Failure should never be associated with birth
I'm feeling a little ranty today, but I've seen and heard lot about women shaming themselves and their birth experiences recently. Too...
The power of practice
We talk a lot during our Wise Hippo classes about the importance of practising the techniques you learn. It usually becomes a bit of a...
How is birthing like a stomach bug?
It's probably not the first this you associate with birth, and most of us don't really like to think about a sickness bug at the best of...
Preparing for your new arrival
OK...so I'm not trying to equate the anticipated arrival of your beautiful baby with a guinea pig; I'm equating it with the arrival of...
How our preconceptions of birth can shape our expectations and our experience
It happens to us all when we fall pregnant; at some point the issue of birth arises. This may be the moment we discover our pregnancy,...
My 'perfect' birth
When I fell pregnant with my son in 2012, it wasn't even a question that I wouldn't hypnobirth again. I looked forward to the practice,...