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Better Birth Stories - Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Classes

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Reviews of Better Birth Stories - Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Classes

C. R.

My husband and I would highly recommend Melanie's course as part of your preparations leading up to birth. We did the one day, in person class in Wandsworth and left feeling educated and empowered. Not only will you learn great practical skills to help you throughout the birthing process, you will also learn what's happening in your mind, body and environment so you have confidence and feel in control of the process, no matter which way it turns. Birth rarely goes according to plan (and the birth of our baby boy certainly did not!) but we were confident in making decisions throughout the process and I leveraged all of the meditation and breathing techniques to do everything from riding in the car to the hospital, avoiding my fear of needles and blood, and ultimately powering through a very long labour. Thank you Melanie!

J. K.

We loved Melanie's course! We did a virtual full day with Melanie and 3 other lovely couples and then did the online version of the course closer to birth. We cannot recommend it enough! My husband said he learned more about human biology in one day, than he did in years at school. Melanie is incredibly knowledgeable, gentle, funny, open-minded and pragmatic. Because of the course, I felt informed and empowered. It helped me become hugely excited and less frightened about pregnancy and birth. The Hypnobirthing tracks and pain-relief techniques were instrumental throughout pregnancy and helped me tremendously during birth. Beyond the course, Melanie's facebook group has been an invaluable source of positive energy, great advice, and a sense of community throughout the pandemic. Thank you Melanie for all of the fantastic work that you do!

H. G.

We did a 1-2-1 hypnobirthing course with Melanie in 2019 and it gave me the confidence to advocate for the kind of birth I wanted and helped my partner understand the process. Melanie brought a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm to the course and when my birth didn’t go quite as I hoped, the hypnobirthing techniques still were of massive use and kept me calm and positive. More recently I used the online course materials for my second birth and Melanie also kindly accommodated a very last minute session which made me feel more at ease about the prospect of going into labour again. 2 births and feeling very empowered. I attribute this to Melanie - cannot recommend her enough!

E. H.

Wow what an amazing coach and prep to use to give birth naturally,m. I originally chosen this program based off Melanie’s voice. However, having this be my first natural birth, I am so grateful I chose her. She gave me great education and preparation. Thank you. I highly recommend purchasing her course.

S. B.

My partner and I so enjoyed our in-person course with Melanie. She covered so much over the course of the day with comprehensive information for every birthing eventually. We did a lot of work and practise at home as well as swotted up with the online course that Melanie gave us access to. We felt so empowered afterwards and were really looking to the birth well armed with our hypnobirthing education. Cannot recommend Better Birth Stories enough!

E. W. H.

I highly recommend The Better Birth Stories Hypnobirthing Course. It is very informative and easy to follow. Melanie was available to answer any questions and always had encouraging words. Baby Lillie was born on the 26th December 2021. Vbac - water birth. Such an amazing experience! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my guidance. It is such an amazing feeling to know what my body is capable of. It wasn't always easy but nothing compared to my first cesarean experience. So worth it! Your course helped me through the birth more than I thought it would. The way you explain things made it easy to practice it daily and I remembered it through labour and the birth. Even my toddler remembered the calm breath. Something we will carry on using whenever needed!

C. M.

I recently achieved my V-BAC thanks to your online hypnobirthing course. Your breathing technique helped me all the way, I didn’t even consider pain relief. Everything you said resonated with me and I was able to test my strength and endurance. Thank you so much!

S. W.

We followed your online hypnobirthing course prior to the birth of my second daughter. I wanted to say a huge thank you to you for creating this. Our experience compared to our first birth was like night and day. This birth really was a better birth story all around. Initially I was sceptical that an online course could be as powerful as in-person. However, the flexibility to watch and rewatch whenever suited us probably made it far more accessible. We felt empowered throughout the birth, despite having to go to hospital rather than stay at home as we wished. I was able to stay calm, and in control and speaking out for what I needed the whole time. The visualisations helped massively through the most intense parts and I barely touched the gas and air. I think I used each technique at some point, by the pushing stage I felt connected to my baby and actually women in general! So it was a moving and very positive experience. So this is a massive thank you from both of us, myself and my husband.

K. &. W. H.

I would highly recommend Melanie’s Hypnobirthing course was as part of birth preparation and labour. It helped me feel in control, calm and much more prepared for any eventuality. Her delivery of the sessions was so informative , but she manages to keep it light and humorous. It really helped me feel at ease in the rather daunting months before the birth. During my labour I practised all the techniques I had learnt. It definitely kept me more calm and focused. I am so grateful to Melanie.

