Calm Waters Hypnobirthing & Pregnancy Yoga

26/07/2025

Wow time for yoga again! This Tuesday evening I would like to share an empowering tool to stay in charge of your care and understand your birth choices. I have used BRIAN for over 15 years I have noticed it is much more popular these days as BRAIN. This is how I was taught it but I like BRIAN better as it was my fathers name. At times when I wanted to think clearly I would seek his support and he would guide me to work out what was right for me. Birth is not about doctors, midwives or policies and time, it’s about mums, birth companions and babies working together supported by their care giver for a safe, calm and positive outcome. The way you view birth affects the way you actually birth.
photo by Clare Wilson photography

19/07/2025

This week in pregnancy yoga our focus will be movement in labour to help baby in their journey through the pelvis rather than restricting baby’s way out. Working with your body and your baby. If you would like to join us email calmwaters@live.com or message.
Learn to follow the quiet voice within that speaks with feelings rather than words.
Listen to your body and move the way it is asking so you can birth your baby.
Picture from Spinningbabies.com

19/07/2025

All welcome pregnant or new mums and babies. I’m going so see you there 🌸🐟🦆🌳

🌿 Well-being Walk 🌿

7th August at 11am.

Sywell Reservoir. ☀️

18/07/2025

Fills my heart with joy when I hear one of my yoga mama’s have used what she has learnt to stay in charge of her birthing and had a positive birth. You get one chance so ensure you remain in charge of your body. Look how gorgeous this little one is! New life never gets boring does it. You must be so proud of yourself Hayley.

‘Hi Keeley

I’ve been meaning to email update you for some time now but the newborn bubble has been so lush (and tiring of course that I don’t even know what day it is at the moment ha!)

I just wanted to let you know of the safe arrival of our beautiful baby Eden, she was born at 3:42am, weighing 7lb 5oz 🫶🏼

I wanted to share my story as I feel your classes definitely helped me along initially!

I started to get the odd contraction throughout the day on Saturday, which led to be quite frequent by the eve - we had dinner reservations at Border Clash in town (highly recommend btw) for Thai food and I was adamant that I was still getting my Thai so we still went with me timing my contractions 😂.
Afterwards we went home and I practiced my breathing exercises and visualisations that I’d learnt in your classes and hypnobirthing until I was at a point where I needed some pain relief (roughly 11pm). Once we got to the hospital the midwife eventually checked me over and discovered I was already between 8-9cm dilated and they managed to also get me a pool room which was all part of my birthing plan 👏🥹🩷.
However, After spending quite some time pushing (roughly 2.5hours) we discovered that baby Edens head was positioned incorrectly and her hand was also covering her face so I hadn’t been able to get her out, which then meant I had no option but to either have a forcep or c-section delivery. I opted for the forcep delivery and was able to give birth via epidural.
It didn’t end exactly as planned but I’m just so happy my baby girl arrived safely 🩷.

I would just like to Thankyou for your classes, il miss you and the girls on Tuesday! Please send them my love and wish them all the best for their births too! I’ve attached some photos for you too!

Take care & All the best,
Hayley xoxo’

18/07/2025

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14/07/2025

Welcome little Ethan. Such a handsome little chap. I’m so pleased your mum found the techniques she learnt in her pregnancy yoga classes helpful and felt more in control of her labour and her care. Missing her friendly face every week.

‘After spending 12 hours contracting and managing to bounce on my ball and do some of the positions learnt in your yoga classes we made our way to the hospital. We weren’t as far progressed as I would have liked so went for a walk around the hospital to encourage dilation and the contractions. This led to my waters breaking outside of the A&E front doors. Ethan was cheeky like his sister and had meconium in his waters so we were admitted to the labour ward. The contractions really ramped up in intensity from then and I managed to use the breath practiced in the classes and worked out that 5-7 breaths got me through each contraction. I didn’t progress as fast as I could have so the syntocin drip was recommended. I used the BRAIN/BRIAN recommendation and agreed to the drip and I managed with the breathing and gas and air to get through most of my labour. Did end up requesting an epidural but Ethan decided he wanted to make his entrance faster than the epidural could be administered.

Having those breathing techniques really helped to keep me focussed and knowing the BRAIN/BRIAN information made me feel so much more in control than with my daughters birth in 2021.’

13/07/2025

Tuesday's Pregnancy Yoga class is focus. Focusing the mind allows your body to do what it's perfectly designed to do, birth your baby, we will also discuss how your environment can aid this so you can soften, open and release. If you would like to join us just message me or email calmwaters@live.com

12/07/2025

Hear me out before you eye-roll… this is from the Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2023 paper comparing homebirth to hospital birth.

In the article they explain that homebirth is not the ‘intervention’ that needs researching, in fact the move into hospital birth for all women is the experimental intervention that requires review.

Archie Cochrane awarded ‘the wooden spoon’ to obstetrics in 1989 because ‘the speciality missed its first opportunity in the sixties, when it failed to randomise the confinement of low-risk women at home or hospital… then having filled the emptying beds by getting nearly all pregnant women into hospital, the obstetrician started to introduce a whole series of expensive innovations without any rigorous evaluation’

Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger, it’s not my fault that hospital birth became the norm without rigorous evaluation…

I’ll discuss this more on ep.160 of podcast ‘Is homebirth a good option for you’

09/07/2025

Hopefully see you there

You’re Invited! ✉️

KGH Midwifery Advocates Annual Baby Roadshow 💜

Come and join the KGH Midwifery Advocates at their ever-popular Baby Roadshow - A celebration of all things bump, baby and beyond! 💫

Drop in for a friendly chat with our Midwifery Advocates and explore a fantastic range of stands from local businesses and hospital services - All here to support you on your parenting journey!

Whether you are expecting, a new parent or just curious - there is something for everyone! 🧸

✨ Free Entry
✨ Family friendly
✨ Expert advice & local resources

We look forward to seeing you there! ☺️

04/07/2025

This week's Calm Waters Pregnancy yoga is all about surge breathing. Using your breath to help you ride the wave of your contractions, release birthing hormones, reduce anxiety and keep baby oxygenated.
If you would like to join us in class just message or email calmwaters@live.com. Love yoga Love birth x

04/07/2025

See you there 💕

You’re Invited! ✉️

KGH Midwifery Advocates Annual Baby Roadshow 💜

Come and join the KGH Midwifery Advocates at their ever-popular Baby Roadshow - A celebration of all things bump, baby and beyond! 💫

Drop in for a friendly chat with our Midwifery Advocates and explore a fantastic range of stands from local businesses and hospital services - All here to support you on your parenting journey!

Whether you are expecting, a new parent or just curious - there is something for everyone! 🧸

✨ Free Entry
✨ Family friendly
✨ Expert advice & local resources

We look forward to seeing you there! ☺️

28/06/2025

Pregnancy yoga this week focuses on the prelabour warm up, what’s happening and having the patience to settle into your breath and not trying to rush the process. What you can do to pass the time and help the process. Impatience is a major cause of intervention. Love yoga, love birth.