Hypnobirthing in Maidenhead - Testimonials

We feel truly blessed to have been given Freya she is absolutely perfect!

.......thank you for helping us to achieve such a fantastic birth. We feel very lucky to have had such a wonderful experience. It was all very calm and I managed to deal with the pain.

The whole water birth experience was magical especially being able to catch her through my legs!

Dear Alison,
We want to say a huge thank you for all your support, advice and kindness to us throughout our pregnancy. The HypnoBirthing was a huge help through pregnancy and birth, and made the whole experience so magical and natural, thank you so much for that. We have an absolutely gorgeous son who also sends his love and thanks!
Much love,
Zoe, Ben and Raphi

Article from the Henley Standard May 4th 2009

During my pregnancy I was introduced to HypnoBirthing by a friend who had a good birthing experience. Although my husband was sceptical at first, after the first session with our Certified HypnoBirthing® practitioner Alison McMahon we both felt it was the right way forward for us.

It seems that many people in the UK are conditioned to be afraid of giving birth; with everyone telling horror stories of difficult or long labours, and no one talking about the miracle that is about to happen. I wanted to approach the birth with love and excitement, which is what HypnoBirthing allowed us to do. After arriving calmly at the John Radcliffe Hospital (who were very supportive of HypnoBirthing), I was fully dilated and went straight through to the birthing pool.

I thoroughly enjoyed the birth of our precious baby girl, delivered in less than 3 hours, with no medication or intervention, in a calm and relaxing atmosphere.

Dear Alison,
Thank you so much for your care and support throughout our HypnoBirthing experience. We know that we benefitted enormously from your sensitivity and your generosity with your time- and we are delighted that you could share Chloe's birth with us.

The whole experience has definitely brought Mark and I closer, and strengthened us as a family. We're now sending positive thoughts to your other HypnoBirthing Mums and Dads so they can have as amazing a time as we did.
With love,
Amanda and Mark xxx

Vicki and Martin chose HypnoBirthing because they wanted a better birth for their second child.

Martin: Archie's birth was more fulfilling for us and less traumatic for him than was the case for Holly where there was induction, waters broken, epidural (didn't work), ventouse x 3 (didn't work), forceps x 2-leaving Holly with a big headache and scars around her face and top of head.

There was none of this intervention second time with Archie. We are sure that our HypnoBirthing classes and visualisation practice meant that Vics was calmer and more relaxed during the birth and that we had a hugely better birthing experience as a result. Thank you for all your help and advice!

Vicki: For me the greatest experience was that Archie's birth was such a positive experience. I said immediately after he was born that I would do it all again, but yet it had taken me two years to get over the trauma and negative feelings I associated with Holly's birth. This has resulted in a much stronger bond, and I fell in love with my little boy straight away. I am convinced that the HypnoBirthing classes had a major part to play in this and Archie is a much calmer baby.

Thank you for all your input and teaching. I can honestly say I almost enjoyed my labour and focused throughout on the end result and the wonderful moment of meeting this little chap!