Pregnant in Leeds or Near Leeds & Wanting A Positive Birth Experience?
Feeling overwhelmed by all the conflicting information out there?
Want to feel less anxious and more excited during pregnancy, labour and birth?
Want to feel supported and have a great birth team around you during your birth?
Not sure how to navigate the maternity system and want to feel in control and confident?
Feeling unsure about how to increase the chances of having a positive birth experience?
Want to understand what happens during labour and birth and how to prepare fully during pregnancy?
If you are pregnant and you are living in Leeds in West Yorkshire, have you thought about doing a Hypnobirthing course, to help you to have a positive birth experience? Are you:
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you are in the right place and I am so glad that you are here. The antenatal period can be an anxious and overwhelming time when you are pregnant. If you are wanting a positive experience, then a Hypnobirthing course is a brilliant way of helping you to increase the chances of having that positive experience during birth and throughout pregnancy. It is not just a form of pain relief. Hypnobirthing is a set of tools and techniques that will empower you, enable you to make informed decisions, teach your birth partner a thing or two, so that they can support you on the big day, advocate for you and feel calm and confident too. Hypnobirthing will help you to see that birth can be a positive experience. It will change your mindset, making you feel more positive about your birth and leave you feeling excited and fully prepared for whatever path your birth should take.
Ready To Do A Hypnobirthing course or Antenatal class near Leeds?
I am a fully qualified Antenatal Hypnobirthing Teacher, living in Leeds near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. I have been working in the birth industry for over five years as a Doula, Hypnobirthing Teacher and Co-Chair for Leeds Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership. I have a wealth of knowledge and experience, having supported many births and families across the Yorkshire region and I have been rated 5 stars on Google by all of my clients. I am FEDANT registered, which means that as a FEDANT Registered professional, you can be assured that I adhere to rigorous standards of education and practice, demonstrating my commitment to excellence when guiding you through the exciting journey of pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. FEDANT is the national regulator in the antenatal and postnatal sector. You can check my FEDANT Registration status Here, using my national register number 13852.
I offer face to face, private antenatal classes and private hypnobirthing courses for people living in Leeds and the surrounding area. If you live further away, I can offer you a private antenatal class or hypnobirthing course online.
Face To Face In Person Hypnobirthing Courses & Antenatal Classes In Leeds and West Yorkshire
My face to face courses take place in the comfort of your own home and because I live between South Leeds and Wakefield, I am within a very short distance from lots of Yorkshire towns. I can be in North Leeds within 30 minutes and I can be in East and West Leeds within 20 minutes. I can also reach people living in Morley, Tingley, Wakefield, Rothwell, Middleton, Garforth, Pudsey, Whinmoor, Headingley and Wetherby, just to name a few. Basically, anywhere that is close to the M62 or M1. Plus, due to my great location in Wakefield, I can easily access many of the local hospitals. St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) are only a very short drive away from me. Pinderfields hospital and birth centre is only a 15 minute drive away. Bradford Royal Infirmary is 30 minutes drive away. Dewsbury and District Hospital is only 15 minutes away and the gorgeous Bronte Birth Centre at Dewsbury has a beautiful environment to give birth in. Many pregnant families describe the Bronte Centre "like giving birth in a spa".
Other local hospitals and birth centres near to me in West Yorkshire are Barnsley Hospital, which I am 20 minutes away from and Harrogate District Hospital, which is just 40 minutes drive away from me.
Benefits of Hypnobirthing
My Hypnobirthing courses have many benefits and can really help you to feel empowered during your birth, calm, confident and in control. I can take you from feeling anxious about your birth, to excited. Hypnobirthing is different to an antenatal classes. You might have been considering doing a NCT antenatal class within the Leeds area or you might have been thinking about doing free NHS antenatal classes. However, hypnobirthing is different. Hypnobirthing helps you to prepare for birth in the same way as an antenatal class does, but it also works on your mindset. I cannot stress enough just how important a positive mindset is for birth. Hypnobirthing can help you to feel more positive throughout your pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal period too. The mind body connection is huge and this can have a big impact during labour if your mindset isn't in the right place.
