Hypnobirthing Stories

Hypnobirthing was absolutely the best money I've ever spent and definitely without a shadow of a doubt helped me achieve a calm, relaxed and gentle birth. I strongly recommend Katharine to anyone fortunate enough to live close enough to attend her course.

Jennie

Thank goodness I’ve got hypnobirthing, otherwise I’ll need drugs

-        Jemima

Dear Katharine,

My husband and I attended your two day Hypnobirthing workshop at Triyoga in Primrose Hill last month. Our first baby, Lucy Anne, arrived on 6th April & I just wanted to let you know what an amazing experience we had and to say thank you for what you taught us.

I was sceptical about Hypnobirthing but so anxious & scared about the prospect of labour (even to the point of considering an elective caesarean at one stage), that I decided to give it a…Read More...

Dear Katharine,

I did a hypnobirthing course with you early last year and I have been meaning to send you my birth story as I think you might find it interesting or useful.  As a bit of background, this was my second pregnancy following a very traumatic emergency caesarean delivery of twins four years previously and because of this I started your course with quite a lot of ‘baggage’ and fear.  I desperately wanted to avoid another caesarean but because so many things …Read More...

Thank you again for a lovely weekend at the Waterloo Hypnobirthing course.  It was wonderful and really opened my eyes to different possibilities. I came out of it feeling a totally different person and was on a natural high for days. 

Then I  had a routine check up with a mid wife and what a difference a day made.  It was full of talk about hospitals, being 'allowed' to go over, but only by a certain amount of days, risk this risk that.  During the…Read More...

Hi Katharine,

Sorry this took me so long to get to you.  I wanted to get it right and well life just kept getting in the way....

Just want to say thank you for doing the work that you do and for all the support you gave me during my pregnancy.  Hypnobirthing has had the most significant impact on my life outside of my children.  I feel the positive effects resonate long after labour and delivery!  The concept is so simple and yet the impact is profound.…Read More...

Thank you so much for such a great weekend!

We are now SO much happier about the forthcoming birth of our baby and rather than being worried and scared about the unknown I can say without doubt we are now rather excited about it all.

Jo

Hi Katharine,

Florence Alice Byrne was born on 4th January weighing 9lbs 9oz!

It was a very different experience to last time with my labour lasting a total of only 2 hours from start to finish.  My waters broke without warning at around 7pm on Wednesday evening.

Dear Katharine,

I am Padma from India, residing in the UK. I attended your Hypnobirthing class last August at St. Thomas London. Me and my husband Jay are elated to announce the arrival of our little son Yajur on 29th Nov. His arrival was 100% natural with no medical intervention nor any form of pain relief (in medical terms). Read More...

Thank you for all the suggestions and guidance I received on your course.

First time round I had a new bathroom fitted instead of an independent midwife - assuming the NHS would be fine - and it WAS alright except for the breastfeeding and the arrival of two strangers at my home birth unannounced.

The first three months were tough and nothing how I imagined new…Read More...

Me and my partner attended your Hypnobirth classes in April in St Thomas hospital and only two and a half weeks later I gave birth to our beautiful son using everything I had learnt from you. I had a beautiful experience and feel so happy and grateful for everything that I learnt and I feel strongly and passionately that I want to do the teachers training course to be able to pass this on to more women, and spread the word about having a peaceful and calm birth…Read More...

Hypnobirthing rocks!

- Jo

Dear Katharine,

We have a gorgeous boy called Andrei. He is now 11 weeks. My midwives were great - Odette and Nyree at the Regents Birth Practice - North London.

There’s nothing to it. It was just ordinary.

The baby came out in one hour - just so gently after 12 hours of quiet surges - during which I went to yoga and had a sleep in the park.

Best wishes and thanks,

Louise

Having been for your Hypnobirthing course last year. I gave birth to a wonderful baby and was actually really looking forward to the day. Ever since I would love to learn to be a hypnobirthing teacher and share my experience with others. Would you please tell me the next available course?