O. J.

We did the ‘in person’ course and can highly recommend it. Melanie was a great speaker and really made us feel at ease. The skills and techniques really helped me feel a part of the birth and be able to support Steph so she could have a positive birth experience. A must for any first time parents wanting to have more control and a positive outlook during the birth of their child.

G. B.

My husband and I took Melanie's course last summer when I was pregnant with our daughter, Coco. It was on the course that we decided to have a home birth. Even though labour and giving birth wasn't something I had ever been fearful of, I can honestly say that both Melanie and the course itself made me feel totally empowered and really knowledgable about what happens during labour and birth. Learning how to navigate my labour using hypnobirthing left me (and my husband) feeling totally equipped to have our first baby at home. I had a very straight forward 21 hour labour and used many of the techniques learnt on the course. It was the hardest yet most amazing thing I have ever done and I cannot wait to do it again. I am now pregnant again with our second baby due in February and have revisited Melanie's course online which has been hugely helpful and reassuring again. Unfortunately I will not be able to have a home birth this time due to our living circumstances so will be giving birth in a birth centre but I know that hypnobirthing will help get me through my labour as it did the first time. I couldn't recommend the course more and urge anyone thinking about signing up to go for it as you won't regret it!

E. M. /. W.

I have Melanie to thank for my positive birth experience, no doubt about it. It turned me from feeling really nervous about birth to being actually excited about seeing what my body was capable of. Importantly, Melanie coached my husband to have a really clear role on the day which was absolutely invaluable. I highly recommend her course.

V. S.

I highly reccommend this online course for mamas looking to learn hypnobirthing techniques. Melanie is a wonderful teacher and the online format is so easy to follow, providing the right mix of information and skills. I didn’t have much time or energy in my last trimester - this course was exactly what I needed and allowed me to prepare for birth without having to read multiple books or dedicate a lot of time to learning. For those wishing to dive deeper into hypnobirthing Melanie provides lots of extra links and reading suggestions too. Melanie is extremely professional and has a lot of knowledge that she shares in a very empowering way, helping you to understand what choices are available to you. But also keeping things very real and giving you the confidence to know what is right for you. Thanks to the techniques I learned in this course and a fantastic midwife and supportive partner I was able to have the home birth I had wanted and planned, I am so grateful there are women like Melanie who dedicate their lives to helping women in their journey to motherhood.

L. E. N.

We attended Melanie's course in August and had our baby a few weeks ago in November. We had a really great birth experience in a midwife birth centre. My main form of pain relief was breathing, water (which I laboured in for part of labour) and Melanie's tracks. We couldn't be happier and more pleased about the birth. We put a big part of this down to hypnobirthing, specifically Melanie's course! Before we attended the course, we were both quite apprehensive about the birth, but after the course, we felt so much better, calmer and positive about it. I listened to Melanie's tracks almost everyday, and over the weeks grew in confidence of my ability to birth our baby and was no longer fearful of labour and birth. Melanie's course was really informative and we learnt so much on the course, which helped in other ways apart from managing labour pains, in particular: 1) It helped my husband understand what I would be going through, and how to support me. He was the best birthing partner I could have hoped for. He fielded questions from midwives and was always with me, encouraging me, reminding me to breathe and saying all the right things. 2) We were more confident about asking questions everytime something was suggested to us (both during pregnancy and labour) rather than just following it, looked to understand if there were alternatives and weighed up the risks and benefits before making a decision we were happy with. We are very pleased about this, particularly as we could have easily otherwise been induced a couple days before labour started naturally. And I know that would have then been a very different birth story. Attending Melanie's course really was one of the best things we did in preparation for the birth, and cannot thank Melanie enough!

C. A.

I would highly recommend Better Birth Stories for the personal, practical, funny and down-to-earth approach to hypnobirthing and the birth process. It's the one thing that helped me prepare for birth and we had a lovely home birth, just like we wanted. Melanie is super supportive before, during and after the course and makes you feel welcome and empowered. I really enjoyed her feminist take on birth, as birth should be about women making empowered choices for what's best for them, their babies and their partners. I really agreed with this and it helped me feel stronger dealing with medical staff when I felt pressured into something I didn't agree with. We did no other antenatal classes and used the online tracks and modules in the lead up to birth.

