Hypnobirthing East Sussex - Teachers' Directory

I am Katy.  Mum to Maggie, my spirited and sassy daughter born in June 2016 and Jasper, my firecracker son born just 18 months later on New Year’s Eve 2017.  My husband Chris and our fur baby, Little Bear complete our family.  We live in Tunbridge Wells.

We were lucky enough to stumble across hypnobirthing in early pregnancy with Maggie.  Prior to that, I knew nothing about birth other than what I’d seen on TV!  Since then, I have lived and breathed hypnobirthing  and I am still applying the skills I learnt to this day as a Mother.   I can honestly say, hypnobirthing changed my life.  Every parent deserves to have a positive birth experience, which is why I decided to retrain as a hypnobirthing teacher after Maggie was born.

I am a certified KGHypnobirthing teacher and founder of The Birth Thing. I feel strongly that we aren’t taught enough about birth and how our bodies work from a young age and I want to be a part of the movement to help change that.  Without the education that hypnobirthing gave me about my body and birth, I believe I would have a very different perspective. 

Hi, I am a Hypnobirthing teacher as well as a General Nurse and Midwife registered with the NMC. I have 12 years experience working in heathcare worldwide. 

I am passionate about birth and giving women the tools to create a positive and calming experience through hypnobirthing. I am truly amazed by the power of women and Hypnobirthing is another way in which I can support women more effectively.

If you would like more information please get in touch.

Elle.

Hi! I’m a registered Midwife and Hypnobirthing teacher, passionate and committed to improving women’s birthing experiences. Regardless of the ‘type’ of birth you have, I believe it’s possible for you to have a calm and positive experience, where you feel in control. Please do get in touch for more info! 

My name is Ailsa – I am a mum of two beautiful children, Joshua and Amelia, and married to Stuart. In addition to being a qualified KG Hypnobirthing practitioner, I am also a breastfeeding peer support worker and pregnancy scan assistant. 

I discovered Hypnobirthing for myself when pregnant with my second child, Amelia. My first birth was an induction and very medicated, and I was determined the second time would be different. I met a wonderful Hypnobirthing practitioner and went on to have the most wonderful and positive birth experience. I went into spontaneous labour and had a short, calm and comfortable birth. I felt completely in control the whole time and it was amazing.

Since then, I have been passionate in sharing Hypnobirthing with other woman. Following this ambition, I quit my London job (and commute!), re-trained as a KG Hypnobirthing practitioner and founded Hypnobirthing Sussex. I am now living my dream of working alongside expectant parents to help them achieve the best birth possible.

I am passionate that everyone should birth without fear and be able to approach birth informed, calm and confident. 

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Ailsa x

My name is Hollie Sutton DipHB(KGH) and I am a primary school teacher by profession. I have had two beautiful children and two very different experiences of childbirth. Since training to become a hypnobirthing teacher, I have become extremely passionate about supporting women and their partners to create their very own positive birth stories. 

Hi! I'm Hannah. I trained with Katharine Graves on their course which is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives, although my sessions have evolved massively based on my experience in midwifery & from learning what clients want! I am a student midwife working in East Sussex and studying at the University of Brighton. Prior to this, my background was in mental health, specifically working with parents suffering mental health conditions relating to pregnancy and childbirth, including postnatal depression and post traumatic stress disorder. In my personal life, I love cats, cake and spending time with loved ones! (Cake will be provided for the course)...

I am passionate about positive birth and that you should be prepared for having the best birth possible, no matter how the baby gets out. I have seen far too many women and men petrified of the prospect of having a baby. It shouldn't be this way. I am a firm believer that no matter what happens during your birth, there can be positive energy. Knowledge is power and you are the boss.

​The mind is powerful. Through providing you with information and tools, you can have a wonderful birth. Like you probably are, I was always unsure about hypnobirthing, how on earth could a bit of breathing change everything? It totally isn't breathing. That is only a small part of it. It is all about you knowing your shizzle and making choices.  I am excited to support anyone who chooses to attend the courses. I have a real interest in providing you with some continuity throughout pregnancy, so once you sign up, I am here for the duration and beyond. Let's make you feel incredible!

