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What Birth Education Actually Teaches You (That Google Never Will)
In this blog post I share: ✨What birth education really includes (it’s not what you think); ✨Why it’s the best gift you can give yourself before birth; ✨ How it impacts your labour, outcomes, and emotional wellbeing
Helen Wright
Jun 162 min read
“Birth is just a natural process,” they say. “Your body will know what to do.” But what if your mind doesn’t?
Birth is just a natural process,” they say. “Your body will know what to do.”But what if your mind doesn’t?
Helen Wright
Jun 122 min read
9 ways to prevent your baby from 'wrecking your vagina'...
Dear friends, I will never stop saying this: birth doesn't have to be like all the horror stories!
It's throw-away comments like t
Helen Wright
Jun 4, 20195 min read
Newsflash! Birth doesn't have to be like all the horror stories!
Hypnobirthing can and will work for everyone, no matter where or how you choose to give birth to your baby. The full hypnobirthing course I
Helen Wright
May 29, 20195 min read
Why breastfeeding has gone tits up
...stats for 2017/18 reveal that only around 4 in 10 new mums are actually breastfeeding their babies when they are six weeks old...
Helen Wright
Oct 26, 20183 min read
5 Reasons Why Hypnobirthing: The BirthWright Way is not for you....
Well, let me offer you a bit of help... I'll be straight with you, Hypnobirthing: The BirthWright Way is not for everyone and here are 5
Helen Wright
Oct 24, 20185 min read
Why your birth matters NOW!
It breaks my heart to see so many expectant parents focusing on all of this material shit and neglecting the *stuff* that truly matters - li
Helen Wright
Oct 18, 20185 min read
A Midwife's Guide To Hypnobirthing
I'm hugely excited to introduce our first ever Guest Blog post, written by the fabulous Megan Rossiter of Positively Birthing in Surrey.
Helen Wright
May 5, 20182 min read
Human Time Bomb
I feel like a time bomb waiting to blow, when will this baby come? How the fuck do I know? I’m not made of clockwork! I’m not a machine! I’m
Helen Wright
Nov 27, 20171 min read
I AM THE GREATEST!
You might be wondering: what the hell are 'affirmations' and how on earth will they help me give birth to my baby?!
Allow me to en
Helen Wright
Nov 22, 20173 min read
I was wearing a bright yellow raincoat...
I mean, come on: how the hell could you have missed me?! I'm 37 weeks pregnant, the size of an elephant and wearing a bright yellow rain
Helen Wright
Nov 4, 20173 min read
Where the mind leads, the body follows...
Today, my babies' daddy ran the Ealing Half Marathon! That's no mean feat!!! At 32 weeks pregnant, I can barely run a bath!
He has
Helen Wright
Sep 24, 20173 min read
My 5 Steps To A Successful Hypnobirth: Let's Do This!
1. Permission
Do you often find yourself pushing aside your most exciting dreams, in an attempt to please other people or to do what is expe
Helen Wright
Sep 11, 20174 min read
Are you my dreamboat client?
Are you my dreamboat client? Well are you? I'd love to find out....
Helen Wright
Sep 2, 20175 min read
What's So Special About My Placenta?
Today there is profound anecdotal evidence and scientific studies which suggest consuming the placenta can be just as beneficial for humans
Helen Wright
Aug 17, 20174 min read
5 Top Tips for a Brilliant Birth!
In order to get the best from 'the system' in which you find yourself, you need information and knowledge: you need to really unders
Helen Wright
Jul 9, 20173 min read
But I'm pregnant! Am I allowed to do that?
It makes my blood boil when women come to me feeling anxious and concerned, saying they've been told they have to do this or they must d
Helen Wright
Jun 6, 20173 min read
5 Reasons to Consider Using a Birth Pool
Whether you are planning to give birth to your baby at home, in a Birth Centre/Midwife Led Unit (MLU), or indeed in your local hospital, you
Helen Wright
Apr 30, 20175 min read
But Does Hypnobirthing Really Work?
If I had a pound for every time I was asked: 'But does it really work?', I'd be whisking my family away on a 5 star African safa
Helen Wright
Mar 20, 20177 min read
Your Baby Isn't Late! What's The Rush?!
There are so many factors to take into consideration, rather than becoming transfixed by the hospitals given 'due date' calculations
Helen Wright
Feb 27, 20173 min read
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