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Hello, and a warm welcome. Congratulations on your pregnancy.

My name is Heather, and I’m the founder of Gentle Beginnings based in West Yorkshire.
I’m a qualified nurse, midwife and hypnobirthing teacher.

Gentle Beginnings introduces midwifery-led hypnobirthing antenatal sessions and much more. I’m here to help you have a peaceful and positive pregnancy and birthing experience. I’ll support you by teaching you to trust your body and your baby. I’ll equip you with the tools to achieve a beautiful, empowering and gentle birth for you and your newborn. I want you to leave each session feeling inspired, calm, confident and prepared for a positive delivery.

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Me and my Journey to Hypnobirthing

I’m Heather, and I’m a qualified nurse and midwife, with over 20 years of midwifery experience in clinical and management roles. I am a qualified hypnobirthing teacher, holding DipHb (KGH). I qualified via the KG Hypnobirthing course which is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives. I’m also qualified to teach Ashtanga yoga with adults and have further qualifications to teach child yoga and yoga in pregnancy.

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What is Hypnobirthing?

Hypnobirthing is a combination of deep relaxation techniques, breathing exercises and visualisations combined with positive thoughts and language to reduce fear, stress and anxiety, resulting in a calmer, more comfortable birth.

Hypnobirthing is logical, gentle and profound. It will empower you to nurture yourself in pregnancy and to relax and trust your body and your baby.

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Birth Stories

Lisa & Baby

After a long, tiring 3 day birth with my first son, I knew this time around I needed to be more prepared. I decided to do a hypnobirthing course – I learned so much about my body and what to look out for during the stages of labour and the breathing techniques and positive affirmations were amazing. I begin to feel excited and empowered about giving birth again.

I’d had a few episodes of false labour, with surges starting in the night only to tail off again as day broke. However, at 40+2 weeks of pregnancy my surges finally continued into daylight hours, hurray I thought, today I’ll have my baby! From around 4 am to 10 am they were fairly mild, only coming every 20 – 30 mins, so I decided to stay in bed and sleep as much as I could…

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Lisa & Baby

After a long, tiring 3 day birth with my first son, I knew this time around I needed to be more prepared. I decided to do a hypnobirthing course – I learned so much about my body and what to look out for during the stages of labour and the breathing techniques and positive affirmations were amazing. I begin to feel excited and empowered about giving birth again.

After a long, tiring 3 day birth with my first son, I knew this time around I needed to be more prepared. I decided to do a hypnobirthing course – I learned so much about my body and what to look out for during the stages of labour and the breathing techniques and positive affirmations were amazing. I begin to feel excited and empowered about giving birth again.

I’d had a few episodes of false labour, with surges starting in the night only to tail off again as day broke. However, at 40+2 weeks of pregnancy my surges finally continued into daylight hours, hurray I thought, today I’ll have my baby! From around 4 am to 10 am they were fairly mild, only coming every 20 – 30 mins, so I decided to stay in bed and sleep as much as I could…

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