Great Expectations

Great Expectations No matter what kind of pregnancy you are having or what kind of birth you are planning.

Great Expectations offers a variety of services tailored to your individual aspirations and needs. Hypnobirthing, Confident c section, Relax Breathe and Birth, Doula services and Prenatal Parenting are amongst what is on offer.

This was the book that gave me hope, back in 2005, when I was about 5 weeks pregnant with my second baby. It is jam pack...
19/09/2024

This was the book that gave me hope, back in 2005, when I was about 5 weeks pregnant with my second baby. It is jam packed full of positive birth stories, which take many forms, and in there was the mention of hypnobirthing, and so my journey began. 😍

Back then, positive birth literature was hard to find and the Internet and social media was still in its infancy.
I now have a library full of birth books 😃

Did you have a book that was your go to/game changer?

Life is busy, you might not think you have time to attend a hypnobirthing course, especially when there are online optio...
17/09/2024

Life is busy, you might not think you have time to attend a hypnobirthing course, especially when there are online options available. However there is so much value in a face to face course, speak to me to see what we can work out 🙂

Your birth plan doesn't end when your baby is born. Find out more about the importance of birth planning and what you ma...
13/09/2024

Your birth plan doesn't end when your baby is born. Find out more about the importance of birth planning and what you may consider by investing in some birth ed 😘 x




The birth plan doesn't stop when the baby is born. The events immediately after birth are profoundly important for bondi...
13/09/2024

The birth plan doesn't stop when the baby is born. The events immediately after birth are profoundly important for bonding, breastfeeding, babys and mums wellbeing as they begin their new journey together.
# positive birth


My daughters face is the perfect example of how excited I am for heading out to tonights Relax Breathe Birth class😄😄😄
05/09/2024

My daughters face is the perfect example of how excited I am for heading out to tonights Relax Breathe Birth class😄😄😄

It's world breastfeeding week.Do you know that the type of birth a woman has impact how well breastfeeding establishes? ...
03/08/2024

It's world breastfeeding week.
Do you know that the type of birth a woman has impact how well breastfeeding establishes?

How?

❗️Induction brings a baby into the world before they are ready. The last few weeks in the womb are spent practising swallowing and other movements for feeding. Babies born early miss crucial practise time.
❗️Induction and augmentation of labour greatly increase the likliehood of other interventions like forceps and caesarian section. Bruising and trauma to babies head and neck causes pain and problems with movement that are essential for breastfeeding.
❗️ Caesarian wounds and other physical birth trauma to mum makes moving and handling babies challenging.
❗️Drugs given during labour pass through the placenta and can make babies lethargic and sleepy, less able to breastfeed effectively.
❗️Fluids given intravenously to mum influence a babies birthweight. This then leads to discrepancies with weight loss and gain after birth and mums confidence with how well breastfeeding is going.

If you hope to breastfeed your baby it is essential to think about your birth and organise some birth education and preparation. 🫶

The right birth on the day
22/07/2024

The right birth on the day




🫶 Our bodies were designed to give birth. Have you come acrross stories of women who didn't know they were pregnant, or ...
17/07/2024

🫶 Our bodies were designed to give birth. Have you come acrross stories of women who didn't know they were pregnant, or concealed a pregnancy?
These births tend to go without a hitch.
Or maybe your great granny/aunty who had ten children, all at home.

🫶 Apart from a small percentage of true special circumstances, birth is not a medical emergency that defaults to requiring intervention, contrary to what we are led to believe; the horror stories our minds are flooded with.

😟 Making us scared.
🧐 Less likely to question assertively in appointments.
🫣 More likely to fall into the cascade of interventions.
🥴 Mind and body not working as they should.

Our heads need to be in the right space for our bodies to follow its intuitive lead when it comes to birth.

This is why birth education is needed these days when historically we have survived quite well without.
To undo the conditioning, the hypnosis if you like.

💪 To get your head in the right space, and let your body do what it knows intuitively how to do.

Navigating the maternity system can be a bit of a minefield. It can be tricky to distinguish between choice and simply g...
11/07/2024

Navigating the maternity system can be a bit of a minefield.
It can be tricky to distinguish between choice and simply getting on that conveyor belt.

