Bloom and Flow Yoga

The Birth of Harrison: Natural birth at Darent Valley Birth Centre

Harrison - hypnobirthing at darent valley hospital

Lori had a spontaneous birth for her first baby, and was hoping for a natural birth at Darent Valley birth centre for baby number two. She came along to my pregnancy yoga classes in Dartford, as well as practicing hypnobirthing with my MP3s. As my first baby was born 3 weeks early, my midwife all […]

Birth of Sienna – Natural Birth for a First Time Mum

Sienna hypnobirthing Rochester Medway

Vi was feeling so anxious about giving birth that she had considered booking a c-section, until we had a chance meeting. Craig and Vi booked me for hypnobirthing classes in Rochester and they went on to have a natural birth for their first baby Sienna. A bit about me – My name is Vi and […]

The Birth of Jesse: Home Birth to C-Section

Jesse c-section at Darent Valley Hospital

Jen and Justin have been my friends for years, so when they announced they were pregnant I knew I wanted to support them for a positive birth. I invited them on to my group hypnobirthing class in Dartford and they accepted. Halfway through their pregnancy the corona pandemic happened and I moved my classes to […]

Looking for an NCT Class in Dartford?

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Taking part in an NCT class in Dartford is a popular way to prepare for birth as well as how to care for your newborn. NCT is popular because is covers a wide range of topics such as planning for birth, birth hormones, the stages of labour,  feeding your baby, washing your baby and sleep […]

The Birth of Declan: Born at 30 weeks

Declan - hypnobirthing class in Dartford

This story isn’t going to be a typical birth story for expectant mothers to read, but rather a story which will hopefully support and help future mums who were in a similar situation to me. In February 2022, I gave birth to my firstborn son Connor, at 35 weeks. There were no prior indications that […]

The Birth of Shelby: Water Birth at Darent Valley

Birth of Shelby water birth at darent valley birth cetre

I taught Sarah and Ben hypnobirthing in preparation for their first baby in 2018. They were so much fun to teach, and the lessons were extra special for me as I was also pregnant. Our babies were born a couple of months apart and we have stayed in touch ever since, and had play dates […]

The Birth of Henry – A Long Induction

Henry induction process using hypnobirthing

This birth story is from Erika and Nathan, who did an online hypnobirthing course with me due to Covid and them not living local to me. Erika had a really hard pregnancy and birth, but still had a really positive experience. I love this birth story, because even though it didn’t go to plan Erika […]

The Birth of Chloe – Home Birth for a Small Baby

Birth of chloe - home birth with a small baby

This wonderful birth story was sent in by Bruna, who came to my weekly pregnancy yoga classes in Dartford. Bruna was planning a home birth and faced plenty of obstacles throughout pregnancy and then more obstacles when she went into labour! Luckily Bruna was fully informed and prepared to push back against the pressure to […]

The Birth of Robyn: Home Birth After 40 Minute Labour

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My first birth was a very straight forward birth at Darent Valley birth centre in Dartford. I had a three hour labour and then a water birth soon after I arrived at the birth centre. For my second pregnancy I practiced pregnancy yoga and hypnobirthing to prepare for home birth. My main reason for planning […]