I am a fully qualified solution focused hypnotherapist specialising in hypnobirthing. I am passionate about passing on the knowledge to empower women to have a positive birth experience - leading to a confident start for them and their babies. Over the last five years I have taught many women and their partners who have had their babies in varied settings - at home, in hospital, by caesarean. Its not about having a 'perfect' birth - it's for all births! The simple and gentle techniques really can have a profound effect on mothers, fathers and babies.

I became interested in hypnobirthing after the birth of my daughter. I had a long labour with a lot of intervention and felt traumatised by the whole experience, which put me in a vulnerable place to start motherhood. I felt that I must have had an unusually difficult labour, only to discover when speaking to other mums that my experience was pretty common and seen as "just the way childbirth is".

This seemed wrong to me on so many levels. Why was this a normal experience? Childbirth is something the majority of women will experience in our lives, it is a natural process that our bodies are designed to do. It should be something we look forward to as a rite of passage, surely it shouldn't be such a trial? And I found that it really doesn't have to be!

In my search for answers I became interested in hypnotherapy and trained at the Clifton Practice in Bristol. I then went on to specialise in hypnobirthing. 

When I became pregnant again, I had my son at home in water using the hypnobirthing techniques I had learned and I had such an amazing time. What was the difference? I felt calm, confident and in control of my experience at all times. I was able to allow my body to do what it needed to do without interference from worries and anxiety. 

This time I came out of the experience of childbirth feeling empowered and strong and it meant that I bonded easily with my baby, felt confident in my abilities as a parent and recovered quickly physically. I was able to let go of my previous birth experience and move on. 

This is why I teach hypnobirthing. I am passionate about passing on this knowledge to empower women to have a positive birth experience - leading to a confident start for them and their babies.

Since my own experience I have taught many women and their partners who have had their babies in many different settings - at home, in hospital, by caesarean. Its not about having a 'perfect' birth - it's for all births! 

The simple and gentle techniques really can have a profound effect on mothers, fathers and babies.

I am the proud mother of a little boy and live with my family in Brighton. My birth experience made me so passionate about hypnobirthing and made me realise that this is something I would like to do in the future . So went on to become a hypnobirthing instructor myself. It is an amazing feeling to enable other people to experience a powerful and fearless birth.

I hold a masters degree in Agricultural economy and currently working part time at a secondary school as a science technician.

I am a mother of 2 children, a KG Hypnobirthing Practitioner and also work in Brighton and Hove, supporting pregnant women and families. 

My journey that brings me to HypnoBirthing has evolved over the past 30 years and has been wonderful and exhilarating as well as difficult and frustrating at times.

The births of my own children were wonderful and amazing.  However, I often look back and am struck by overwhelming gratitude as, by luck rather than design, I recall how, with little planning or intervention, I managed to have 3 uncomplicated and relatively short labours.   

This was not the case for many of my friends.  I soon began to ponder on what had happened and how things could have been so different.  I began to look into the physiology of birth and read about how birth could be affected by fear and adrenaline.  I read books by Ina May Gaskin, Michel Odent and Frederick leboyer and began to formulate my own ideas of how it might be possible to bring children into the world more gently.

After attending over 10 births as a friend and supporter I became aware of the relatively new profession of Doula-ing.  This was a complete light bulb moment for me as I was already training to become a Medical Herbalist and realised that combining both disciplines could be complementary.  I decided to train as a Doula and ended up doing 2 different training courses (one with one of my birthing hero's Michel Odent). That was in 2003.

Since then I have had 2 more children, finished my degree (which took me much longer than the original 4 years) and raised a family.  Although I was unable to commit myself to attending many births over that period I was always involved in one way or another and the passion never left me.

And then one day in Autumn last year I happened to hear an article on Woman's Hour about Hypnobirthing.  I was entirely enthralled and set about finding out everything I could.  It was as if this had been the thing I had been looking for all these years.  

