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Helping parents-to-be identify how to achieve the right birth for them and their baby. Private and group courses available.

Calm and confident hypnobirthing, comprehensive antenatal courses in St Albans and surrounding areas.

10/05/2022

⭐️Birth bag checklist⭐️ Regardless of where you are giving birth it’s so worth preparing all of these items so that they are easy to find, talk it through with your birth partner so they know what you’ve packed and when you will need who item.

Save this post to come back to it when you pack your bag!
🙌🏻

05/05/2022

Let’s talk Birth Plan aka Birth Preferences. If you want a template send me a DM, I’ll send it to you. X

❓Why should you do it?
You’ll take control of your birth and feel empowered to make decisions that are right for you and your baby whichever direction your birth takes.

The process of taking the time to think about what your thoughts are on every aspect of your birth experience (whether it goes down your preferred route or not) is essential to a positive birth experience.

⭐️Dedicate time to it.

⭐️ Discuss with your Birth Partner and make sure they know where you stand on each element.
➡️ That way you can rely on them to be your voice (remember that you will ultimately need to give your consent but the conversation can be led by your birth partner). Leaving you fully free to focus on your breathing.

⭐️ Share with your midwives and/or caregivers in any antenatal appointments or at the birth. You can print them out and pop them in your notes to make sure they get to read them as well.

Take care lovely mums-to-be 🥰

23/03/2022

How lovely is this spot to do listen to relaxation and visualisation tracks?? ☀️ 🏖 🥰

I’ve been doing some sessions with an amazingly chilled out couple who moved from the UK to Australia recently.

When they told me this is where they were doing their practice after work I had to share it with you all! ❤️

This is not only
🌟 amazingly lovely but it is also
🌟 an amazing trigger of a place where Dani felt safe and connected to her baby which she can use during her labour to take her back to this deep state of relaxation she is in. 🙌🏻

Thanks for sharing this with me Dani and Will!

Let me know where is your favourite place to do your relaxation, photos would be amazing too! 🤩

08/03/2022

Happy International Women’s Day ladies! I never got as emotional reading a card as I did when I read this one.
The message resonates with me so much that I had to buy it for my friends and tell them how proud I was of them for what they had achieved in the last year or so.

I love it when women tune into their inner strength, using their mind to accomplish what they set their mind to.

Some have flourished, some have overcome the biggest challenges they had ever faced, some have found themselves at the lowest point but found the strength to make it back up to their high.

I’m in awe of the power women have within them and I love seeing that power come out.

Working in birth I love seeing when the magic happens at the moment where women realise that they can do it, they can trust their instinct and put themselves in the position of decision maker in the development of the labour and birth. And I love even more the look on their face when they tell me “I did it!” after giving birth. It’s a look of surprise. The surprise of how powerful they can be. It’s pride.

Women I admire you.
I want to learn from you all.
If I can make a difference to your lives in helping you plan your birth then that is the biggest reward I can ask for in my work.

Sending love to you all. ###❤️###

06/03/2022

Do you know all your choices for where you can give birth? Here’s a little high level summary of what options are out there.

You can have support you in any of these settings. This may be a good way for you to feel safer as you will be accompanied by someone who you know and who is trained to support in giving birth.

But please remember that you can actually give birth ANYWHERE you wish to.

Dig deep and work out where you feel the safest to give birth:

🌱 for some that might be where transfer time is the lowest

🌿 for others it might be in the same environment as conception took place

🌸 it might also be where there are doctors if you need them

🌼 or it could be where you can have certain family present

🌻or where you are guaranteed a water birth

Notice that choosing the option your caregiver recommends is not the only option. You don’t have to give birth where they tell you to if you don’t feel that is right for you.

More women are classed as “high risk” nowadays.

That may include women who are:

➡️ diagnosed with gestional diabetes
➡️ VBaC (vaginal birth after caesarean)
➡️ high BMI
➡️ age
➡️ needing induction
➡️ big baby
➡️ small baby
➡️ breech baby
➡️ transverse baby
…
And the list goes on.

Some of these reasons do need a medicalised birth but
❗️not ALL of them ALL the time ❗️

This is when you need to:

1. Listen to your caregiver’s guidance (because we know that deep down you might only feel comfortable if you feel like you have taken what they told you into consideration)

BUT also

2. Do your own research to make sure what they are suggesting is backed by research and facts.

So you need to:
🌟 know your options and
🌟pick the one that is right for you and your baby

👉🏻 If you need any help working out what is right for your and your baby please feel free to get in touch in DM 💌 and I’ll give you pointers to research that will help.

