Anna Kormos- 1st baby- Labour ward induction/ physiological birth
If you do only one birth prep class, do Gemma’s hypnobirthing one. Her support, and knowledge is amazing, and hypnobirthing works even if things don’t go how you planned. I’ve opted for augmentation of labour at week 42+1 day after being in labour for 36 hours. My contractions stopped after trips to the hospital and […]
Mags, Roman & April
1st baby – homebirth Roman’s perspective- Just wanted to add a few thoughts from my side. Your workshop was a total game changer for me as a partner. Before taking your workshop I thought that all I had to do was be on top of the Lothian birth stats. I thought we would navigate the NHS […]
Anette and Duncan
Second baby- Waterbirth I just wanted to update you on our news. Our beautiful baby girl was born on Saturday morning at 4:10am in the pool!! It was the most amazing birth, we really couldn’t have wished for better and we most definitely have you to thank for it! I had a few mild contractions […]
Miriam and Angus
1st baby- Planned Caesarean birth Angus and I just wanted to thank you so much for your wonderful Hypnobirthing course.We are so pleased to say our little girl, Helen, was born via planned C-section on 28 December at 38+1 and we could not have had a more gentle, positive, and wonderful birth and so much of […]
Faron & Gareth
2nd baby- Home / water birth Just wanted to let you know that our beautiful baby boy Eldon was born on 10.04.23 in a gorgeous home water birth with absolutely minimal intervention. He was birthed super gently and remained calm during it all. After induction first time around in lockdown with my little girl it was […]
Anna & Ollie
First baby- home / waterbirth I am so delighted to share my birth story to hopefully help inspire and encourage more women to research, prepare (attend Gemma’s workshop!) and take control of their births. I was home birthing from the outset! I had decided before I even fell pregnant that if I had a baby […]
Eleni McLean
2nd baby, Elective (gentle) Caesarean birth Thank you again for your all precious support and wisdom you’ve shared with us and to announce of the birth of our beautiful wee daughter. She was born on the 29th of December 2020 by planned caesarean birth, which I went ahead with, and it was just the best […]
Natalia Barua
1st baby, assisted vaginal delivery in theatre (planned home birth) I just wanted to let you know that I gave birth on Thursday afternoon to a wee boy. I had some light spotting the day after my due date, but convinced I was going to reach 42 weeks for some reason (but feeling super relaxed […]
Francesca
2nd baby, labour ward (induction of labour/physiological birth) Francesca’s perspective Having struggled through a long and very painful labour first time round, I was keen to find ways to cope better both during the pregnancy and when the time came to meet our new baby. As a GP, through my previous experiences, I had a […]
Josephine Brown
1st baby, labour ward (induction/physiological birth) I just wanted to let you know that I gave birth on Thursday afternoon to a wee boy. I was induced at 38 weeks because of the Gestational Diabetes. The induction started on Tuesday afternoon and went through every stage, pessary, gel, lots of walking and ultimately hormone drip. […]