Baby Steps to Hypnobirthing · KG method
Hypnobirthing is birth prep with breathing, relaxation and the biology of labour at the centre. You’ll learn how breathing helps you relax and reduce fear, tension and anxiety, which helps the oxytocin that drives labour. You’ll also learn the simple things that make a big difference.
I first came across hypnobirthing on the midwife-led unit. The women who’d done it were calmer and less scared, and their partners were right there with them.
Completing the KG Hypnobirthing course, I learnt a completely different side of midwifery. Learning physiology and hormones alongside my midwifery knowledge made me want to put that information and power back into women’s hands.
What we cover
Four sessions, in this order, whether we meet at your kitchen table, in a small group or over video. Each one gives us time to go properly into the topic without rushing.
We start with you: what you're hoping for, and what's keeping you awake at night.
Every session ends with a guided relaxation to practise at home.
The practical toolkit, and the practice that makes it second nature.
Every session ends with a guided relaxation to practise at home.
Getting your choices down on paper, and getting your birth partner ready.
Every session ends with a guided relaxation to practise at home.
What actually happens on the day, and the first few days after it.
Every session ends with a guided relaxation to practise at home.
By the end
Couples tell me they suddenly see where their fear and anxiety came from, and once they can see it, they can reduce it themselves.
Your body already knows how to give birth. What you control is how you feel about it.
Your birth partner knows their role and no longer feels worried for you, because you both know how you’ll get through this together.
Most couples leave feeling confident, calm and excited to give birth.
The best time is 25–28 weeks. You’ll learn lots about birth prep without it feeling too overwhelming or too close to your due date, and you’ll have time to put it into practice: revising, breathing, thinking it through.
When labour starts, the breathing and the calm are second nature.
Formats
The full four sessions, as a small group or just the two of you — or a single session on whatever you need most. If you’re between two of them, ask me.
Four sessions with a small group of couples due around the same time as you.
The same four sessions, just the two of you, at your kitchen table or over video. We go at your pace and spend longer on whatever you need.
One session on whatever you need most. Go deep on a single topic, talk through worries that have crept in close to your due date, or dust off the techniques for a second baby.
Prices depend on the format and where you are, so I’d rather work it out with you than put a number on a page that might not fit. Send me a message and I’ll come straight back to you.
Your sofa, your snacks, toilet breaks whenever you need them, and lying down for the relaxations, which work even better that way.
I’ve taught hypnobirthing online since 2020.
For birth partners
On the course you’ll learn what’s happening to their body, which hormones are at work and why, so the noises and positions make sense. You’ll learn positions to suggest, massage and pressure points, mantras and things to say, and the questions to ask when they’re in the depths of labour and can’t talk things through.
Your journey to parenthood starts now too.
Before you ask
Yes. Some people’s minds wander and they think it isn’t working; others fall fast asleep. Your conscious mind doesn’t need to take it all in for it to reach your subconscious, a bit like a song on the radio you can’t get out of your head all day.
Then that’s your birth, and it isn’t a failure. I teach every option in birth as a tool in the same toolbox, and the medical ones are in there too.
An epidural, an induction, an assisted birth or a caesarean can be exactly the right choice at the time. Knowing about them beforehand is what lets you ask the right questions and make the decision with clarity. The breathing and the relaxation come with you into all of it.
No. Call them whatever feels right to you: surges, contractions, waves, or nothing at all.
I tend to say surges because for a lot of people the word contraction arrives with a good deal of fear already attached to it, and the language in the room makes a difference to how you feel. It’s your birth and your vocabulary, though, and I’ll follow yours.
Ideally between 25 and 28 weeks. It’s not too close to the birth, so it isn’t overwhelming, and it gives you time to practise so the breathing and the calm are second nature by the time labour starts.
In their words
Our sessions with Georgia were brilliant. Her midwife experience helped her give real-life examples, which was really relatable alongside the theory. She considered both of us, not just “mummy to be” and gave us loads of ideas for the big day. I felt more prepared, and understood the science around childbirth as well as being equipped with pain management techniques. I’ve never done anything like it before, and was a bit sceptical but now I’d recommend hypnobirthing to everyone!
Ready when you are
Tell me roughly when you’re due and whether you’d like a group, the two of you, or online. I’ll come back with dates that work.
Or email me at hello@babystepstobirth.co.uk
