When I worked in the NHS I saw how so many people didn’t know what was happening to their body in labour, and this lead to them feeling scared and unable to make the right decisions for them. From this Midwife for Life was born! My mission is to empower everyone on their pregnancy journey and allow them to embrace their experience. Pregnancy is such a special time and it shouldn’t be overshadowed by feelings of anxiety and fear.

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So, what’s with the name? Well, let me explain. In Sweden a midwife looks after women from puberty all the way through to menopause. Acting as a support through all those life changes. This is what I want to do, focus on support you through these times of change. 

I live in rural Wiltshire with my husband and our chickens. We have grown up children, two daughters and a son, two son-in-laws, three grandsons and a granddaughter.  All four births were joyful and empowering with the last two born at home in the birthing pool with family around.

I feel very passionate about empowering parents and providing them with all the relevant information that they need in order to make the right choices for themselves and their baby.

Bringing a baby into the world in a calm and relaxed way can work wonders in terms of their subsequent development. A happy, content newborn in a happy mother's arms has got to be a good combination for a closer bond between mothers, their partners and their baby.

Every parent and baby should be able to have the best possible birth experience - a joyful, calm, gentle time for everyone. I really enjoy working with couples and empowering them with the knowledge and techniques to enable them to achieve this - even if a natural birth is not possible.

• First Class BSc (Hons) Midwifery

• Diploma in Hypnobirthing (KGH)

• An experienced and practising community midwife with The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

• Expert birth educator with a deep understanding of the NHS maternity services available nationwide.

• Member of the Royal College of Midwives

• Member of AIMS

• Member of FEDANT

I am hugely blessed to live in rural Wiltshire with my husband Owen, and our daughter Isabel. We have a dog, a pony, ducks and a front hall full of muddy wellies. My background is in the outdoors and therapy. Originally I trained as a horticultural therapist, before moving in to the field of equine assisted therapy.

Currently I am a full time Mum. I support my wonderful husband, enjoying raising our daughter, and try to keep the house tidyish and the garden weed free. This is a big surprise to me having previously been focused and career driven! 

We had a lovely straight forward homebirth with Isabel. My full birth story is on my website in case it is of interest to you. Please be reassured KGHypnobirthing is relevant and useful in every birthing situation. We had a beautiful homebirth, if you are planning a beautiful C Section or a beautiful hospital birth KGHypnobirthing is still totally relevant to you.

My dream is to see women empowered to have the birth of their dreams. It can feel like an uphill struggle, I am here to support you. 

Since I was a young girl, I knew having children was always a key part of my future, however (in the spirit of honesty), giving birth absolutely, unequivocally terrified me!  I had watched women in labour in TV dramas, and One Born Every Minute became a regular binge watch for me when it started! (A very bad move for a woman already petrified of giving birth …)

Naturally, from the moment we knew we were expecting our little bundle of joy, my mind shot to instant panic, worry and uncertainty about what was to come.

This was until I came across KGHypnobirthing! On researching, I learnt that this was a method fast becoming very popular with women in various areas of the world and celebrities. 

I took a 1-2-1 KGHypnobirthing course, learnt the techniques and practiced throughout my pregnancy, and I have never looked back! After an incredible birth experience that I never imagined possible for me, having always suffered terribly with anxiety, I have qualified as a KGHypnobirthing teacher in order to help other women to release their own fears and embrace the wonderful physiology of birth.

My name is Louise, I am a mother to my daughter, Ottilie, full time member of the Royal Air Force and founder of Birth Calmly Hypnobirthing. I am also a certified Katharine Graves Hypnobirthing practitioner, a qualification which is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives.

I always knew I wanted to be a Mum, and so to find out I was expecting our little bundle of joy in January 2018 was truly magical. I had a wonderful pregnancy and was really excited at the prospect of becoming a mother for the first time, however it was during my pregnancy that I was told many negative birth stories which left me feeling anxious and scared.

I recall very early on in my first trimester that a family friend described the birth of her children as the most ‘empowering experience’ of her life, and it was at that moment where I really started to invest in myself and discovered hypnobirthing. The more I read about it, the more I wanted to try it, and so in my second trimester my husband and I embarked on our hypnobirthing journey together.

We attended a 1:1 private session and at first, were both very sceptical, doubting that it would work, however I soon realised that it was entirely logical. To have my husband with me during the course and experiencing it together, meant we could prepare as best we could for the impending arrival of our baby. His dedication and unwavering support throughout the rest of my pregnancy and during labour was vital and really did make my birth experience so much more empowering, something which I will forever cherish.

If like me, you know what you want from your birth experience – to feel calm, positive, and supported, to minimise the chance of any medical interventions and remain in control of your decisions; then you need to make sure you’re equipped with all the right tools to make it happen.

As a KGHypnobirthing practitioner, I wish to inspire and provide couples with the knowledge and practical tools to enable them to have a more positive and calming birth experience. This includes the use of any pain relief and where and how they choose to birth their baby.