Hypnobirthworks

Testimonials

"Our first daughter was born after an emergency c-section and, though I wanted a natural birth for my second, I had lots of doubts about whether it was possible. Hypnobirthing gave me both the confidence and the practical techniques I needed - before and during the birth - to keep calm and positive. Our second daughter was born naturally, at home, after just two and a half hours of active labour. It was a fantastic experience and a world apart from my first birth. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

After a very positive birth I am convinced that hypnobirthing works – but quite how it works is difficult to explain until you’ve been through it. That’s why it’s so important to be taught by someone who is not only experienced in all aspects of birthing but who is also grounded and practical. Christine’s classes are both useful and good fun. I would recommend them to anyone who wants a positive, intelligent preparation for birth. "

Selina Fox on the birth of Tara

"Having had four uneventful (if painful and depressing births, two with epidurals). I decided to go to Christine’s classs feeling more that it couldn’t do any harm rather than that it would be extremely useful.

Gemma when William was 3 minutes old

I had been having irregular grumblings all day. Went to bed and woke up at 1am with much stronger surges(contractions). I put my hypnobirthing CD on and breathed through each surge and was relaxed enough to sleep in between rather than start panicking about the next one coming. At about 7am my husband (Henry) took the two younger children to a friend’s and left me on my own. I felt that it was all very manageable with my CD reminding me of my positive affirmations. Henry decided at 7.45 that things were moving very quickly, although I had no sense of this, and he decided to call the midwife.
At no time did I feel the awful climb up to the peak of the surge I seemed to move easily from peak to peak making me believe that they were coming 5 or 6 minutes apart when in fact they were coming every minute! I was still breathing my muscles away from the uterus and focusing on my affirmations when my waters broke and I started pushing. Fifteen minutes later, William Arthur was born weighing nearly 9lbs. It was fantastic, wonderful.

I think everyone should do hypnobirth! "

Gemma’s Hypnobirthing experience

"I have never considered myself to have a very impressive pain threshold and my previous two births had been long and painful. I laboured well until 6cms and then lost the plot and became scared and overwhelmed. When I discovered I was pregnant for the third time I knew I wanted things to be different.

I had five sessions with Christine on my own. We practised breathing and relaxation techniques as well as various forms of positive relaxation. Between sessions I listened to my CD and read the book. Throughout the course I greatly surprised myself by feeling confident that I could enter the previously elusive realms of those who have a natural birth. That feeling was still with me when I went into labour.

The surges were strong but never overwhelming.The next hour and forty minutes are a bit hazy. I don’t remember how the surges felt but I know they were intense and close together, I don’t remember how I communicated with my husband but I know that he was always there with me. I don’t remember how many people were in the room but I do remember entering into what I can only describe as a different level of consciousness, where the only thing that mattered was working hard through the surges. The breathing and visualisation techniques were invaluable…unbelievably so. I felt relative calmness in the intensity of labour. My husband looked at me with all the wonderment that we feel at such an extraordinary moment and said, ’ Wow. That was the real thing’. I surprised myself. I surprised my husband. We had a pretty amazing birth together. It doesn’t get much better than that! "

Alison’s experience