“My sessions are designed to support, reframe, inform and empower any birthing person and their birthing partner to create a positive birth experience that is right for them. My passion is to allow you to feel seen, safe and heard so you can step into your birthing power. I truly believe that a positive birth experience will leave a lifelong impression on all ”
What’s it all about?
‘Hypnobirthing’ is not hocus pocus - it can misleadingly conjure up ideas of clicking fingers and barking like a dog in front of strangers for comic entertainment but actually, it’s nothing like ‘stage hypnosis’, which is what that is. Hypnobirthing has nothing to do with voodoo and everything to do with science.
Just like athletes prepare for an event with sports psychology, we can do the same with hypnobirthing. We can utilise the power of our minds to influence and help our bodies perform to the best of their abilities and as they were designed to do. Hypnobirthing can help you feel connected with your baby during your pregnancy and can provide you with the tools and techniques that will allow you to remain calm and positive in your pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond.
The programme at The Calm Birth teaches a variety of methods and self hypnosis techniques to reframe negative associations with birth that have been stored in the subconscious mind (thanks to unhelpful media or friends for example). We work together on deep relaxation, breathing exercises and the art & power of affirmation and mindfulness.
We couple all the practical preparation with a rich understanding of antenatal education and choice, importantly cementing that whatever turn the labour takes, the birthing education & knowledge will support and empower the birthing person and team. This helps you to remain calm & positive for birth and beyond.
Research into hypnobirthing has shown a reduced rate of intervention - fewer inductions, fewer epidurals, fewer instrumental births and fewer caesareans. The choices you make in pregnancy and labour can actually influence the outcome of your birth and so knowledge is very much power here.
Hypnobirthing doesn’t guarantee any ‘type’ of birth and it certainly doesn’t guarantee a pain free experience but the common thread that underpins the change for birthing people using The Calm Birth method is a newfound confidence, self belief in the birthing process, faith in your body and the unlocking of your inner strength for birth and beyond.
