Staying at home in early labour is often a good idea, no one wants to go to hospital to be told they are 1cm dilated and that they need to go home.

Most pregnant woman want to get to the hospital when they are in established labour, so let’s take a look at ways that we can stay at home for as long as possible before we head to the hospital to give birth.

A blog detailing why I decided not to do perineal massage to help prevent tearing during my pregnancy, even though I knew the benefits of doing it.

In this blog, I talk about 10 other things I did instead (during labour) to help minimise the chances of tearing during birth.

7 natural forms of pain relief that actual work when giving birth. I used all 7 of these drug free methods during my home birth with my son, they worked so well that I didn’t admit that I was actually in Labour until the hour before he was on the landing upstairs.

How Katie used hypnobirthing to remain calm and feel in control during a change from her home birth to a hospital birth. A guest blog from Katie, a pregnancy yoga teacher sharing her tips for a change of birth plan, using hypnobirthing techniques to adapt to a hospital birth from her original plan of a home birth.

Reasons why contractions could slow down and stall during labour and tips on how to get your birth going again. Here are 7 reasons why contractions could slow down when giving birth and some top tips on how to get birth moving again.

How I’ve dealt with low Papp-A levels and a high risk pregnancy

The positive home Birth story of my second baby using Hyonobirthing. An empowering birth at home using all of my hypnobirthing techniques to help me roar out my son on the landing upstairs.

5 photos that I love from my own maternity photo shoot, plus a sneak peek of never before shared bump photos.

Pregnancy Journal - Our conception journey to baby no.2 and the real reason for the 5 year age gap

5 things that you need to know about giving birth that I bet you have never heard of before.

How much do you really know about giving birth? Take the birth and labour quiz to find out how prepared you and your birth partner are for the ‘big day’.

Looking back on my first pregnancy, there’s lots of things that I wish I had done differently. Here I share with you the things that I will be doing during my second pregnancy to help me prepare for birth and motherhood.

Hypnobirthing can have huge benefits for your baby during pregnancy, labour and after birth too. 6 reasons why hypnobirthing is perfect for your unborn baby.

I’ve helped over 300 sets of expectant parents to write a birth plan and in that time, I’ve realised that there are 3 key sentences that every birth plan should include.

In this short VLOG, I detail some of my top tips for decreasing the chances of the perineum tearing whilst giving birth.

A blog post about my experience of pregnancy anxiety back in 2018 with my high risk pregnancy and what I found useful to help ease the anxiety.

How and why I decided to give birth without pain relief. In this blog post, I list how I prepared myself to give birth without drugs.

My top predicted, rising trends for pregnancy and birth in 2023. Have you already planned some of these things for your pregnancy and labour or are they just damn right weird?

So many people are choosing to use hypnobirthing during a c-section to help them remain calm before, during and after the birth of their baby. Hypnobirthing can be especially good for recovery after a c-section. Here’s my top tips for planning a c-section using hypnobirthing.

What does the ‘hypno’ in hypnobirthing mean and how does it help when giving birth? Keep reading to find out and see if it’s as weird as it sounds.