Love to all! 🌟🌼

04/03/2022

👋 Following my reel on “Ditch your due date”, here’s more info behind how the due dates are estimated so we can have a better understanding of why due dates should only be considered as indicative.

For those of you who want more info on this topic, as well as induction, I highly recommend the following books which I used as sources for this post.

- “Inducing Labour” by Dr Sara Wickham
- “Why Induction Matters” by Dr Rachel Reed
- “The Hypnobirthing Book” by Katharine Graves (you will get this book for free when you book your Hypnobirthing course with me)

Lots of love to you all.

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28/02/2022

I never thought I’d have home birth, let alone 3! 👶 👶 👶 🏡

Home births are so often overlooked. Yet, in my opinion, and as increasingly shown by research, it is the best option for straightforward physiological birth to take place as long as being at home to give birth makes you feel safe.

I‘ll be posting more about home births in the coming weeks, including more practical guides of what you need, how to get a pool, how to set it all up, etc.

Oh and what do you think of the little magic trick on the last picture? 🤩

26/02/2022

Let’s share the love. ❤️

22/02/2022

I keep finding out facts that just blow my mind.

It makes sense when you think about it but the body is just so so clever.

10/02/2022

I love writing birth announcement and feedback posts!

🌟💕Huge congratulations to the parents of the beautiful Ilias! 🍾🎉

When I first met this Client and told her what I did for a living she said that she thought Hypnobirthing was too hippie for her.

We had a chat, she looked into the links and podcasts I’d sent her and she (and her husband!) decided to do the course.

I went to their house in the evenings after they had put they toddler to bed to have our lovely session. 4 sessions over 3 weeks.

They’d had a traumatic experience with their first baby which resulted in be going into the OR for a 3rd degree tear. They were scared of this birth.

They were both sceptical and scared when we started and soon realised that these sessions would help them.

I’m so so so happy that she “had the birth of her dreams” and honoured to have been with them on the journey. 😍

I will share her entire birth story soon!

I wish them all the joy and happiness as a family of 4!

👉🏻 Hypnobirthing as too Hippie? Share this story with anyone who thinks that it is too hippie for them

👉🏻 Message me to book a place on the upcoming FREE taster session.

Love to you all! 😘🌟

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08/02/2022

Here is the story behind 🌟Your Birth Coach🌟 and how I got to coach couples in their preparation to a beautiful birth so they could become proud and confident parents. 🥰🙌🏻

I have always wanted to make a difference to people’s lives. I’ve always loved to listen to their stories and find ways to help.
When I discovered the world of Hypnobirthing for my first pregnancy I knew that the birthing world was where I was meant to be.

It’s harder than we might think to have a natural birth we feel totally in control of nowadays and this is why antenatal preparation is so so important. Hypnobirthing antenatal classes really prepare you for the tough decisions and conversations you might find yourself needing to have during your pregnancy. It helps you feel in control of your own body and of your baby’s birth.

If you want to overcome all the negative noise around birth and prepare for a beautiful and positive birth experience let’s have a chat.

Send me a DM to find out how I might be able to help. 🌟

Sending lots of love to all expectant mums and dads out there. 😘 You can do this. 🙌🏻

07/02/2022

It’s not always easy to be accepting of our bodies when we are pregnant.

Although we love that we are expecting a baby, seeing our body we are used taking care of change into something we can’t identify with can be really challenging.

We experience strange things and sometimes may not feel like ourselves

❓has anyone ever been in floods of tears for having dropped toast on the floor when pregnant? Yep! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Been there. 😭

Some of most common changes to our bodies include:
👉🏻 water retention
👉🏻 hormonal fluctuations
👉🏻 nausea
👉🏻 back and other joint aches
👉🏻 thicker hair
👉🏻 changes in taste buds
👉🏻 enhanced sense of smell
👉🏻 weight gain (not just baby weight)

None of these are ideal but if we think about the beautiful process that is taking place inside of our bodies, it isn’t surprising that the body adjusts.

This affirmation is beautiful and helps us look at our pregnant bodies through the lens of the beauty unravelling inside us.

Love your body, care for your body as it is your body that is doing the most miraculous transformation in your life.

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