It’s important couples know I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to share this knowledge.

I am a mother of three (5, 3 and 2) beautiful wildly different small people. It’s certainly chaotic (and challenging at times) but incredible to have so much energy and love flitting around. And, yes, we hope we will have more hypnobabies. I am married to an incredibly supportive husband, who has always been an outstanding birthing partner. He is an enormous hypnobirthing advocate having witnessed the impact it had and the role he played in the birth of our daughters.

Expectant mothers often approach pregnancy with apprehension and I was no different. The apprehension is understandable since we are influenced by societal narratives, sensationalised stories and bizarre media portrayals. I too believed fully the misconceptions and fear-driven assumptions about childbirth.

But, I hadn’t appreciated how little I knew about labour and birth.

My first birth involved navigating the intricacies of a risk adverse maternity system. I was labelled “high risk” with weekly growth scans towards the end however my hypnobirth teaching eventually empowered me to advocate for myself and ask why, and also to say “no”. I said “no” a lot and I am pleased that I did.

I welcomed my first baby into the world calmly, comfortably and in awe of what the female body can do. Holding our baby was incredible, but what stayed with me most was the realisation of what I was capable of, despite being told repeatedly that I couldn’t. My second and third babies were born at home with my husband. Birth is certainly not a competion, there is no right way to birth, only the one where you feel safe and listened to.

While on maternity leave I trained as a hypnobirthing teacher under renowned Katherine Graves, whose kindness and wisdom inspired me. I felt more passionate than ever to share this knowledge with other women. That calling led me to leave the corporate world for a more purposeful path.

As much as hypnobirthing rests on logic and science, it is truly about reconnecting with primal instinct and letting go of what we think we know. Birth research shifts constantly, unpicking old assumptions. Yet much of what we need is within us—modern life often obscures that.

Beyond hypnobirthing I love trail running, cycling, yoga, travel and making/creating things— I guess trying to counterbalance the years spent behind a screen. Nature is a sanctuary; I’m grateful for green spaces on my doorstep and can often be found outdoors with a child on my back or napping in the XC running buggy.

Each pregnancy I revisit hypnobirthing; it’s a practice that brings joy and calm. Before it, true calm and presence felt pretty elusive. Now I use the techniques daily to manage anxiety and focus. Hypnobirthing has given me more than three wonderful births—it’s a practical path to resilience.

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