Hypnobirthing reviews

A video of a mum using Natal Hypnotherapy to help during her water birth. Some really excellent examples of how a birth partner can support a mum, using the 321 relax, turning down the dial, self-doubt and other Natal Hypnotherapy techniques

Insightful home diaries video showing a drug free natural childbirth using hypnobirthing with Natal HypnotherapyCourtesy of http://www.mybirthmyway.co.uk [Mum] And my waters have just broken sorry shaky hand.  So yes, so we’re all systems go. [Molly] Molly [Mum] Hey Molly who’s coming soon?  [Mum] Who is it? is it baby? [Molly] Baby [Mum] is Molly gonna be a big sister, [Molly] No I am gonna be Molly. [Mum] Molly can you tell mommy how much you love me [Molly] More than all the money in the world [Mum] How you doing Daddyo? [Dad] I yeah I’m cool, I’m very excited very…

Labour doesn’t have to be scary! This is me during a contraction. Not what you normally see on television! I remained calm and in control and owe this to my amazing birth partner, my friend for helping us out, the information I read in “Effective Birth Preparation” by Maggie Howell and the relaxation techniques I learned from the ‘Natal Hypnotherapy Programme‘. It’s your body, your birth and your baby!

Watch this calm, quiet birth to see how powerful Natal Hypnotherapy can be. The first section is when the mother is around 7 cm dilated – yes this is a video and not a still photo – watch the amazing movement of the belly during the contraction. The second clip is about 20 mins before the water birth at home. Watch for the shake of the head – the one and only “negative” sign when the mother goes through “self doubt”. The final clip shows the birth – again very calm and unrushed.

A birth video of Chireal giving birth to twins in hospital – a natural, calm vaginal birth to twins. Chireal listened to the Natal Hypnotherapy tracks in the lead-up to the birth. They also gave her the confidence to plan for a natural, un induced labour [Chireal] “Hi, it’s Thursday and it’s a couple of days before I’m due to be induced and today, I’ve had reflexology on my feet and hands, and I’ve also ordered some hypnosis tapes [Natal Hypnotherapy audio downloads] to help me through the labour process, in doing so I have realised that I don’t think…

By Paul and Nadine, One Born Every Minute, Channel 4. My initial concerns were unfounded I guess my initial thoughts of Natal Hypnotherapy, with the power of hindsight were somewhat unfounded.   I think if somebody mentioned the word hypnotherapy to me then, I would conjure up thoughts of somebody influencing your actions, your behaviour, your feelings, and for me that translated into somebody being in control and that was not something that we wanted for the birth of our second child.” The birth of our first child “And just to place that in context the birth of our first child,…

We have put together a snapshot of reviews by women and their birth partners who have done Hypnobirthing course with Natal Hypnotherapy. It reflects what most women and their partners experience using these techniques and listening to Maggie Howell’s audio recordings. The video is just 2 minutes 37 seconds long. “Like most women, I was anxious about the whole birthing process.” “I was in a very scared place.” “As a first-timer it gave untold confidence.” “At the beginning I was a bit of a skeptic, of being hypnotized, really?” “Very easy to follow.” “Simple but so effective.  It worked.” “I…

And this is my little six week old boy Kay and I would like to tell you a bit about my story using Maggie’s Natal Hypnotherapy course. I chose to do Maggie’s course because this was my second labour and my first labour was quite traumatic. It was a very long labour it was 25 hours and things didn’t run very smoothly at all and I did fel quite traumatized afterwards.  So when I became pregnant again I still very strongly wanted to have a natural birth, so I was on the hunt for something to help me do that…

I had an amazing birthing experience and I would like to share why Natal Hypnotherapy by Maggie Howell made all the difference. I gave birth to two beautiful, healthy boys, both times using Natal Hypnotherapy and on both occasions have had a really good experience. Me and my partner I had the birth we had planned for, in the birthing pool and naturally the babies were born healthy. I had no tears and I recovered really quickly. The things that made my labour easier The Natal hypnotherapy course is extremely helpful. There are few things, few aspects of it that…

