Dear Katharine, I am Padma from India, residing in the UK. I attended your Hypnobirthing class last August at St. Thomas London. Me and my husband Jay are elated to announce the arrival of our little son Yajur on 29th Nov. His arrival was 100% natural with no medical intervention nor any form of pain relief (in medical terms). My early phase of ...

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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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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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I waited until 1:00am the 13th of August 2020, and as I got into the car after being in labour since 4am the previous day, I let out a huge primal scream of relief and feel the baby is almost here! It’s a hot August morning and we live in a hilltop mountain town in the Italian region of Abruzzo. The country road to the hospital is a winding and ...

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I first heard about hypnobirthing from a friend a few years ago when she had her first baby and as soon as she told me what it was all about, my worries and the things I was scared about that we all naturally associate with childbirth were greatly reduced and I knew it was going to be the right choice for me when the time came. ...

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