxes and trying to get the flat ready for baby to arrive in what we assumed would be a few days - I had heard induction can take days to start up. As I really didn't want an induction but understood that given my high BP it was necessary we did of course try all the old wives tales to get things started asap and I had been doing acupuncture regularly throughout the final weeks so this may also have helped.
by Joanne
I woke at 3am feeling a bit damp and uncomfortable, nothing unusual I had been feeling like this at night for a few weeks now. A few light tightening’s, nothing that made my heart skip to be honest as I the false alarm the week before had made me relaxed about getting hicks, so I laid back down to rest and put on “Graves” as the colour and calmness track had become nick named..
by Sam, Gemma and Willow
When I found out I was pregnant, I was both excited and anxious about the birth. The only negative experience I encountered was the horror birth stories from other parents, which created my anxiety around whether I would be able to 'cope' with the pain during labour and birth.
by Catherine and Sam
I found my first birth frightening, painful and disheartening, and when I found out I was pregnant again I was very keen not to repeat this experience. My initial plan was to ask for a very medicalised birth with an epidural just to avoid the pain again. I wasn’t sure how much something like hypnobirthing could help, and after seeing how difficult our first birth was my husband was very sceptical indeed! However we had heard great things about hypnobirthing, and we thought that it could not do any harm to try.
I had always been utterly terrified at the thought of giving birth. When I fell pregnant I planned to have a scheduled c-section. However my plans was scuppered when my obstetrician recommended I didn't have one due to my medical history. Serious panic set in and I eventually cast aside my enormous scepticism about hypnobirthing and gave it a go. It turned out to be the best decision ever! I went into my labour calm and confident. The birth itself, which took place in the very pleasant midwife-led suite (low lighting and my own cds) was a positive (albeit a very tiring) experience.