Birth Stories
We contacted Louise for a hypnobirthing course after I was recommended by friends, when they had good birth experiences with hypnobirthing. I found the birth of my 1st child quite traumatic and hypnobirthing with Louise really helped me relax and enjoy the experience...
I had her naturally in the water, no drugs just tens machine and Hypnobirthing breathing at Watford ABC Midwife Led Unit. The midwives at ABC were so surprised when I came in and I was already 7cm and so calm for a first time mum. They said what ever I had been doing...
Our daughter Inès was born, calmly and confidently. After nearly a week of stop-start pre-labour and early labour, the surges intensified and I breathed through them at home on my birthing ball. We drove to the hospital and I continued to breathe through my surges in...
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...
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 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...