About your instructor

Helen Bartrom is a qualified, certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, trained by the HypnoBirthing® Institute. She is the mother of three and has been fortunate enough to experience HypnoBirthing® twice with her two youngest children.

My first HypnoBirthing experience was giving birth to my son Jack in 2005 who was a large 9 pound 11 oz (4.4kg). Then, in August 2009 I enjoyed the wonderful and exhilirating waterbirth of my daughter Milly. (see Milly's birth story on the Birth Stories page for more info).

I'm convinced that the HypnoBirthing® tools I learnt and enjoyed during my pregnancy enabled me to give birth easily and naturally without the use of any drugs.

My midwife, Brigid Beehan says: “As a midwife this was an amazing experience to see a woman totally removed from pain throughout the end stages of labour. There was no difference in her face during strong contractions – she was so calm that it looked like she’d had an epidural.”

Nothing beats having had first hand experience of the program you are teaching, and I'm able to share my own experiences of HypnoBirthing with you as well as drawing on the experiences of the many parents I've taught.

I became a certified HypnoBirthing® practitioner in 2007 in order to share the program with other parents-to-be. I have since taught over 100 couples and feel privileged to help to make a positive difference to such an important life event.

myself with my three kids, Jack, Milly and Jessica

 

I would like to introduce Sara to you. I have asked Sara to run some extra courses for Positive Births as she had an amazing personal experience with HypnoBirthing prior to training as a Practitioner. I know that Sara will be able to effectively teach you the tools and techniques of the program while infusing her own passion and belief in HypnoBirthing.

Sara Jones-Hogan

As a qualified primary teacher and studying post grad towards completing a masters, I am a big believer in educating myself to encourage and prompt life-long learners for those I teach and my children.  That is why when pregnant with my second child I was absolute that there had to be a different experience to the one I had with my first birth.  I completed the Hypnobirthing programme with my second pregnancy and the flow on affect was amazing. Not only did it help with the pregnancy but also the birth was fantastic and the weeks/months following flowed smoothly, with a newborn and very active toddler. 

Having completed the HypnoBirthing Practitioner course I enjoy working with Helen to offer my services and experiences with parents starting out on this amazing journey. I'm always excited to see how hypnobirthing impacts the lives of those who make this great investment.

Sara with her two children

Helen with baby Jessica

“Helen is fantastic, so helpful, inspiring and really positive.”

Miranda

"We were impressed with Helen's caring nature and the depth of knowledge she possessed."

Lisa and Neil