C. S.

After a traumatic first birth, I was keen to find something that would allow me to feel a bit more in control during labour. Melanie's private course was absolutely wonderful and was a fantastic way for my husband and I to bond before our second child. As a mum of three, Melanie really gets how daunting birth can be and gives you the tools to find peace no matter what your birth brings - it's not just for those who want a serene water birth with aromatherapy, although she covers that too! The session on how to cope when things don't go to plan was particularly useful. My birth didn't but her course meant i was able to articulate what i wanted and feel calm throughout, which made the whole thing wonderful. I would 100% recommend her.

L. B.

Melanie's hypnobirthing class completely changed my view of childbirth and gave me such positivity in my last 2 months of pregnancy. My birth was quick, easy and empowering and I believe this was because of my hypnobirthing experience. I'm now pregnancy with my second child and am looking forward to giving birth so much, to experience what I did the first time around. Thanks Melanie and Katherine Graves.

N. K.

I cannot recommend Melanie enough if you are either facing the many emotional challenges that come with fertility treatments or are soon to give birth and would like a better birth story. I have had the pleasure of having Melanie's support for both. Melanie is hugely knowledgeable and is also really supportive and kind. She always goes above & beyond what anyone would expect and not only helped me to overcome many of the fears I associated with infertility but also helped massively in making sure that I had a good and natural birth when the time came.

C. G.

I took the online course during lockdown as no courses were doing face to face sessions and I am just so glad I found better birth stories. I couldn’t recommend it more highly. It gave me such a good understanding of the whole process and empowered me to feel confident and calm. Thank you Melanie!!

A. R.

I took her online hypnobirth birth course and LOVED it! I loved the way she described birth which left me feeling both empowered and excited for birth! Prior to her course I had some fears even though this was my third pregnancy. I had previously had a daughter born by an urgent c section after a trial of labor and a miscarriage at 9 weeks. So I wasn’t a first timer, but this course proved an invaluable resource to the success of my unmedicated, natural VBAC of my son who was 10lbs 11oz!! Thank you so much!!

N. P.

Hypnobirthing changed my entire outlook on labour. I had an amazing birth and I put it all down to Melanie and hypnobirthing! Before Melanie’s course I was terrified of labour and was considering opting for a c-section. After completing the course, I was actually excited about my pending labour! I decided to go with Melanie as she offered the hypnobirthing course from our own home, which was perfect for my partner and I as we felt that we would be more relaxed at home rather than in a group setting. Melanie is an amazing teacher! There was a lot of material to get through; her engaging and energetic manner made the Hours fly by. The course was amazing for my partner too as it gave Him a real purpose and role during labour. He Read out scripts to me provided from the course, which were designed to help me relax, visualise and breath through each contraction (surge). To sum up, I had my baby at 39 weeks and 5 days, I had a 5 hour natural birth, no complications, drug free and most importantly fear free! I put it all down to Melanie’s hypnobirthing. Thank you so much Melanie for making it a once in a lifetime experience.

R. W.

I can’t thank Melanie enough for her invaluable help throughout the latter stage of my pregnancy. I had a seamless birth in a pool with no stitches and felt so confident in my partner whereas I thought there w. I have recommended hypnobirthing and specifically Melanie to many of my friends now and absolutely will be using the same techniques in the future. Thank you so much Melanie for giving us the confidence to create our wonderful son. Not surprisingly he absolutely loves swimming now too!!

H. G.

I was lucky enough to be introduced to Melanie through a friend. Melanie helped me initially wirh fertility hypnosis as I was struggling to conceive. Melanie gave me relaxation techniques and talked through practical changes to my lifestyle. I’m sure these techniques led to me conceiving (I had tried lots of other things with no luck). When pregnant we then saw Melanie for hypnobirthing classes which was invaluable - the breathing exercises got me through labour and I even used them to calm me on the way to theatre for an emergency c-section. I would whole heartedly recommend Melanie both for fertility support and when pregnant preparing for a calm and informed birth.

K. M.

I contacted Melanie late in my pregnancy, having heard tales of how wonderful hypnobirthing can be. I have to admit I wasn't sure about it, but on meeting Melanie, and listening to what she said, my husband and I began to be convinced. She was kind and compassionate and full of enthusiasm for what she does, and went the extra mile by coming to our house to teach us when we had to miss our workshop due to childcare issues with our first child. We practised the visualisations every day, and my second birthing experience was utterly different to my first (very medicalised) one. I was calmer, more focused, and felt empowered and in control throughout thanks to the visualisations and the music that Melanie had provided us with. My husband, meanwhile, felt that he had a real role as my birth partner, leading to less panic, more calm and a real sense of togetherness. I would recommend Melanie, and hypnobirthing, to anyone expecting a child - it gave us the birth that we had always dreamed of (and a very calm baby boy!).

