I first discovered Hypnobirthing whilst recovering from my first labour and birth. I had a pretty hard time and the recovery was long. Knowing there must be a different way to birth, I began to do some digging during those late night feeding sessions. A couple of people had mentioned hypnobirthing to me when I was pregnant, but I hadn’t honestly given it much thought. I was definitely in the ‘go with the flow’ mindset, how wrong I was! On understanding what hypnobirthing was about, I began to see what a trick I had missed in not pursuing it whilst pregnant. I felt let down, angry and upset at the birth I had versus the birth I believe I could have had. As time passed and I healed, I became determined. If we were to have a second child, I would throw myself into hypnobirthing as early as I could.

So that is what I did! 2 years later, I signed up to a course at about 14 weeks pregnant with my daughter and lived and breathed hypnobirthing for the next 26 weeks. I can honestly say, the course blew my mind. Because of this and my sheer determination and hard work, had the most amazing homebirth. Spoiler alert, it was still long and it was still painful BUT it was the most powerful and incredible experience of my life so far. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Once the newborn haze began to be replaced by the beautiful chaos that is life with a toddler and a baby, I began to question what I wanted to do about returning to work. I made the incredibly scary decision to spend my maternity leave training and setting up my own hypnobirthing business. In May 2024, I completed the instructor training with The Birth Uprising and with my two children in tow, hit the ground running. It has been such a juggling act, but I am so excited for this new chapter and to start sharing my knowledge and passion with you.