Birth Stories

 

 

The prospect of giving birth to my first child was pretty daunting so when a friend

suggested Hypnobirthing I was keen to give it a go. Fiona was a lovely calming influence and an excellent teacher and very quickly all my fears about birthing were gone. The whole ethos of Hypnobirthing makes so much sense, releasing all fears and being deeply relaxed allows your whole body to relax and so makes birthing easy. The classes were very well organised and all the information was clear concise and easy to follow.  I have

already recommended Hypnobirthing with Fiona to my sister (due any day now) and several others.

I found the Hypnobirthing classes the best preparation for my labour. I also attended NCT antenatal classes and NHS antenatal classes. A bit overboard I know! The NHS classes in

particular focussed on pain and how to cope and left me feeling scared. I was so pleased I had attended the hypnobirthing classes 1st as I was then able to filter out all the negative imagery that the other classes portrayed. 

The lessons I learnt through hypnobirthing classes are invaluable life long tools in self

relaxation and not just for labour. They have been great for helping me to get back to sleep in the first 3 months night time breast feeding. Also, understanding the way our body

functions in labour was so important for helping relaxation. The way my class leader

explained things in simple terms was excellent. It all made so much sense that your

muscles tense up and prevent labour progressing when you are stressed and panicky.

Fiona, the class teacher was very approachable and created and nice relaxed atmosphere for her classes. I felt very at ease - my husband and I even falling asleep during one

relaxation exercise! I thought it was particularly helpful that Fiona had experienced her first birth prior to discovering hypnobirthing and then her second using the hypnobirthing tools and was able to share with us her different experiences.

All in all I would highly recommend hypnobirthing and more importantly Fiona as a class teacher. 

My husband and I took HypnoBirthing classes with Fiona before the birth of our first son and I cannot recommend her enough as a teacher! HypnoBirthing was amazing and my labour was five and a half hours long from start to finish with no need for medication. My birthing experience was so different from what I had heard other people saying about their births—it was exciting, emotional and very relaxed—not what people would lead you to believe.

Fiona was very friendly and put across in clear terms what HypnoBirthing was all about and helped us learn the breathing and visualisation techniques that we used during the birth. I liked the fact that my husband was so involved too as I think he was worried he would be a bit useless during the birth which was not the case, as he helped me with the techniques and encouraged me to go within my birthing body throughout the birth.

 

I had planned to have a water birth but my membranes released before my surges started, this was not possible. However HypnoBirthing kept me motivated and I remained positive and still had the birthing experience that we had hoped for for our son.

 

The HypnoBirthing course was great fun and I’d recommend it to anyone– Fiona was

fantastic at helping us master the techniques required and was always at the end of the phone if I had any questions while I was practising. Thanks again for helping us have such an amazing experience!

Cheryl, Glasgow

Mum to baby Caelen

Angela, Glasgow

Mum to baby Layla

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