On a hypnobirthing course, you will receive all of the tools and hypnobirthing techniques that you will need, to be able to create a positive mindset for birth, learn how to make your own informed decisions, be able to relax during labour and make your birth feel more comfortable. The advantages of hypnobirthing are that your birth partner will learn how they can support you too. After completing a hypnobirthing course with me, you will both really feel the benefits of doing an instructor lead course, which is tailored to your needs. You will understand the birth process and learn how to navigate the complicated maternity system. As a Doula, I am certified and trained in biomechanics for birth. Getting your baby into a good optimum position for birth is likely to make your labour smoother, shorter and more comfortable. I can teach you and your birth partner some useful techniques that will encourage your baby to get into a great position during pregnancy, in preparation for birth. This is all covered on my Hypnobirthing course. You will also receive a beautiful hypnobirthing workbook and MP3 tracks all recorded in my voice and useful information sheets, free samples, plus positive hypnobirthing affirmation cards.
Why is birth preparation important?
Preparing for your birth is so important and learning hypnobirthing techniques can help you to have a fear free, positive birth experience. Not only that, but hypnobirthing has amazing positive effects on your baby too, reducing the stress hormones during pregnancy and birth, helping them to have a calm arrival into the world. It is never too late or too early to prepare for birth. I recommend starting a hypnobirthing course from around 20-35 weeks of pregnancy, to get the maximum benefits of the full course. However, if you are expecting your baby very soon, you can still do a course with me and do the essentials course. This is a shorter version of the full hypnobirthing course, but will still give you all the techniques that you'll you need to have a great birthing experience. Alternatively you might want to do my calm caesarean course, if you are planning to have a caesarean section.
My hypnobirthing courses are suitable for everyone, including birth partners and suitable for all births. So, whether you are considered high risk, wanting to have a drug free vaginal birth, instrumental birth, epidural, waterbirth, home birth or caesarean section, hypnobirthing will help you to have a positive experience, however that might look. Hypnobirthing can help you to remove any fears that you might have about birth, using various tools and techniques, to help you to feel excited and positive about your birth.
"We really enjoyed the first Hypnobirthing session the other night and felt so utterly relaxed and calm after it, sleeping really well and I generally feel more positive. I’m surprised how much the positive birth story helped (I was a little bit nervous when it began!)" - Emma & Scott - Leeds parents
Kirsty's Positive Home Water Birth, Using Hypnobirthing
Kirsty from Leeds, did a private 1-1 hypnobirthing course with me and had a positive, drug free, home water birth.
Kirsty says "It was such an amazing experience, I never would have considered a home birth if it wasn’t for undertaking hypnobirthing classes. I am so grateful I went down this route, I can’t stop thinking about what an amazingly perfect experience my birth was."
You can read Kirsty's positive birth story here.
Leeds Hypnobirthing Teacher & Doula
As a hypnobirthing teacher and Doula in Leeds, I am very familiar with the Leeds maternity system. I had both of my 2 children at St James's University Hospital (SJUH) and I am also the Co-Chair for Leeds Maternity Voices Partnership. I work closely with the maternity team at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital and I have supported many clients who are using Leeds maternity services.
I have supported lots of new and expectant parents in Leeds and the surrounding area. Here is what some of them have to say....
"I was feeling really nervous about my birth before our first session tonight and now I'm feeling really excited."
(R.A. Leeds Mum)
"I was very nervous about pregnancy, birth and also the transition to motherhood and wanted a bit of extra support. Julia was just so lovely and knowledgeable and immediately put us at ease."
(V.A. Harrogate Mum)
You can read more reviews from my clients on my Google Business Page.
If you would like to have a free 30 minute online consultation, to find out more about my hypnobirthing courses and discover how I can help you to have a positive birth experience, please get in touch.