I gave birth to my little daughter, Freya on Saturday 19th December. She is my first child. I practised self-hypnosis with Maggie’s tracks. Through my second trimester, I only listened occasionally and then more regularly from about 32 weeks. Combined with pregnancy yoga and weekly massage, I truly believe that this preparation allowed me to have the birth I’d dreamed of. I had predicted an early arrival of Freya (in fact I was only one day out – which goes to show my intuition!) and the evening before the birth, felt different. My labour must have started during the night…

“Natal Hypnotherapy enabled me to focus and remain calm which meant for a positive birth experience which is so important! I believe this helped bonding, breastfeeding and recovery. The birth preparation track was the perfect ‘excuse’ to have some me time during my pregnancy. The idea that it could be helpful in my birth made me prioritise time everyday just to lie down. So if that’s all it did it was worth it!! My labour started in the early hours so I put the cd on and it meant I could relax enough to dose through the contractions and not…

This week we have a lovely birth story, which again did not map out the way they had planned, but nonetheless turned out to be a simply amazing birth with the incredible support of her husband who initially was pretty sceptical about hypnotherapy. “I wanted to give a testimonial about Natal Hypnotherapy as it has had such a profound and positive effect on my life since getting pregnant and having my baby boy, Ethan. My husband, Ross, was a bit sceptical about attending the workshop with our Natal Hypnotherapy practitioner, Elaine from fear-free birthing and prior to going, I got…

One of the many concerns of women we support is how they will cope if they have an induced labour. Even though an induction is not the bodies natural way to start labour, you can still use all the Natal Hypnotherapy techniques to stay calm, focused and positive throughout an induced labour. “After being told I could not have children due to surgeries and medical conditions I never fathomed having a child or its implications. So you can imagine the shock when I found out I was carrying a child! I had no idea what to expect. I’d never paid…

 One of the things I hear a lot is that the skills learnt with Natal Hypnotherapy are not just for the birth but are for life itself – often life-changing!  Here is one such story:- “I’m 37, I had a baby at 19 which I found traumatic even though clinically it was a straight forward vaginal birth. It was very long, very sore, I got very scared, had my waters broken and wasn’t prepared for a baby at all! The fear has always stayed with me and I accepted that if I was to have another child I’d just have…

We often get asked if hypnobirthing leads to a pain-free birth.  I always stress that aiming for a pain-free experience is definitely not the focus, nor should it be the goal, however some women do experience very little or no pain. Read on for a truly inspirational, uplifting and wonderful birth . “I wanted to tell you about my recent Natal Hypnotherapy birth as I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful birth experience! My Natal Hypnotherapy experience started as soon as I discovered I was pregnant. Having watched my sister progress from an absolute fear of childbirth to a completely drug free…

For this birth story we getting a father’s perspective. We often hear from women that dads can be somewhat reluctant to come along to Natal Hypnotherapy classes.  This is often based on a slightly mis-placed perception of what it is all about. So I am delighted to hear Dave’s side of the story. “The term Hypnobirthing probably sounds quite ‘hippy’ and ‘alternative’ to most people. It certainly did to me when I first heard it. But in fact it is really rational and logical. By staying calm and keeping adrenaline at bay, a woman can deliver her baby naturally as we were designed…

An inspiring story about a couple’s journey to prepare for their awesome homebirth. I get sent lots of wonderful birth stories and I love reading all of them! it is always nice to read stories where women have overcome fears and challenges to have a positive birth experience. Abi and Ajay share their story on the challenges they faced and their determination to have an awesome homebirth. An awesome home birth story “The year I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in January and then welcomed our healthy, beautiful baby girl into our lives in December. What a rollercoaster life this is proving…

Get ready for a really inspirational and uplifting christmas birth story! Alison used Natal Hypnotherapy to help overcome her fears of becoming a mother and then to help her have a more relaxed pregnancy and birth.  She talks about how the 2 day course was particularly beneficial for her husband and how the techniques helped her become a relaxed mum. “My contact with Maggie started when I spoke to her about wanting to become a mum and my anxieties that went with this, past worries and emotions, lack of self-belief and confidence.  After attending some one to one sessions with Maggie, apart…

