Here is my birth tale of baby number three, written, as he lies on my lap only a day old! We haven’t decided on a name yet, so I will just have to call him baby! So on paper his birth was around 2 hours, but of course that’s established labour, which doesn’t recognise all your hard work behind the scenes in the lead-up! This birth was a ...

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Thank you for all the suggestions and guidance I received on your course. First time round I had a new bathroom fitted instead of an independent midwife - assuming the NHS would be fine - and it WAS alright except for the breastfeeding and the arrival of two strangers at my home birth unannounced. The first three months were tough and nothing how...

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At last, and it feels as though your babies may all be teenagers by now, I am delighted to report the safe arrival of our baby boy, Gil. He arrived last Monday (St Patrick's Day) 14 days from his due date having been jigged into action. I had just the first pessary and then he raced into the world with a surprisingly quick labour. The 2nd stage was...

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Dear Katharine, I attended your hypno birthing class almost 6 years ago in preparation for the birth of our first son. Since then I have welcomed two more little boys into the world, with my youngest born just 10 days ago. I wanted to thank you so much for your class and the knowledge you passed on all those years ago. Each of my boys was able to...

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Hi Katharine, Chris and I wanted to say thank you for taking us on the journey toward a birth experience we can share with a smile. We had our baby girl 6 days ago ... an unplanned homebirth because I hadn't realised how far I'd progressed because I was coping so well. So calm an experience it had been, that our baby girl was actually born with ...

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I went to bed at 2am in the early hours and woke at 9.30 with an overwhelming contraction. When 3 more followed in the next 10 minutes I knew this was it!! So I was at 42 weeks and according to the books, was a "geriatric" mother. I was getting so anxious and depressed that I would be pregnant forever.... Actually was googling world's longest ...

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Bianca entered our recent birth photo competition 'The Wonder of Birth'. Her birth story is here.  I did your hypnobirthing course in Dorset with a lovely lady from Southampton, throughout my pregnancy I was never once nervous about the birth of my daughter which really helped. I started getting surges at about 6am and stayed at home until ...

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