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About your instructor
I am an experienced, certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, trained with the HypnoBirthing® Institute in the original Mongan method. In addition, I have the added experience of being a HypnoBirthing® mum.
I am by day a dentist, working for the NHS in Glasgow for the past 6 years. I trained in hypnosis originally for the benefit of anxious dental patients, enabling them to have more comfortable and stress free dental treatment. Quickly I realised the enormous benefits and potential of medical hypnosis.
After a 48 hour, painful first labour, I was originally cynical when I heard about the HypnoBirthing Programme– how could a calm, comfortable childbirth be possible? It was not until a friend lent me Marie Mongan’s “HypnoBirthing; A Celebration of Life” book that I became converted! I then understood the HypnoBirthing® philosophy. I discovered that, not only does HypnoBirthing® teach the relaxation techniques necessary for more comfortable labour, but its concepts are firmly rooted in physiology and science and make good medical sense. (Not surprising when its teachings are backed by so many midwives and obstetricians throughout the USA and UK!) I trained as a practitioner while pregnant with my second daughter, Anna and was very much looking forward to her birth. It was a truly beautiful experience. I arrived at the hospital, calm confident and in control and was found to be 9cm dilated. I just breathed Anna down using the course techniques, and was filled with joy the moment I held her in my arms for the first time. She was a calm contended newborn baby– and still is as a toddler! It was a far cry from my first experience of birth.
I trained as a HypnoBirthing® Practitioner so that I could bring HypnoBirthing® to more and more women in Scotland. I believe that every pregnant woman going through a normal (low-risk) pregnancy should have the opportunity to learn HypnoBirthing®. If only couples were more aware of the benefits they would not pass up the opportunity for an overall better birthing experience. HypnoBirthing® will revolutionise birthing for expectant mothers and their partners here in Scotland.
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