I'm writing this sat in hospital awaiting my son's third surgery. And I want to talk about our experience today, and why being able to confidently advocate for your child is one of the most important skills you can have as a parent. It's also a skill I first learnt whilst pregnant with him, when I did a hypnobirthing course myself. Birth is often the first time we have to advocate for our babies, but it's rarely the last. We've had an incredibly difficult six months in and out of hospital....

My amazing friend and client, Bethan, shares with us the story of Bodie's home birth. With her first birth experience being rather speedy (4.5 hours!), Bethan naturally expected second time round to be even quicker, however this wasn't the case. Bethan explains how she put trust in her body, understood her birth rights and made decisions that felt right for her throughout her labour, and these were respected by the amazing Northampton Home Birth midwives. Bethan's birth partners, her husband,...

The incredible Steph & her newborn daughter My gorgeous client, Steph, shares her epic second birth story with us. Steph first joined The Birth Base for my Northampton group hypnobirthing course during her first pregnancy. She absolutely smashed her first labour, and of course, went on to do the same with her second! She truly is superwoman. Often people talk about labours, especially first time ones, being very long and drawn out. But this was not Steph’s experience at all! With her first...