Following on with our series of Christmas birth stories, Judy’s story shows how practicing hypnobirthing even for just a few times can still make all the difference. Making the decision to use Natal Hypnothearpy “I was quite nervous about giving birth and so when I heard a friend tell me about Natal Hypnotherapy and how it helped her I thought it was worth giving it a go. After reading the great reviews on Amazon, I decided to buy the hypnobirthing album “Effective Birth Preparation“. It is recommended that you listen to this from 32 weeks …well, I only got to listen…

With Christmas around the corner, I thought I would focus on lovely Christmas birth stories.  Here George tells of her journey using and developing her Natal Hypnotherapy skills to help her have the best Christmas ever! After listening to the Natal Hypnotherapy tracks and attending a weekend course, she wrote her own script to really personalise her birth preparation. “Having used hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis for a number of years and experienced the sometimes life-changing results (including sticking a nappy pin through my arm!), it wasn’t a question of if I would use it during my pregnancy and the birth of Danuta,…

“When we found out that we were expecting our first baby both my partner and I were in agreement that we would like our pregnancy and birth to be as natural as possible. We wanted to really prepare for a positive birth experience. From the outset my pregnancy was healthy and straightforward. Choice to have our baby at home With the support of our brilliant midwife, it seemed a natural choice that we should have our baby at home. I felt so well that it seemed bizarre to go into a hospital for such a natural thing as childbirth. I…

It was the best decision I ever made! “My pregnancy was totally normal and low risk from the start. I was born at home and when I mentioned this to the midwife at our booking in appointment at 12 weeks, she asked if I had considered a home birth. I said I hadn’t as it was my first time and I didn’t think they would advise it. She said it was totally up to us and gave me the details of the dedicated home birth (Eden) team in Poole. After discussing it with family, we decided to go for it…

Thanks for your interest in my tweet of the results from my Microsoft Band during the birth of my third baby. This is the third birth during which I have used your Natal Hypnotherapy and all my birth experiences, while all vastly different, were amazing, empowering and life-defining. I apologize now for the length of this email but there is little else I love talking about more than the births of my babies! Our first two births were in hospital- although my second daughter was nearly born in the car park! And we had a doula for the first two…

You probably get loads of these emails but I wanted to share my birth experience with you and to say thank you! In short, we didn’t have the experience we planned but my partner and I know that Natal Hypnotherapy played a very important role. I know Natal Hypnotherapy encourages you to distance yourself from negative birth stories so firstly I want to say that this isn’t a negative experience it just didn’t go as planned. Also, Natal Hypnotherapy works. In the height of panic I did have a thought that it was all for nothing but then my mind…

By Ludivine, Brussels, Belgium I am writing to tell you about my amazing birth story. My contractions started at 5pm on Sunday 13th. I told my boyfriend I thought it was a labour contraction and waited for the next one which came about a few minutes later. From then, we tried to calculate how often they happened and if they were truly frequent. Since, the contractions were already quite strong, I went to my bedroom, put my Labour Companion track on and repeated to myself to remain calm and relax and to welcome the sensations as they were a sign that…

Guest Blog from Alison Barker I attended the Natal Hypnotherapy workshop with Sandra in Wimbledon and regularly listened to the tracks throughout my pregnancy. I believe the tools with which natal hypnotherapy equipped me allowed us to have the home birth we desired. I wanted to write to you to directly to thank you as I will always be grateful for the incredible benefits of Natal Hypnotherapy. There was a slight nuisance to my daughter’s birth which I thought it may be worth explaining briefly – my daughter was a breech presentation. Breech was not diagnosed until 40 weeks +…

I have often heard from midwives over the years that they love to attend births with women using Natal Hypnotherapy as they aways feel so calm themselves! This week’s birth story reiterates that feeling , but from the mums perspective. “I wanted to write and tell you about the wonderful, calm birth of our little girl, born at 38 + 2 weeks. My first cramps started at 3am and Robyn was born at 12.50pm, so pretty quick. All went as I hoped – she had been in the right position for a long time and I had used a birthing ball…

We knew from early on in my pregnancy that this baby was definitely going to be our last. We had both agreed that 4 kids would be great, however after our fourth we both felt that we wanted just one more. So when I fell pregnant we knew that this was definitely the last one so throughout my pregnancy I kept thinking…I have to really enjoy and cherish this as I will never feel / experience it again. As with all my other pregnancies the last few weeks were a string of on.. off mild contractions. With each of them…