D. S.

When we first heard about hypnobirthing both my husband and I were quite skeptical ,however we wanted to give it a try as any friend who had taken hypnobirthing classes would swear by it! We spent a few days checking different hypnobirthing options near where we live, and Melanie's page was by far the most impressive and professional we came across. So we decided to sign up and luckily we managed to get the last spot for the date we wanted. On the day, Melanie welcomed us warmly and made sure we were comfortable and relaxed. She also provided a great selection of hot drinks and biscuits which definitely went down well for all the pregnant ladies!:) Melanie is one of the most gifted public speakers I have ever met. She managed to keep us engaged for the whole day and was an absolute pleasure to listen to. She made sure to mention if something was anecdotal or based on research which we found really useful. In a single day she managed to change my perception of labour and birth and made me feel empowered and able, and honestly looking forward to giving birth to my baby. She helped me overcome my fears and believe in myself and my body. At the end of the course we were actually quite sad that it over! A few weeks later we had a lovely home birth, and every time I think about it my heart warms up :) I felt so strong and capable throughout the whole process and I had no doubt that my body was going to do what it is meant to do. I know this was the result of having attended Melanie's course and heard her empowering description of labour and birth and later listened to her recordings when practicing at home. I am not going to lie, I didn't really use any of the visualizations we were taught as I don't think this is my cup of tea (although it might be because I didn't really get into it and practice it) however having changed my perception about labour after attending the course and practicing my breathing definitely helped! It gave me the opportunity to believe in my body and birth my baby boy in the safety and calmness of our home. My first surge came on a Thursday afternoon and our baby boy was born almost 12 hours later. During the first stage of labour I was just using a TENS machine and mainly the breathing that Melanie taught me to get me through the surges. I kept moving from room to room, standing, kneeling, lying in bed and using my birthing ball. When the pressure I was feeling became more intense I decided to get into the pool. At this stage I only had the water and my breathing to get me through the surges. I wanted to try some gas and air but the second midwife who was bringing it was a bit late. So I had to keep breathing and focusing on my body and its strength. When the gas and air arrived and I gave it a go I was surprised to see that I didn't like it at all! It made me lose my focus and lose touch with my body and what my body was telling me to do. So I went back to breathing and focusing on my inner strength. When I think back to that day I am still surprised by the ability of my body to cope with the "stress" and pain of labour. I remember feeling "high" from my own endorphins, empowered and relaxed. I remember feeling strong and mighty completely focused on birthing my baby and not caring about anything/anyone else in the room. When I first got pregnant I had all sorts of fears! I was scared of the pain, I was scared of "damaging" my body by tearing (i really hate this term now - damaging my body). I was scared of being "exposed" while giving birth - shouting too much, or moving too much or generally being too much! Meeting Melanie and attending her course really helped me change my views and perception of labour and eventually made me look forward to birthing my baby! One of the midwives did make a couple of comments that could have put me off, however I was well prepared and able to shield myself and not let it affect my mentality. I couldn't recommend Melanie enough! Our birth experience was definitely affected by having met her and learnt from her!

E. A.

I couldn’t recommend Better Birth stories more. After a difficult first birth, I was quite nervous during my second pregnancy, but after participating in one of Melanie’s courses, both my husband and I came away feeling so much more confident and empowered. I used all the techniques that we had been taught on the course during labour and the birth itself and it couldn’t have been more of a wonderful and joyous experience. Thank you Melanie!

I. S.

My husband and I were meant to take Melanie's hypnobirthing class in person, but obviously this changed with Covid-19. We were initially apprehensive about doing this online, as we couldn't imagine how we could do hypnobirthing virtually. However, after completing Melanie's course, we couldn't recommend it enough. We didn't feel like the doing it through the screen was a hinderance at all to our learning and class duration was just the right amount to avoid Zoom fatigue. Melanie is an engaging and informative instructor. Her warmth, empathy, and wealth of knowledge made us more confident about giving birth and the role of birth partners. She also really goes above and beyond what she has to, she has been available for any questions or concerns ever since. She has been such an important lifeline during such uncertain times. She also gave us access to her online course, which means we are able to go back through topics if we want to delve deeper or clarify a particular point. We can't recommend Melane and her course enough!

