Kirsten tells her story 

Kirsten trained with us to become a Hypnobirthing teacher with the ambition of making sure women like herself had the opportunity to feel in control and have a beautiful birth. 

Tell us a bit about you, your background and why you trained to become a Hypnobirthing Teacher

I felt really passionate about supporting women through this journey and showing them how calm and genuinely easier it can be to enjoy birth with the power of hypnobirthing. I felt really robbed of natural fertility, as a IVF mum (IVF warrior) I just wanted women like myself to have the opportunity to feel in control, and really have that beautiful birth after what can be a very challenging time leading up to pregnancy.

What have you done so far to build your business? How do you balance this with your life?

I’m really proud of my website (www.bumpsandbeginnings.com), and Instagram. Although sometimes it feels like I’m preaching...

Taking a passion and making it a career. 

Hannah built a Hypnobirthing business whilst on maternity leave.

Hannah trained with us to become a hypnobirthing teacher in May 2022 due to the lack of flexibility she was experiencing in her full-time job. In this blog post, she shares her story with us about creating a business on maternity leave.

I’m Hannah and I’m the founder of The Contemporary Birth Company. I have two little girls, 2.5yrs and 8 months old at the time of writing. I’ve always been terrified of anything medical. I (used to!) have a major phobia of needles and would pass out having blood taken so when I got pregnant with my first daughter, I was obviously terrified of giving birth!

I am a Behaviour Analyst in my employed work and everything I do has to be rooted in science, backed up by evidence and data so when someone suggested I read a Hypnobirthing book I was quite skeptical. My work trains me to be skeptical,...

The inspiring Hannah Wallis from Little Rosebuds trained with us at the end of 2022 to become a Hypnobirthing teacher and since then her business has gone from strength to strength. In this blog, Hannah shares with us how she has created such a strong brand in such a short amount of time. 

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you decided to train to become a hypnobirthing teacher?

I'm Hannah, 32 from South Yorkshire. Wife, Dog mom and due in December with our first baby! We also love a good house renovation and have just completed the renovation of a 1960's bungalow! Many of my friends and family know me as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, and for the last six years this is where I have built my wonderful business and client base. In 2020 I found myself (along with the rest of the world) forced into lockdown and had to make a decision on where to take my business. So overnight, I took all of my classes onto zoom and spent 3...

Julia trained with us to become a Hypnobirthing teacher to complement her doula training, here she tells us why this is a perfect match and shares some tips for those who are wanting to become Hypnobirthing teachers too. 

I am Julia, a Mum of two, a Doula and Hypnobirthing teacher, living in Leeds, West Yorkshire, my business is Baba Doula Services. I am really passionate about supporting expectant parents, helping them to have a positive birth experience, by feeling calm, confident and in control. I have always had an interest and passion in pregnancy and birth. After I became a doula, I knew I wanted to do a hypnobirthing teacher training course. I had read and heard about how powerful hypnobirthing is and the positive mindset for birth, that it creates. Hypnobirthing courses are different to antenatal courses, which don’t teach you about the power of the mind, the mind body connection during birth and how to have a calm birth. The mind controls a...

Ruth Wookey became a Hypnobirthing teacher, whilst on maternity leave. Read about her business journey below...

I’m Ruth, I live with my husband and two daughters in Littleborough, Rochdale, and up until very recently, I was a Secondary school English teacher! I discovered hypnobirthing during my second pregnancy when I attended a face to face group course in my local area. I found it fascinating! I read so much about birth during my pregnancy and really enjoyed preparing for the birth! Then, when I had my baby (and not just a positive, but genuinely a transformational birth, by the way!) I just didn’t stop reading! I found myself reading more birth books whilst feeding and listening to birth podcasts whilst out walking or driving around! That’s when I thought, I’m not done with this, am I? I knew that hypnobirthing wasn’t just something I’d done for myself and my daughter, but probably something I wanted to be a big part of my life in the...

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Why pregnancy yoga and Hypnobirthing are the perfect combination

The lovely Kim Mousley from BirthBodyBreathe, one of our LYB graduates explains to us why pregnancy yoga and hypnobirthing are a wonderful combination for pregnancy and birth. 

Pregnancy yoga and Hypnobirthing are the 2 things that really transformed my experience of the pregnancy-birth-parenthood continuum. They both have so much to offer through this transformative time of life…and combined they are even more powerful!

In short, Hypnobirthing is a complete birth preparation course. Pregnancy yoga is a specific type of yoga designed to prepare you physically, emotionally and spiritually for birth.

Though they are distinctive in many ways, there’s so much overlap between the 2!

• both will teach you breathing techniques to calm your mind and body
• both will teach you about your body, how it works and how to support its physiology
• both will help you find...

Betsy has been unwell this week and it transported me back to the actual moment I decided that the employed life was not for me any longer.

I was sat on my sofa crying holding my 9 month old baby in my arms, feeling the heat from his raging fever against my chest. It was October 2013, my eldest child Harris was ill yet again.

I’d been back at work just over a month and pretty much every week he was unwell. He picked up every bug going from his three days at nursery.

I was exhausted, worried and felt like the worst mother and the worst teacher.

I hated putting him in nursery and knew that just as he was getting better he’d get hit by another illness.

Yes, this was stressful and upsetting but it was the response I received from employers that felt the worst.

“Isn’t there anyone else that can look after him?”
“When will you be back?”
“Make sure you set all the work for you classes right away”

I knew I needed to be with my...

Mandy’s Journey to Becoming a Hypnobirthing Teacher

Mandy from Assertive Birth shares her journey to becoming a hypnobirthing teacher. 

My name is Mandy and I’m a hypnobirthing teacher based in West Lothian, Scotland. I wanted to write a blog post about my journey to becoming a hypnobirthing teacher in the hope that it will encourage others who are considering taking this leap. 

So how did I end up following this path?

Well I have four children, so I’ve given birth a fair few times. With my first I had that typical mindset of - I’ll just go into it with an open mind, see what happens, no need for a plan but the hope of a drug free water birth. Well I quickly learned that if you want your dream birth it takes a bit more preparation than just having an open mind. And needless to say that drug free water birth did not happen.

My second baby was born very quickly at home, not the plan, but it was an amazing experience and...

The lovely Fiona from Fiona Deans Hypnobirthing has kindly shared her wins with us since she became a hypnobirthing teacher.

Fiona is a hypnobirthing teacher offering courses in Solihull and Birmingham. Here are her wins since starting her hypnobirthing business. 

1. I recently did a course for some friends who are expecting their second baby in December. After we finished the course, I received a really love, long review from Tom saying how much they'd enjoyed the course and how useful it had been. Receiving this made it all feel worthwhile in the uncertain times in which we're living! 
2. Completing my hypnobirthing teacher training and receiving some really lovely feedback from Abby on it. When you invest so much time and money in something, it's natural to wonder whether you're doing the right thing, especially when it's completely different to what you normally do so receiving that was a real confidence boost.  
3. Attending the Love Your Birth...