Kate had to be induced early so we were both a bit apprehensive about it (heard the bad stories, worried she wouldn’t get the water birth she wanted etc) but it couldn’t have gone any better really. Especially with her being induced we were really lucky, she was induced Saturday morning and she had had… Continue Reading
My baby was 2 weeks overdue and after a failed induction, she arrived 2 days later by emergency C-section. Although my birth didn’t go exactly as I had wanted, I had been informed about all of what happened to me during my hypnobirthing course so felt I was still in control and still able to… Continue Reading
Lead up I had my stitch removed at 37 weeks on the 3rd February. I was told I was 2cm then and could Labour soon. Over the next few days I had on off pains and lost alot of mucus, I felt it was imminent but everything kept stopping. Using my breathing techniques to get… Continue Reading
Introduction I came to Kerry during my second pregnancy. Already dreading giving birth having waited 4 years to conceive following a horrible labour first time around (obviously hadn’t hypnobirthed!) I’ll admit to being somewhat skeptical. I wasn’t a first time mum, I’d been through this, knew the process. So what could she possibly teach me… Continue Reading
Labour My mucus plug started coming away Sat afternoon, I still thought I might have a few days at least. I was having Braxton hicks, then my waters went at 9pm Sat 16/01. I rang the south lakes birth centre and got checked to make sure it was my waters and then got sent home… Continue Reading
The Back ground In all honesty, I couldn’t have asked for a more positive birth experience. But, this is something that did not come naturally to me and if you had spoken to me at the beginning of my pregnancy, I was far from positive and calm. I think this was partly due to the… Continue Reading
Lucy’s birth didn’t go quite to plan, but Kerry had talked about this possibility in our zoom sessions so I was prepared! The sessions took away the apprehension and fear of giving birth and I actively looked forward to it. As Lucy went well overdue despite everything I tried, we opted to accept induction, but… Continue Reading
I was so happy that we chose to do hypnobirthing, I was quite nervous about birthing and being in hospital and then we went into lock down and it just amplified all my worries about hospitals. However we found Kerry on my beautiful births she was amazing explaining things and helping work through all my… Continue Reading
Background After a stillbirth with our firstborn daughter Sophie and what felt like a traumatic birth with Eleanor our 2nd daughter, I was very keen to try some new things to keep my anxiety in check. Due to lockdown we started a hypnobirthing course with Kerry late into my pregnancy with James. The course came… Continue Reading
Previous Birth January 9th 2019 – I was 2 weeks overdue with my first baby and desperate to meet her, so I did not hesitate to have the induction. This turned out to be a mistake, I was allergic to the induction hormone which caused my tissue to swell up, and my labour to come on thick… Continue Reading