Z. M.

I was first introduced to hypnobirthing in a taster session at my local pre natal Pilates class in Tooting and thought it was worth doing a course. After researching a few courses in the area I found Better Birth Stories to be comprehensive and fairly priced. Melanie came to our house on two evenings, a week apart and was so enthusiastic about the content we were completely engaged the whole time. Having such a passionate and well informed teacher really helped to absorb all the information and encouraged us to practise in the months leading up to our due date. Being new parents to be, we felt much more empowered about our birth choices and in control throughout the rest of pregnancy and during labour. The breathing and relaxation really helped me to focus in labour and I only needed to take paracetamol and used a tens machine early on. I would highly recommend Melanie’s course for anyone looking for an experienced hypnobirthing teacher.

K. W.

Melanie is a fantastic hypnotherapist and I credit her hugely in helping me learn to relax and to have the natural birth I so wanted. I found the course to be really helpful in preparing me and allowed me to approach it without fear. She’s also an all round lovely person and made me feel at ease from the outset. I highly recommend Better Birth Stories!

E. P.

During the later stages of my pregnancy, traveling to places became difficult. Melanie provided us with a very comprehensive and personalised hypnobirthing training experience from the convenience of our home. In an open and engaging manner, Melanie helped us to understand that there is really no one size fits all approach to giving birth. She bolstered our confidence and competence to make tough decisions in stressful circumstances. She did this by talking us through different scenarios and different opportunities and constraints within each scenario. We were also offered a wide menu of practical and easy to use hypnobirthing skills which we could use in any scenario. Admittedly, our birth experience was nothing like what we envisioned. We had planned for a home birth and after 14 hours of surfing the surges, we ended up in the birthing center to manage risks of postpartum bleeding. We embraced our time at the birthing centre for a few hours more only to find ourselves having to be whisked off to the operating theatre for an emergency C-Section! This was because, at the very last minute, our acrobatic and adventurous son had assumed an awkward position which resulted in causing him some distress. More importantly, what could have easily been a traumatising experience, culminated in somewhat of a victory story for us! It was quite the feat being able to withstand 14 hours of surges at home. This was especially as each surge made me want to just bear down and push straightaway! Anxiety never got the better of us though. Melanie's visualisation exercises, breathing techniques, and affirmations kept us calm and focussed which meant I was able to undertake the toughest bits of our birth journey in an environment where I felt safe and free. Moreover, the coaching she delivered instilled within us the psychological flexibility to take control of what we could in seemingly uncontrollable circumstances. Fundamentally, Melanie's warm, open, and well-informed training approach really empowered and enabled us to soldier on through the powerful storms at home and as well as in the hospital. Four months on from the day of our son's birth and we're still clear that were we to revisit our birthing journey again, there is nothing we would do differently. This is because the hypnobirthing tools which Melanie provided us with thoroughly prepared us for rolling calmly and assertively through a range of possibilities. Many huge and heartfelt thanks Melanie for such an enjoyable and enriching coaching experience. Warmest Regards Elizabeth & Colin

C. 7.

Highly recommend Melanie at Better Birth Stories. Her hypnobirthing course is comprehensive, informative and fun. With Melanie's help our son's birth was a calm, focussed and beautifully bonding experience for myself and my partner. Thank you Melanie!

L. R.

Working with Melanie was great! I came to see her because of a very traumatic birth experience with my first son and needed support during my second pregnancy as I navigated the different choices for this delivery. I ended up having a natural birth (which I didn’t think I could do again!) and the whole experience was very empowering and in a way very redeeming.

G. P.

I can honestly say that from working with Melanie I experienced a wonderful birth! It was not my ideal birth at home but thanks to her toolkit she instilled in me an absolute calm, trust in my own voice, instinct and power as a woman/mother to be. I wore a face mask for the entire labour (highly recommend) and gave birth in two hours in a birthing pool.. all the time feeling so confident in the intelligence of my body, anchored in my breathe. I am about to have my second and who knows what this baby has in store for me, epidural, c-section it doesn't really matter it is about me feeling like I can direct my experience from a calm, grounded place. She also has an incredibly mellifluous voice that pretty much reprogrammed my brain so I couldn't not feel like I was floating on clouds whenever I listened to her recordings.

O. D.

Melanie was a brilliant force of positivity and reassurance at a nerve-wracking time for me as a first time mum. Her approach to preparing you for childbirth is practical and sensitive, meaning she struck the perfect tone for both me and my husband. This down to earth & calming optimism really helped counter my fears, and gave me concentrate tools & an action plan to focus me. I was able to stretch and move my body right up to the end, walking, lunging and even climbing out of the water bath unaided afterward. I was able to focus on finishing the marathon the entire time, and rarely felt like giving up. I made decisions and was listened to. I attribute all of this down to Melanie's coaching. If you're in any doubt about how to make it a positive experience I would HIGHLY recommend her! p.s. her voice is very calming & I often listen to the free recording on the website even 1+yr after labour!

