Congratulations on your pregnancy,
or happy browsing if you are simply planning ahead.
Maybe you’ve had your head stuck in the sand for way too long about how your baby is going to make its way out?
And possibly you are hearing lots of horror stories about birth, and you are starting to worry about the pain or “losing control” during your baby’s birth?
Sounds familiar?


Imagine, that you’ve got a wealth of simple and easy to follow tools and techniques to use on your birthing day.
Now you are feeling calm, confident and ready for your birth and early parenting.
Feels good?
The good news is the Wise Hippo Birthing programme will provide you and your partner with all the tools and techniques required.
I can support you every step of your journey from bump, birth to baby and I bet you can’t wait to get started, can you? See upcoming class dates and more information on my doula services and placenta encapsulation. I am based in St Albans and support parents locally, including Harpenden and the surrounding areas.

Meet Louise Balm
- Former midwife with 14 years of experience in the NHS
- Experienced HypnoBirthing practitioner since 2009
- Over five hundred couples have benefited from BirthBalm classes
- HypnoBirthing mum of two beautiful girls

“I came to Louise’s classes thinking I was going to prepare for birth, but we got way more than that. We felt confident knowing that Louise was a Midwife and had seen all things birth! Added to that, she is a hypnobirthing mum herself. These were a huge bonus and gave us great confidence.”
The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme is so much more than traditional hypnobirthing classes.
It is life changing antenatal education, that not only teaches women to have a positive birth experience, but it also creates strong confident mothers who inherently trust themselves, and by trusting their instincts, make choices that are right for themselves and their families.
Old style hypnobirthing teaches you how to have a natural birth without drugs, but life doesn’t always go the way you want, does it? Sometimes life throws you curve balls and you want to know how to be prepared for that too. That is why I will teach you how to have ‘the right birth on the day’ so that you can feel prepared no matter what happens during your baby’s birth.
Couples leave my classes feeling calm, confident and looking forward to the birth of their baby!

Parents report back, the Wise Hippo techniques made an invaluable difference, every time.
Come join my classes and see what it’s all about!
“I was dreading the prospect of giving birth before taking these classes. Hypnobirthing with Louise enabled me to be confident about giving birth and enjoy the prospect of meeting my son for the first time, replacing fear with calm confidence, knowing I had the tools and techniques to meet any challenges.”
Upcoming Group Classes 2017
March 2018 - Fully Booked
Mondays at 7.30pm, 12th, 20th, 27th, 3rd April
April 2018 - Fully Booked
Mondays at 7.30pm, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
May 2018 - Fully booked
Mondays 730pm 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th May
June 2018 - 3 places remaining
Mondays 730pm 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th June
July 2018
Mondays at 7.30pm 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd July
August 2018
Tues 7th, Mon 13th, Tues 28th, Mon 3rd Sept - 730pm
September 2018
Mondays at 7.30pm September 10th, 17th, 24th, 1st October
Places are limited.
For more information or to book classes please email Louise, call on 07932 745 925 or use the contact form provided.