Please don’t think that there is ANY type of birth that hypnobirthing can’t have a hugely positive effect on! Our pack contains sections on Induction of Labour, Caesarean birth and discusses various birth places. Not only that but hypnobirthing tools are to be used in any type of birth experience as well as any pregnancy and postnatal period. Information on the birth partner’s role, birth planning and decision making is relevant to any situation!

Antenatal education is as much for the birth partner as it is for you! Perhaps they’ve watched birth partners on the TV sit in the corner being of no use, perhaps friends have told them that they felt like a spare part, this needn’t be the case! Both of you getting informed will help you to work as a team, participate in the experience together and can change the experience of birth for you both hugely! The presence of an informed birth partner can reduce the likelihood of birth trauma in both the person giving birth and their birth partner. Unless your partner is a fully trained doula, they need this as much as you do!

It can seem like an added expense that you may not see the value in right now. We get it! However, we can assure you that once you’ve got yourself informed and you’re feeling buzzing about your baby’s birth, you’ll be so glad that you invested in yourself and your baby and you’re not just ‘going with the flow’ (a pretty terrible idea). It’s easy to think that birth is “just one day” and you’ll “just get through it” and “it doesn’t go to plan anyway” – especially when people tell you that all the time. But you will reflect on your baby’s birth for the rest of your life, we want you to look back on it fondly and enjoy each part of the experience. Starting off parenting feeling like a total badass!

All antenatal courses are different and we always say that knowledge is power! You can never know too much! When it comes to antenatal courses that are not hypnobirthing based, many of these put a bit more focus on the practical care of baby, whch may be reassuring to you if you’re particularly worried about bathing and changing your baby for example. however, they will usually not work so heavily on your mindset and helping you to feel empowered and confident about your birth and the postnatal period, which we think is the most important bit! Many of our clients, both face to face and people who have done the digital pack, have done other antenatal classes as well as they’ve been keen to get as much information and support as possible.

It is a commonly held belief that people have (and Alix had before her first birth) that hypnobirthing is something that it done at the time of labour. However, whilst there are tools like breathing techniques and tips for positioning that are used during your birth. For the most part, hypnobirthing is about the work that’s done before the big day. It’s about the change of mindset brought about by learning about your body, the self belief conjured up by knowing about your choices and feeling confident in your ability to make decision, it’s about the planning and preparation that goes into your birth which all allows you to approach the big day feeling fucking great and to ease into the birth of your baby and do it your way, with a well informed birth partner by your side, helping you to do it!