I became aware of HypnoBirthing® shortly after I conceived my second child, Alice, after a disappointing and quite frankly painful experience with my first child, Maddie, I was eager to find a way of birthing my baby naturally and comfortably.  It was then that I came across HypnoBirthing® and after speaking to a couple of HypnoBirthing mums felt sure that this was the programme for me.

I have always been fascinated by the miracle of conception through to birth.  It is truly a life changing experience and HypnoBirthing® helps prepare couples and Mums for that important transition into parenthood. So it was while I was preparing for my own birth that I decided to train and become a certified HypnoBirthing® practitioner so that other women in my area could truly experience the joy of a comfortable birth.

My second child, Alice, was born naturally and calmly after a four hour labour with no need for any pain relief, not even gas and air! I didn’t need any pain relief because I wasn’t in any pain; there was a sensation of pressure but nothing else. I felt comfortable, relaxed, and even euphoric that I was birthing my baby as nature intended.

I feel very lucky to be able to say that I love my job, I am passionate about what I do and spend a huge amount of my time when I’m not training researching and “spreading the word” of HypnoBirthing®. I also feel very lucky to be a “HypnoMum,” having experienced a birth without hypnosis and a birth with hypnosis I can say without a doubt that birthing using HypnoBirthing® is a wonderful experience – I just wish I knew about it first time round!