A private hypnobirthing course - tailored to your needs and circumstances
Pregnancy can feel like a bit of a rollercoaster - the excitement and joy, the anxiety and the unknown... and its so easy to feel like birth is something you just need to get through! In order to meet your baby!
I know that you want more than that - a birth experience which you can look back on and smile about. But I also know that this isn't the norm in our society.
My role is to help you prepare to meet your baby whilst feeling informed, prepared, excited and in control!
Get in touch to book a course
"Your tips and knowledge are priceless!" - L&O, second baby
How will you feel after a Bump to Birth to Breast course?
- Confident about giving birth to your baby!
- Informed about how to support your body before, during and after birth
- Able to relax and enjoy your pregnancy
- Armed with a selection of pain relief and relaxation techniques
- Supported by a top-notch birth partner
- Fully informed about your rights and options in pregnancy, birth and beyond
- Prepared for calm, connected breastfeeding
- Ready for the early weeks with a newborn baby - with realistic expectations of what that looks like!
- Excited for your biggest adventure yet!
What are the benefits of hypnobirthing?
- Reduced anxiety
- Reduced pain
- A shorter labour
- Feeling more in control
- A more involved birth partner
- More positive feelings about birth, postnatally
"I know that I wouldn’t have had the confidence to question and debate with medical professionals without Rachel’s bespoke support - this allowed us to make informed decisions and continue planning for, and looking forward to, our baby’s birth" - R & D, first baby
Comprehensive birth and breastfeeding prep - we cover:
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Session 1 - Preparing mentally for birth, how labour and birth work, mindset and relaxation techniques
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Session 2 - Natural pain relief, physical positioning, intervention and decision-making
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Session 3 - "What if...?" scenarios like induction and caesarean birth - and making these positive!
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Session 4 - The stages of birth, your options for birth, birth planning
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Session 5 - Post-natal emotions, how breastfeeding works, normal newborn behaviour
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Session 6 - Overcoming common breastfeeding problems, expressing breastmilk, baby-wearing and safe sleeping
Courses can be taken any time from 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Book a private course
Get in touch to book a private course and fix dates and times that are convenient for you. Courses usually take place over 6 weeks as 6 x 2.5 hour sessions, or over 3 weeks as 3 x 5 hour sessions.
* Private courses are currently being held face to face (if you live within 45 minutes drive of Tonbridge, Kent) or virtually over zoom - you choose which you would prefer. The course content is identical, however it is delivered. *
Investment: £449 (your birth partner joins you for free)
Contact Rachel to book a course
Booked with just a £50 deposit, you'll receive:
- A full antenatal, hypnobirthing and breastfeeding course of approximately 15 hours interactive teaching time. Dates and times are flexible and sessions usually last 2.5 hours, spread over 3 - 6 weeks.
- The Strong Like Mama Course Companion in hard copy - which includes practical exercises, handy reminders for during labour, prompts for your birth partner, checklists and graphics to reinforce all that you'll learn on the course
- Access to the Strong Like Mama Hub - packed full of videos and further resources on birth, breastfeeding and parenting a newborn
- A selection of practical, powerful relaxation techniques
- 6 pregnancy and birth preparation relaxations on MP3, plus a bonus post-natal relaxation
- Practical ways for your birth partner to support you, physically and emotionally
- Post-natal plan
- Ongoing support from me via phone, email and Whatsapp
- Have a pregnant friend or two who you'd like to do the course with? I'll happily organise a private course for you all - at group course rates! Get in touch for more information.
Email Rachel@stronglikemama.co.uk if you have any questions.
Want to know what past clients say? Have a look at their testimonials here!