Kind regards,

Michaela

Many thanks for two wonderfully positive and reassuring days of hypnobirthing at St. Thomas'.

Claire

I did a hypnobirthing course with you before the birth of my first baby. We found the course really useful and the birth was everything that I hoped for, relaxed calm and quick - using all of the techniques that I learnt on the course.

Thanks very much

Kim

My husband and I took your hypnobirthing course nearly 2 years ago and it was absolutely brilliant.  As a result the birth of our baby boy was an incredible experience so we are extremely grateful to you and to hypnobirthing.

Thank you very much,

Rosie

Katharine has changed the way I will give birth and therefore the life of our child - I found hypno-birthing to be invaluable.

Mandeep

I wanted to introduce you to Katharine - the teacher and guide who led us through our hypnobirthing experience - changing the way we will go about birth entirely.

I know this will be useful for you ;)

Mandeep

I really enjoyed the course and it has been one of the best weekends I have had.

Thanks

Andrea

Dear Katharine,

I wanted to let you know that I had a beautiful baby girl on 5th of may. I was induced at 34 weeks due to my waters breaking early and the high risk of infection. I was induced with prostin and oxytocin and had an epidural for pain relief. Ava was born by forceps as her little head was face presentation. I find it funny that she may have kicked a hole in her amniotic sac and then wanted to greet the world face first! The hypnobirthing techniques I learnt kept me calm…Read More...

Hi Katharine,

Thanks for your message. I was set to email you yesterday anyway to thank you for somehow working your magic on my recalcitrant partner!

As you could see, I did finally manage to get him to come along, but only after gentle persuasion and kind understanding  gave way to me losing my rag and shouting and insisting, which didn't make for a fun start to the day for anyone. Even as we were waiting for the bus and my other birth partner was trying to persuade…Read More...

I wanted to let you know what an amazing experience I found the course to be. I arrived on the course terrified of giving birth, ready to book myself into hospital and opt for all available drugs. Having attended your course, I feel empowered to take control of my birthing plan,

I'm planning to give birth at home and feel like there is another option available to me where I can enjoy the experience, rather than feeling frightened about it. 

Thank-you very much for…Read More...

Hi Katharine

I just wanted to let you know that our baby was born on 23 December 2010. Sorry for not writing sooner- its been a litle hectic for obvious reasons!

You might remember that he was breech and you kindly gave me some advice that helped turn him. He later turned back and then went into a transverse lie position. We looked into all the options and tried an ECV (unsuccessfully) so in the end we decided that the safest thing was not to…Read More...

Our baby arrived nine days early in December, but I'm afraid it has taken us a while, too, to find a chance to send out an email!

Kirsty Patricia Mary McIntyre, our second child, was born at home on 14 December and the birth was a very positive experience.

Hello,

I just read your report on home birth statistics and wanted to share my comments and experiences (confidentially!).

Two real highs over the last couple of weeks have been the increasingly stronger kicks from the baby and the Hypnobirthing workshop I attended. Baby’s kicks are now so powerful I find myself screaming or jumping out of my seat (yes this is a good thing...) Sometimes if caught really off guard I burst out laughing which must look really strange for people around me – oh well, I’m pregnant and kicks bring me real joy, what can I say?

Now her due date was Jan 13 2011. Everyone says first babies are late - but in my family we were all early.

Dear Katharine 

Just to let you know I had another beautiful boy on Thursday 9th December!  Another great hypnobirth!

Hello Katharine,

Just to say how much we enjoyed the Hypnobirthing course, thank you so much for teaching us that there are other options when it comes to child birth.

Katherine, thank you so much for your reassuring words. It really is appreciated.

Dear Katharine,

I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your wonderful course, and let you know that hypnobirthing transformed an apprehensive experience into one that my husband and I will treasure for the rest of our lives.

Little Layla Rose was born on the 15th of March at St Marys birthing centre 3 hours after checking in- what was the point really?!