Jemma had had a terrible time birthing her first baby, and was left feeling quite traumatised. She wanted the second time to be different. She knew she didn’t want an epidural the second time, but the thought of no pain killers scared her, because of her memories of the pain at the first birth. So she chose a HypnoBirth for her second baby. HypnoBirthing was her natural alternative to an epidural. This is what she said after her birth. “everything went well, doing my visualising and breathing. [my mum]used the shoulder anchor. She was saying things to me. I can’t remember what. It really really worked. The midwives were amazed. I was amazed! It was just how I wanted it.” Furthermore, Jemma describes her baby as “really contended. Really good. Completely different to my first baby, who was stressed out”. Olivia was born in under five hours, weighing in at 8lb 9oz!