I'm marching into Spring with a gorgeous new home Hever Health - and this lovely lot are helping me celebrate with a frankly GLORIOUS pregnancy prize. One of you lucky Peeps is going to ✨WIN ALL OF THIS✨ 🌟 A place on the March GOOD BIRTH + HYPNOBIRTHING DAY RETREAT - worth £295 🌟A mini- consultation with Infant Sleep Consultants 🌟 A deck of Resilience cards from Raise Up Mums - worth £15 🌟 Access to the Mamma Coach's Beyond Birth Guide - worth £35 🌟 Pre- or post-natal os

After a fast-paced, fun-packed INSPIRING week with @kickihansard, my grand plan this morning was to hurl the kids into soft play and WRITE. I’ve always had a lot to say (ahem), and this week with @kickihansard, @hopefaithloveliving and 9 other sparky, motivated, empathetic women distilled a lot for me. Don’t get me wrong - it’s not new news (either for me, or anyone else). More of a clearing of the water. As a starter for 10; physiological birth. I’ve been talking to women a

When everyone else is heading out for Friday night drinks in the sun.....and you're clomping about on swollen ankles, with only over-priced, over-sugared, non-alcoholic drinks to dip your sweaty top lip into, #friyay can quickly lose it's charm. However, there's always something to perk you up. Massive bowl of summer cherries? Double scoops of ice-cream. Delicately created patisserie. When you're pregnant it's worth choosing a treat that really delivers - after all, it's almo

#birth #calmrelaxed #comfortablebirth #goodbirth #hypnobirthing #pregnant #thewisehippo

Are you pregnant? Want to find out more about birth preparation & hypnobirthing classes in Sevenoaks? Come along to the next Relax, Breathe & Birth session at Alice's Tea Shop in Sevenoaks. At our October workshop we talked about 'Good Birth' and what that actually means. We laughed about the crazy horror stories people tell pregnant women about birth (and about how you'd never try to freak out a marathon runner like that), and we investigated the wonder that is oxytocin - wh

Relax, Breathe & Birth This two hour ante-natal workshop is an opportunity to find out how perfectly prepared your body is to birth your baby, and learn relaxation techniques you can use during the rest of your pregnancy and birth. It's also a great introduction to The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme (the cost of the workshop is deducted from your course fee when you book). Next session is on Tuesday 21st October from 730-10pm at Alice's Tea Shop, Sevenoaks You can find out mor

When I hypnobirthed our first baby in 2010 it was a bit of a life-changer for our family in all sorts of ways. Not least of those changes was in my partner, Ray, who went from being a bit sceptical about the whole process (I often say taking him to the first session was a bit like the reluctant dog to the vet) to being an utter convert. His view now is that eveyone should hypnobirth, and he'll talk away to anyone who asks. Now he's got the opportunity to talk away to some peo

Morning All! Thought I'd just share this pic of lovely chocolate cake from Tuesday night's Relax, Breathe & Birth pregnancy workshop at Alice's Tea Shop. We laughed about the horror stories people feel weirdly comfortable telling pregnant women, we chatted about how Dad's can prepare for labour, we learned about the muscles of the uterus, we loved Oxytocin and we breathed, quietly & calmly, while we comtemplated the sea and our #wavesofrelaxation #relaxbreathebirth #wavesofre

And ain't this the truth?! It reminds me of a conversation I had with a Canadian mother of two this summer. She told me that during her first labour she had been very scared about what was happening to her, and had felt the sensations of labour were overwhelming and subsuming her. As a result, for her second labour she paid for a midwife (which is still fairly unusual in Canada - most births are attended by obstetric gynaecologists, or OBGYN's). During this pregnancy her midw

One of the things I love most about being a Wise Hippo is how diverse a group we are. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the #WiseHippo programme really is adaptable to suit anyone. It doesn't matter what type of person you are, you'll find a #WiseHippo teacher you can really connect with. How do I know? Well, there's plenty of choice! In Essex there's the self-confessed 'Bert and Ernie' of birth, Doula Steph & Doula Lauren of Conscious Birth. Perfect if you want to