You know when you get into a nice, warm bathtub and you instantly sigh your tensions away? Your muscles relax, your body is soothed and you mind drifts off. Your worries melt into the water that surrounds you and you feel cocooned in warmth and relaxation. So how are birth pools so beneficial for labour then? It was Michel Odent (one of the most famous obstetricians ever!) who said “Birth is first a hormonal process.” Your hormones are strongly linked to your emotions, and wh

**Re-posting for all of you gorgeous expectant parents to help you feel excited about your upcoming hypnobirths.** I cannot believe it has taken me almost two months to sit down at my laptop and write our little boys birth story, but what can I say? That’s how demanding new-borns are, needing your attention, love and nourishment every moment of the day. I love it! I relish in it! So, Christmas has passed, New Year has been and gone, the toddler is back to nursery this morning