I‘m a KGHypnobirthing Teacher Trainer and a Doula UK recognised Birth Doula based in the beautiful Northern Town of Ramsbottom, Manchester.
Teaching first time mums to have a great birth experience or mums-to-be who have previously had a traumatic birth experience has to be one of the most amazing vocations. The course enables people to start parenthood feeling strong so they can bond together right from the start and that cannot be undervalued.
I’m also a Hypnobirthing Mum having used the techniques to give birth to my two daughters Matilda and Seraphina in 2011 and 2015 and I was blown away by how different birth can be from that I had seen on film or TV. To balance this, I allowed the birth of my second child to feature on the groundbreaking BBC1 birth education documentary ‘Childbirth All Or Nothing’ still available on You Tube.
Before I was a birth worker, I worked as an Assistant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for 8 years working with psychological techniques for anxiety and pain management so teaching KG Hypnobirthing seemed like a lateral sidestep. I’ve featured on BBC Five Live as well as BBC Family Education discussing how women can have better birth experiences after trauma.
I usually have two kinds of clients: first time mums wanting to know how they can enable the safe arrival of their little one and those who have had previous birth experiences but this time want to go about things very differently.
Many of my clients say they use the skills they learnt are invaluable in parenting too.