Giving birth without the use of pain-relieving drugs, also known as natural birth or unmedicated birth, offers a range of benefits for the mother and baby. While there are some advantages to medicated birth in terms of pain relief, natural birth can be a much...

Just wanted to let you know baby Michael arrived on the 27th October safe and sound! I just wanted to thank you for the course, it was unbelievable how much it helped both Ian and I during labour.  I had such a positive experience, my waters...

I just wanted to say with a big thank you from both of us for the hypnobirthing course. It made the birth of our girl such a calm and special time. I am feeling so blessed and grateful right now that I got to experience labour...

Hypnobirthing is designed to help women and their birth partners have a calmer, easier birth experience using relaxation techniques, breathing techniques, visualisation and fear release techniques. Hypnobirthing can help the birth experience in many ways. As a Hypnobirthing Practitioner and the founder of Together Birthing,...

I bought a hypnobirthing book when I was pregnant with my first baby. I liked the idea of how relaxation can help during birth and thought it was remarkable some women described their birth experience as pain free. I thought I understood how it works...

Also known as a straightforward birth, or to midwives as a normal birth, a natural birth can mean slightly different things. Some see the main criteria as being a vaginal birth, while the most widely used definition is a vaginal birth using no pain relief...

There are many reasons why you might need to have a cesarean section, either emergency c-section or planned. For some, a planned cesarean might be a welcomed relief after a traumatic pervious birth experience. For others, a planned or emergency cesarean might be disappointing after...