Birth Stories

Birth Stories

Laura and Tom’s HypnoBirth Story
I had a long latent labour of 48 hours which included being turned away twice from the hospital (!) But, when my waters finally broke and we were admitted to Barnet Midwife Led Unit, Sebastian came along after just over an hour in the birth pool. Complete with the...
Rachel and Pete’s Second HypnoBirth
Orelia was born in the birthing pool, at Lister, exactly as we had hoped. The hypnobirthing techniques you taught me got me through an intense labour. I breathed her head out and delivered her body with one push. Pete caught her in the pool and brought her up to my...
Lauren and Ben’s Hypnobirth, First Baby
Lauren had a sweep done by the Midwife, and went in to labour at about 1am. The day was a blur but after going in to the hospital with around 4 60 second surges every 10 mins, Lauren was somehow only 3cm dilated. The 3cm really threw Lauren and at that stage, her...
Birth Story – Clare, Mark & Nia

Birth Story – Clare, Mark & Nia

Hi Louise, Just wanted to let you know that we welcomed our beautiful little girl, Nia into the world. I saw my midwife for my planned visit and she thought I was experiencing surges but said not to get excited as it could be days before things got really going. By...

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Birth Story – Jess, Shiva and Bruno!

Hi Louise, So, Bruno arrived a week past my due date when I started having surges. Although going overdue was a bit frustrating (especially with a hundred people calling/texting for 'any news'? every day!) it was actually nice because I was able to practice my...

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Birth Story – Karen, Richard and Bailey

Birth Story – Karen, Richard and Bailey

Hi Louise, I gave birth to our beautiful little girl Bailey 1 week early, weighing 6lb 10oz. I had a full Hypno water birth using only Tens and gas & air and my labour was officially recorded at 4.5 hours. This is my birth story: At 22 weeks my husband and I...

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Birth Story – Beth, Mike and Eloise

Birth Story – Beth, Mike and Eloise

Hi Louise I just wanted to tell you that Mike and I had a beautiful baby girl on Tuesday! The hypnobirthing was just amazing and I couldn't have asked for a better labour, it was just as I had dreamed it would go. I started listening to the MP3s straight away and...

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