(This guest blog is written by Russell Davis who is the creator of The Fertile Mind (www.thefertilemind.net) fertility hypnosis programs for natural and assisted conception.) " The serene home-birth we hoped for ended up being interrupted with a mad dash to the hospital in an ambulance as with ... Read More about A dad’s journey from fertility to birth.
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Seven months pregnant and counting.
Seven months pregnant and counting By Sophie Fletcher Seven. This seems to be a significant number when it comes to birth and the feelings that arise at seven months pregnant. Phone calls from mums enquiring about our Mindful Mamma antenatal classes often come when they are seven months pregnant, ... Read More about Seven months pregnant and counting.
Why hypno-birthing isn’t hippyish.
Why hypno-birthing isn't hippyish By Sophie Fletcher Very often I get phone calls from an intrepid mum to be who had heard about hypno-birthing, and is interested but really doesn’t know what to expect. Usually they are incredibly relieved when I say Mindful Mamma is absolutely not hippyish. It’s ... Read More about Why hypno-birthing isn’t hippyish.
Gentle birth and Sarah Buckley
Last week I had the absolute privilege of attending a workshop with Dr Sarah Buckley.As luck would have it Annie a colleague had forwarded an email about it a few months back, and I booked it within minutes.Someone like Sarah is rare gem and a shining light in the gloom of medicalised birth, so I ... Read More about Gentle birth and Sarah Buckley
Belief in yourself, belief in birth.
Believe in yourself, believe in birth. I read a message by someone else this morning on believing in yourself. She wrote that as children we believe with absolute ease and certainty, but then over time our belief is drowned out by voices of fear.These voices of fear then replace loving belief with ... Read More about Belief in yourself, belief in birth.