I trained with KG at the end of the year and immediately coached 2 of my friend's children through their labours and a friend having twins at 50.  So far the couples I have worked with have found Hypnobirthing transformational and I am so excited to bring this birthing method to pregnant families.

My Qualifications:

BSc Hons Phytotherapy - University of Wales

Doula - Kasandra Clemens

Doula - Michel Odent

KG Hypnobirthing - Katherine Graves

The journey that brings me to HypnoBirthing has evolved over the past 30 years and has been beautiful and exhilarating as well as difficult and frustrating at times.

The births of my own children were wonderful and.  However, I often look back and am struck by overwhelming gratitude as, by luck rather than design, I recall how, with little planning or intervention, I managed to have 3 uncomplicated and relatively short labours.   

This was not the case for many of my friends.  I soon began to ponder on what had happened and how things could have been so different.  I began to look into the physiology of birth and read about how birth could be affected by fear and Adrenaline.  I read books by Ina May Gaskin, Michel Odent and Frederick leboyer and began to formulate my own ideas of how it might be possible to bring children into the world more gently.

After attending over 10 births, as a friend and supporter, I was told about a movement of women who were supporting women in childbirth as a profession.  This was a complete light bulb moment for me as I was already training to become a Medical Herbalist and realised that combining both disciplines could be complementary.  I decided to train as a Doula attended 2 different training courses (one with one of my birthing heros Michel Odent). That was in 2002.

Since then I have had 2 more children, finished my degree (which took me much longer than the original 4 years) and raised a family.  Although I was unable to commit myself to attending many births over that period I was always involved in one way or another and the passion never left me.

And then one day in Autumn last year I happened to hear an article on Woman's Hour about Hypnobirthing.  I was entirely enthralled and set about finding out everything I could.  It was as if this had been the thing I had been looking for all these years.  

I trained with KG at the end of the year and immediately coached 2 of my friend's children through their labours and a friend having twins at 50.  So far the couples I have worked with have found Hypnobirthing transformational and I am so excited to bring this birthing method to pregnant families.

My Qualifications:

BSc Hons Phytotherapy - University of Wales

Doula - Kasandra Clemens

Doula - Michel Odent

KG Hypnobirthing - Katherine Graves

I have the three best jobs in the world. Wife, Mummy and KGHypnobirthing instructor (in no particular order!). Each of my jobs has it's own unique set of challenges and I couldn't love any of them more.

Having had cancer at 18 I have spent a LOT of time in hospitals and as you can imagine a lot of those experiences have been less than pleasant and left me feeling helpless. (Let me assure you, I am FAR FAR from helpless!) When I found out I was pregnant I started to search for something that would give me back some power and control for the birth of my baby, something I felt in my heart ought to feel natural and instinctive.

Whether by luck or judgement I came accross a KGHypnobirthing class and I made the leap to book in (a little cautiously, half expecting to have incense and crystals waved around me). From the very first session I knew I had made the right choice (even my husband was convinced!!!) and from that moment onwards my passion for the KGHypnobirthing method has continued to grow. When my son decided it was time to make his way in to the world, the tools I'd learned from KG hypnobirthing kept me calm, in control and helped me make rational and informed decisions when thing didn't go as I had envisioned them.

I didn't have the "perfect birth", but we had exactly the right birth for us. This empassioned me even more to help expectant parents understand that birth is not one size fits all. Birth (and parenthood) when in the hands of the parents without fear or undue influence is, in my eyes, just like love. It's not the same for everyone, it might not happen exactly as you anticipated, it's not always the easiest thing in the world and probably isn't 100% perfect; yet somehow it is exactly right for you. This is the message I want to spread and what I want to set families on the road to acheive for themselves.

Hypnobirthing is amazing, it helped me have such wonderful births and after experiencing first hand the enjoyment and confidence that undertaking the hypnobirthing course gave me, I decided I wanted to share the knowledge and so retrained to teach KG HypnoBirthing. I trained in London under Katharine Graves on her course accredited by the Royal Collage of Midwives. I have two 'hypno children' (no longer babies any more!)