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Hey!! My name is Laura and I live with my husband and 2 wonderful and wild daughters in the gorgeous seaside town of Broadstairs.
By day I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, working with a whole array of difficulties from anxiety to depression to trauma. I love my job and it’s an absolute privilege to help people when they most need it, offering the tools and techniques to support them on their road to recovery.
When I fell pregnant with my first daughter, I was lucky enough to have a fantastic pregnancy but was pretty naive to all things pregnancy and birth related. In hindsight I was totally petrified about the whole thing and decided to bury my head in the sand (which was obviously not the best way to deal with it!)
At the end of my pregnancy I was diagnosed with a fairly rare liver condition called Obsteric Cholestasis, I was told that both my unborn baby and myself were at risk if we didn’t take an induction at 37 weeks. At this time I had little idea what an induction process looked like and chose to follow my midwife and consultants advice without question. Throughout my induction I felt hopelessly out of control both physically and mentally.
When I fell pregnant for a second time, I was petrified of repeating the initial experience and when talking to others I discovered ‘hypnobirthing’. It all sounded a bit ‘fluffy’ to me, but I thought I’d give it a shot and hope for the best. As soon as I was introduced to the principles of hypnobirthing I was sold, it just makes physiological sense and much of the basics resonated with my CBT practice.
I dived right in practicing the affirmations and breathing techniques and I soon felt empowered to have a positive birth and I felt totally in control. I was weirdly excited to birth my baby and what I experienced was a calm, incredible labour.
I’m now trained as a Hypnobirthing Instructor (with the fabulous The Calm Birth School) and will be working with the fabulous ladies at Kent Hypnobirthing. I can’t wait to start supporting other women and their partners to feel less scared and confused about the options and more empowered in what can be the most incredible experience.
This isn’t about having a ‘pain free’ birth, this is about shifting a perspective of fear associated with birth and about encouraging women to think about the options available and help them decide what is best for them in order to have a positive birth experience.
Kent
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Hello, I’m Jessica! I believe that no matter what birth you dream of having, whether that may be a planned calm caesarean or a home-birth surrounded by your family, you deserve the most positive experience.
Founded in 2018 following the birth of my son, Everest, The Calm Mama Co endeavours to give you the tools to have a positive pregnancy and Hypnobirthing experience, along with support during the early months of parenthood whether this is your first or fifth baby.
Throughout pregnancy I studied hypnobirthing and relished in the power I felt it gave me. Equipped with the correct techniques and the knowledge to enable me to make informed choices, I went into my son’s birth with full confidence in myself. I had planned to have a home-birth, but things didn’t quite go to plan. When my waters released, I noticed that they weren’t as clear as I would of liked. I rang the labour ward and we went in for monitoring. After what felt like the longest few minutes of my life, I was told I could either go home, as baby was doing well, or move into a private delivery room. At this point my internal gut feeling kicked in. For reasons unknown to anyone at the time, I chose to stay in hospital.
Two hours later, Everest came into our world.
What followed was a mixture of a post-partum haemorrhage, a transfer to theatre for placenta removal and a blood transfusion. Hypnobirthing enabled me to remain calm, controlled and gave me the mental strength to face whatever came my way.
My second son, Magnus, was born in October 2019. Even though I was classed as a “high risk” pregnancy due to my previous retained placenta and haemorrhage, I chose to give birth at home, knowing that if I needed to transfer in to hospital I would happily go. Luckily everything went amazingly well, and I had a textbook home birth and was tucked up in bed with my baby minutes after birthing my placenta. I’ll be the first to admit in the lead up to birth I was anxious, I didn’t want another retained placenta but I knew that my body and my baby could do it and I’m so proud of everything I overcame throughout my pregnancy and birth. Yet again, hypnobirthing gave me all the tools I needed for all of the situations I faced.
I love sharing the knowledge with future parents and know from first-hand experience that even if things don’t go the way you imagined.
Hypnobirthing will always give you skills to get you through
17 East Parade Steeton BD20 6RP
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I have two darling monsters and a husband who supports my every “I’ve got an idea” proposal. I am always shooting my arm up with an idea – he listens, he supports, he is simply the best.
From an extremely early age I had an interest in all thing’s pregnancy and baby – there is something amazing about how life is created, formed, born, grows and develops that keeps me intrigued and wanting to learn more.
I have a BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, I then went on to university and obtained my Bachelor of science honours degree in Children’s Nursing. Once qualified, I worked on the High Dependency Neonatal Cardiac ward at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and when I was not on shift there, I would work at Acorns Children’s Hospice with the most incredible babies, children and families.
I started to grow my first boy monster munch in the UK then off I popped to Germany, me, my bump and two suitcases where after 3 months of arriving, I laboured in silence, I gave birth to him in silence and I took him home to silence.
I was craving English at the beginning and found it difficult trying to find places in Stuttgart to take my baby boy where English was the predominant language. Why would it be easy? I’m in Germany! Fast forward a couple of years, a few completed German language courses, I became a certified baby massage instructor, a mama for the second time to a baby girl monster munch, a Newborn Nurture Instructor and finally a Hypnobirthing Instructor.
Due to my experiences of being pregnant in a foreign country and not knowing the system I decided that no mother should labour in silence, give birth in silence, or take their baby home to silence the feeling of isolation and zero support was unbearable. I want to help empower women in an unfamiliar setting a foreign country to have the birth they know they can have and to feel mightily empowered too. To birth is incredible and to do it in a new country, surrounded by a foreign language is just amazing.
I love everything about birth. I feel it is one of the most sensational, powerful, life changing, life events that can happen, the feeling of pregnancy, labour and birth is truly indescribable and such a blessing and I want this to be felt in every woman and in every birth.”
“May you Know your Birth and may your Birth be Marked permanently with empowerment and positivity” – Josette.
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Hey, I’m Katie, Hypnobirthing teacher and Mama to one gorgeous boy Giving birth was my greatest fear - hands down. I discovered Hypnobirthing quite late on in my pregnancy (because to be quite honest I was shitting it). It was life-changing for both me and my partner, guiding us towards a more positive birth experience. It means a lot to me be helping couples just like us and spread the Hypnobirthing message. Reading the calm birth book was a breath of fresh air and I was drawn to its more modern no-nonsense approach to Hypnobirthing. I passionately believe that Hypnobirthing has a place at every birth and would love to share with it with you so you too, can birth without fear. Holistic pregnancy wellness is my bag, so I will often draw from my experience as a pregnancy yoga teacher in my sessions and we explore alternatives to traditional coping strategies such essential oils. There is life after birth, and I always say never underestimate the value of a good support network as a new parent! Monthly meet up’s are held at my home and are all part of the juicy extras you get when we work together. You can share your birth story, catch up with your friends or just grab a rare opportunity for a bloody good cuppa. Group courses are held every month in Walthamstow and I cover and the surrounding areas of East London for 121s.
38 Grosvenor Road Leyton E10 6LQ
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