The Power of Pregnancy Yoga & Aberdeen and Shire Pregnancy Yoga Classes
I owe my whole hypnobirthing journey (and career as a hypnotherapist) to pregnancy yoga classes! I went along to a wonderful pregnancy yoga class run by Judy Cameron at Queen's Cross Church, and it opened up my eyes to so many different things, but the main one was...
Breaking the Myth: Hypnobirthing for Medicated and Surgical Births
When many people think of Hypnobirthing, they might picture giving birth in a candlelit room with no medical intervention, calmly breathing through contractions while the birth partner provides supportive touch and positive affirmations. This image may not be entirely...
A Parent’s Guide to Using Reusable Nappies: 10 Tips for Success
If you're looking for a more eco-friendly and cost-effective option for your baby's nappies, reusable nappies might be the way to go. But getting started can seem daunting - where do you begin, and how do you make sure you're using them right? There seems to be so...
The Silent Struggle: Postpartum Anxiety
Postpartum depression is a well-known and well-researched condition that affects many new mothers, but postpartum anxiety is less commonly discussed and understood. While postpartum depression is a serious and potentially debilitating condition, postpartum anxiety can...
What to Pack in a Birth Partner Bag
There are a never ending number of What to Pack in you Birth Bag posts and lists out there, we even have our own! But as a birth partner what do you need? If you have been chosen as a birth partner, you will want to be prepared for the birth. One important aspect of...
Breastfeeding three… is called ‘triandemfeeding’!
Breastfeeding three... ...is called 'triandemfeeding'! When I first knew that I was pregnant in 2018 I knew I wanted to breastfeed but didn't really know an awful lot about it. My understanding of breastfeeding was that some can do it with no problems and that many...
We’re putting the ‘Hypno’ back in Hypnobirthing!
Hypnobirthing - what does the name make you think of? Sometimes you'll see hypnobirthing teachers almost excusing the hypno part, stressing the importance of all the other things we share in class, downplaying the hypno part as relaxation, saying they wish...
What can you Learn about Preparing for Birth from the Queen’s Death?
It's been an historic week here in the UK, and I realised that as much as I knew the Queen couldn't actually live forever, part of my kind of thought she would. I've been reflecting a lot this week on the events that unfolded, and of course, I've been looking at how...
Donating Breastmilk – Teresa’s Experience
Donating breastmilk is a wonderful thing for those who are able to do so I have been lucky to be donating milk a second time now as I seem to have a really good milk supply. I started donating breastmilk with my first daughter Cora in 2018/2019 and I am currently a...
Fear and Pain in Labour – Is it just a mindset?
Mindset, according to the Oxford English dictionary, obviously one of my favourite dictionaries of all time, is a set of attitudes or fixed ideas that someone has that are often difficult to change. And I think that's quite an important point, they are difficult to...
Birth Chat – How to Create a Helpful Birth Environment
This week on our birth chat, we're talking about birth environments, our choices, and how to consider all 5 senses when creating a birth environment.
What’s the best way to learn Hypnobirthing?
In this week's birth chat Jade, Georgina and Teresa talk about the different ways to learn Hypnobirthing. We are missing our in person classes but Zoom is a great option, we also discuss whether to pick an online course, read the book, go for a group or one to one.