Hypnobirthing, Pregnancy & Teacher Training Blog

Hypnobirthing. A very misunderstood word. A very terrible name for the entire process, if you ask us. Historically, hypnobirthing was a way of birthing. It was a belief that pain...

Epidurals. You need to know about them. Whether it is your preference to avoid one at all costs, you are open to one if necessary or you are going straight in for it, you need...

With the rise of the media, comes the good, the bad and the ugly in relation to birth. There are so many websites, Facebook pages, blogs, Youtube videos and of course, the more...

Stages of Labour: The Placenta – what, when, where, how? Once your baby is born, you will hopefully feel a sudden sense of relief, that it is all over and you can start your...

Last week, we spoke about the latent phase of labour. The sometimes long, early part, where you may not know if you are coming or going! Once you have progressed from this stage,...

When describing what the second stage of labour is, one of the easiest ways to keep it in someone’s memory is to tell them it is the part where the ‘pushing’ bit happens. Though...

Latent or early labour has the potential to be a stressful time, if you do not know what is going on. Fear not, we are going to answer all your burning questions about this stage...

Where do the ‘rules’ come from? Historically, eating in labour was a no go. This originated in the 1940’s, when women were given anaesthetics such as Chloroform or ‘Twilight...

The most frequently used word to describe labour is probably pain. It comes up in every single hypnobirthing class that is taught, every media depiction of birth and is plastered...

Last week, we spoke about the most common reasons that labour slows down and rarely is it because something is physically ‘wrong’. Due to the birthing culture that we now live...

One of the biggest reasons for intervention during childbirth is this awfully phrased ‘failure to progress’ or to put it more kindly, your labour has slowed down. That word...

I must admit, when I first heard the word ‘hypnobirthing’ many things popped into my mind. Not one of them was a true representation of the process, I have now learnt. Even as...