Meet Jude, Kelvin and baby Harley. Following a very obstetric led pregnancy Jude was pressured to have induction for her age. She approached me for help. Hypnobirthing and childbirth sessions followed, as well as evidence to help her and Kelvin explore their options around induction. They decided to opt for extra monitoring rather than induction as there was no evidence to support this. We kept in touch (as once her age was disproved suddenly there were other non evidenced based reasons to induce) and I received a lovely long email :

“I want to thank you so much for spending the day with us & for helping & reassuring me on all the things that made me anxious. It’s all proved so helpful & most of all it kept me positive!!

It just goes to show all the hypnobirthing techniques & affirmations work. Your body can do it & you do need to listen to what your body is telling you to do. I knew I needed to push even though they were telling me not to. Doing your class has changed me in so many ways. You had such a impact on me and the way we both dealt with things & stayed positive – I had a very quick & stress free labour with no interventions & no pain relief!!”

Jude and Kelvin had a very ordinary & healthy pregnancy and experienced pressure to medically induce without evidence. All they needed was information to make their own decisions in their care – and bingo, a positive confident birth followed.

Congratuations Jude and Kelvin x

(shared with permission)