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 exhilarating water birth of my daughter Milly. (See Milly's birth story on the Birth Stories page).
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 150 couples and feel privileged to help to make a positive difference to such an important life event.