I still want to pinch myself when thinking and talking about our beautiful birth. All these weeks I had visualised our ideal birth scenario of staying home for as long as possible during labour before then having a water birth without the need of any medication, which is exactly what became reality for us.

Months earlier, my best friend had urged me to look in to Hypno, I was apprehensive - the common misconception is that Hypno is all about salt lamps, crystals & birth plans, we thought it would be too ‘woo-woo’ for us. Little did we know it would lead us to having the most incredible birthing experience.

We planned for an active labour and I was very happy to continue to move around the room as much as I could. Quite quickly the surges became closer together and I felt a deep pressure and felt the urge to push. Mike read affirmations and kept me calm, my favourite one was 'each surges brings me closer to my baby'.

On the 21/12/22 I gave birth to a beautiful healthy boy. His name is Tom Paul Fleming and he is absolutely perfect! Weighing 3040grams.

The birth was such a magical experience and I feel like Rohan and I were so calm and in control of every decision we made throughout the day.

I looked into Hypnobirthing because I wanted both my partner and I to be equally involved in the birthing journey. I wanted him to feel informed and myself, and I wanted the in-person interaction, not a zoom call. I also wanted to have all the knowledge in a positive way but backed up by research and evidence. 

From the very beginning, I felt stressed about the day I would give birth to my baby. I always knew that a very important thing during labour would be the breathing techniques so I started looking for courses that would teach me how to breath and all the practical tools I needed for my labour.

I think like any first time mothers to be, you are always a little bit anxious/scared about the birthing part as it’s something you don’t know. I was no exception. I wanted to inform myself and equip myself with as much knowledge as possible . I thought there were only ever two ways to deliver a baby 1)via C section or 2) with an epidural.

I had read about hypnobirthing online from a couple of social media pages I follow and when a friend of mine who lives interstate mentioned she had enrolled herself to a course, it convinced me to do the same.

“Once we completed the HypnoBirthing course, we felt empowered as we now had the knowledge required to prepare for a calm, easy birth. We felt like we had choices on our birthing day, and this is mainly what helped us to feel empowered. I wrote up a birth plan, which I felt was more for us, as I now understood the choices that we may be faced with on our birthing day and knowledge is power.”

“ I highly recommend the HypnoBirthing course with Robina and I am so grateful that we did it. Ryan is also so thankful I encouraged him to do it, as he learnt techniques to guide & support me through labour, birth and the weeks after.”

“I am so grateful to you and the HypnoBirthing course we did to prepare for Isla’s birth.”