L. T.

I loved Melanie’s Hypnobirthing Course. She was incredibly thorough and is obviously passionate about what she does and supporting her clients. She gave us all the tools we needed to start practicing hypnobirthing techniques and prepare for anything that comes our way. Highly recommended! Thank you Melanie!

L. D.

My husband & I completed a private Hypnobirthing course with Melanie after looking at all the courses on offer during pregnancy. Melanie was extremely professional yet very familiar, kind and trusting in her approach. The course was really well structured, offering enough information to take away, practice and digest before the next session, we completed the course over 7 days so quite intensively, but it worked really well. We had slightly expected the course to be a little hippy/natural in approach but it was not at all. Preconceptions were totally wrong. The course left us feeling confident and fully aware of all scenarios that could happen during birth. The breathing and visualisations are easy to practice and will be useful for general life for us both, not just pregnanacy and labour. My husband found the course hugely valuable to cement his vital role during labour. I found the course made me confident in my approach to labour, able to ignore others mostly negative stories and focus on my own positive approach. This has untold value. I went into labour on my due date, it didn’t follow my birth plan however, at every single stage of the process my husband and I felt WE made the decisions, we were informed and they were the right ones for us and our baby. We asked to change midwives at one point, something we perhaps wouldn’t have done without the confidence from the course. Not having complete trust in the care around is never ok. The hospital were fantastic, they were very open to our requests for quiet, one person addressing my husband not myself during labour, delayed cord clamping and skin to skin to name a few. Our daughter was born happily and healthily, naturally. Without a shadow of a doubt the labour would have been a very different story without the course and I feel very likely a c-section delivery. I feel hugely positive about the labour and whilst it's not something to do everyday (!) I would never think of labour as a bad experience. Thank you Melanie for your wise teaching, support after the course, teaching us valuable life skills and giving our daughter the very best start to life.

D. A.

I've attended two of Melanie's workshops (2017 and 2019) and she has always been amazing. She is highly knowledgable, kind and passionate about her work. The work I did with Melanie helped me to achieve two VBACs and my last one was entirely unassisted. She is just wonderful and I cannot recommend her enough. Thank you Melanie. I will always be indebted to you.

a. s.

Thank you Melanie for helping me to have such a positive and empowering natural birthing experience, after my first very difficult C-section! 100% recommend the course!

R. R.

I finished the online Hypnobirthing and Antenatal class and I absolutely loved it. It is of incredible value and packed with information delivered in a powerful, down to earth and fun way. It leaves me looking forward to giving birth and trusting in the process of labour and my body. I cannot give enough thanks. Thank you Melanie.

P. D.

We had a really interesting time at Melanie's course. We weren't sure what to expect going in, but found the course very informative. I guess time will tell if it's successful or not, but it was definitely worth exploring another avenue in helping to deal with the challenges during birth.

B. M.

I’d like to say a massive thank you for the hypnobirthing sessions! My son was born a week early following an absolute textbook birth! I put it entirely down to hypnobirthing with Better Birth Stories and had such a positive experience so thank you so much! And now we have our beautiful son and are utterly delighted. I still tell everyone how amazing hypnobirthing is, and also how amazing you are! Thank you so much!!!

C. M.

I could not recommend this course enough! My partner and I came away feeling prepared, relaxed and ready for the birth of our baby. I have recommended Melanie to all my friends who are expecting!

S. M.

Melanie is a great hypnotherapist. Her hypnobirthing class was great preparation for labour. I would definitely recommend her.

H. R.

Melanie is very professional and knowledgable in her area of expertise of hypnobirthing. I highly recommend her, thank you for everything Melanie you helped me immensely!

J. G.

Brilliantly engaging and interactive. The sessions gave us techniques, tools and the knowledge to approach labour together giving us confidence that everything is going to be alright.

M. D.

My wife and I attended Melanie’s in-person Hypnobirthing course in September 2021. We loved the course, completed it again online, practiced the breathing exercises and enjoyed her calming voice as we fell asleep in the run up to the birth. We used a lot of the tools she provided us with during labour and thanks to her course felt confident and informed in the decisions we made when the birth didn’t go entirely to plan. It really helped me to play an active role and not feel like a spare part. We have recommended it to every pregnant person we know and will continue to do so.

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