We don't know what we don't know.

Especially with our first pregnancy.
Ideally, conversations with HCP's should be unbiased, informative, and facilitated in a way that ensures the service user knows they are the decision maker. They should feel able to take time to ask questions and receive evidence based answers.

However, this is often not the case, and thoughts and conversations post birth are often punctuated by:

"I had to - insert intervention here"
"They had to - insert intervention here"

But did they/ you have to?

Find out what you don't know and arm yourself with knowledge and power by looking into birth education. Message me for more info.

Navigating the maternity system can be a bit of a minefield. It can be tricky to distinguish between choice and simply g...
11/07/2024

Navigating the maternity system can be a bit of a minefield.
It can be tricky to distinguish between choice and simply getting on that conveyor belt.

We don't know what we don't know.

Especially with our first pregnancy.
Ideally, conversations with HCP's should be unbiased, informative, and facilitated in a way that ensures the service user knows they are the decision maker. They should feel able to take time to ask questions and receive evidence based answers.

However, this is often not the case, and thoughts and conversations post birth are often punctuated by:

"I had to - insert intervention here"
"They had to - insert intervention here"

But did they/you have to?

Would you know what questions to ask?

Find out what you don't know and arm yourself with knowledge and power by looking into birth education. Message me for more info🙂

Misconception of hypnobirthing #1❌️ It is only for people planning a pain free intervention free birth.✅️ hb dram...
03/07/2024



Misconception of hypnobirthing #1

❌️ It is only for people planning a pain free intervention free birth.

✅️ hb dramatically increases your chance of this type of birth. HOWEVER.....
✅️ Hypnobirthing education is for every kind of birth plan or aspirations.
✅️ In fact, I would argue that birth education is even more important when birth plans are not straightforward.
✅️ So if you have been advised your birth requires medical management or that natural birth may not be an option, talk to me and find out how you can still plan and be in control of your birth 🙌🙌

"Am I allowed?" You are the decision maker in your birth. However language used and conversations with HCP's often leave...
20/06/2024

"Am I allowed?"

You are the decision maker in your birth. However language used and conversations with HCP's often leave us feeling like we don't have a choice.
That we should be a "good patient" and do what we're told.
Often we do what we are told without fully understanding why and unaware of the potential impact on our birth experience as a whole.
Often we make a decision based on fear, rather than unbiased knowledge.

The statements above are often the reasons given for medical management of birth. Medical management increases dissatisfaction in the experience along with the increase in the cascade of interventions that typically follow.

We know that policies change all the time. We know that historically these statements would be no reason for intervention. But the longer these statements are not challenged, the less we will hear of women of have, for example: home birthed twins at 37 years old 🤩

And then, we won't know.

In a society where the rights of women are loud, and proud, why, when it comes to birth are we becoming passive? Why are we not advocating for ourselves, asking questions (question everything) demanding evidence to support information and the choices we can then make.

💪Because YOU ARE ALLOWED.

💪You are allowed to question.
💪You are allowed to say no.
💪You are allowed to say you need more time.
💪You are allowed to say yes.
💪You are allowed to decline care.
💪You are allowed to ask for second, third, more opinions.

This isn't about going against medical advice it is about ensuring that women are making informed decisions and have their best birth on the day, to come away feeling empowered and in control 💥

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Great births start with great expectations

No matter what concerns or plans you have for your birth, Great Expectations offers courses to suit you. We are not biased as to a certain kind of birth being the right way to birth and our classes reflect that. They are fun, informative, empowering and you will come away with invaluable “tools for life”

Not sure about the hypno bit but you know you need to prepare for birth? Why not attend a Relax Breathe Birth class? One, two hour class giving you a taste of the full wise hippo birthing programme, taking away techniques and an MP3 for your practise. If you decide to enroll on the full Wise Hippo B

irthing programme the cost of Relax Breath Birth is deducted from it.

The full Wise Hippo Birthing Programme fits into a month nicely, four two and a half hour sessions, group or private depending on current bookings attended with your birthing partner. Each session is interesting and fun, even the most sceptical of couples will enjoy!