Some Comments From Past Clients

"Our baby boy arrived! It was amazing and exactly how I wanted it. I was very quiet and kind of in a trance for most of it, I didn't tear or need any stitches at all and he came out very calm and peaceful as I lifted him out of the water, he was a great colour and fed straight away, the midwives again left us to be together in the pool for ages after he was born. They were all really great.

All in all - it was my absolute perfect birth! I was so amazed and pleased that it all went so well, especially when we came so close to not having it! My husband was wonderful and is proclaiming the wonders of HypnoBirthing to everyone he meets - I don't think he can really believe I was that calm and quiet throughout the whole thing.. even the midwife said she couldn't tell when I was having a contraction so could I please signal to her to time the monitoring - so it was all perfect." 

Mum from Stansted, Essex. First baby born January 2007. Waterbirth with no pain relief. 9 hour labour.

"I had a beautiful baby boy 4 days early and he weighed 7lb 2oz. The HypnoBirthing was excellent. We decided in the end I would have him at home so ordered a birth pool and managed to blow it up just in time. When the midwife arrived I was 5 cm dilated and he was born within 3 hours of her arriving. When we did the script on the course and you said to decide how long labour would be I said 3 hours so it all seems a bit spooky he arrived so quickly.

The midwives couldn't believe how well I did and how quickly he arrived. He shot out like a torpedo!! He could see a bulge and I turned round in the pool and next thing he was born within about 2 minutes. I didn't feel any pain when he was born it actually felt quite nice, and I remember picturing the rose opening up. I did have gas and air but for about the last hour but that was more because it felt more awkward wanting to push than painful. I really can't rave enough about the HypnoBirthing we are both convinced it worked and all the midwives are taking an interest in it!! Lucky I decided to have a homebirth as there were 25 births at Southend Hospital on the day he was born so they were a bit manic there!!

Also I didn't have any cuts or tears, nothing, and was up and about straight a way and on the phone to people within hours, they couldn't believe it. He is so good, we were out and about with him when he was 3 days old. Also being a waterbirth baby he loves having a bath and seems a very happy contented baby.

Thanks for the excellent course, I will definitely be using HypnoBirthing for the next baby!!”

Mum from Leigh on Sea, Essex. First baby, born at home after a 3hr labour, gas and air for the last hour, no tears and one happy mum!

"Before I commence the lengthy summary of the events I will just say that the HypnoBirthing was simply amazing and more effective than I could have ever imagined. The midwives were stunned and the consultant totally disbelieving! Probably not the first time you have heard this. By the time I reached recovery I was famous, ‘oh you’re the HypnoBirthing lady’.

He is such a calm baby and I am putting this down to the calm and thoroughly enjoyable labour. I am so delighted that I got to experience that stage at least.

Oh, I have to confess my coccyx was rather sore, probably from standing up for 5 days so at 7.5cm before the Oxyctocin drip I did ask for a couple of paracetamol. Apparently this was highly amusing to my husband, my mother and the midwife!

I am exceptionally grateful to you Sarah for teaching us this wonderfully successful technique and look forward to having the opportunity to use it again in the future. In the mean time I will simply practice with it at the dentist!"

Mum from Stansted, Essex.  1st baby – planned homebirth resulting in a hospital transfer for an emergency Caesarean section due to baby’s positioning.

"Hi! We are all very well, and like the birth, so far, the nights and tiredness are not as bad as expected!
The birth was great; I was pretty much fully dilated at home, with Dan
and Nicky doing the business brilliant.

When I got to the hospital they assumed I was only in the early stages,
as I was chilled, and not screaming, so they did not examine me for a couple of hours, when they realised I was fully dilated and they could see the babies head.

The midwife was great, and within an hour was using all the right terminology, and also broke all hospital protocols by letting the baby be stuck' for three hours instead of the one that protocols allow for – as mum and babies heart beats were fine, she let things all happen naturally.
I was so chilled out that my surges all but stopped, and had to push twice right at the end, but other than that, all went to plan!

The midwives said they had never seen such a relaxed birthing, and the
anaesthetist who had gone though all pain relief options when I was
admitted came back after the birth to ask about HypnoBirthing, as his wife was pregnant!
Edie is a very chilled out baby, doesn't scream, except for food and nappy change, and we're all very happy!"

Caroline, Dan and Edie, born April 2007 Southend Hospital