Holding Space Beginnings

18/07/2025

"late for what"

Babies release a hormone when their lungs are fully developed to initiate labour.

What could affect you going into labour when baby is ready is fear, often caused by the very people wanting that baby to come as quickly as possible 🙈

Being calm, relaxed and doing all the things to release oxytocin; cuddling, funny films, massages, , reflexology, using hypnobirthing scripts, getting together with family and friends who bring smiles and calm. These can all get your body ready for when baby is ready 💕

14/07/2025

☕🤰VENUE CHANGE for our Free Pregnancy Coffee Morning this Saturday 19th☕🤰



I'm so excited that we have a new beautiful venue to continue to hoist these lovely pregnancy coffee mornings 🥰, If you are expecting and looking for a friendly, supportive space to connect with other mums-to-be? Join me, Kelly Wilson from Holding Space Beginnings, your local Doula & Hypnobirthing Teacher and Joy Joyful Birth Doncaster who is a independent Midwife and Hypnobirthing Teacher for a free pregnancy coffee morning!

✨ A relaxed space to chat, ask questions, and share experiences

✨ Meet other local pregnant women

✨ Enjoy a warm cuppa and some great company

📍 Location: Bridies 98 Coffee & Cake @ IVY & LACE - Wellness Collective

📅 Meet: Saturday 19th July


⏰ Time: 12pm

Come along, grab a drink, and let's talk all things pregnancy, birth, and beyond!

We also invite other professional birth workers, so there will be a wealth of knowledge to pick at.

I’d love to see you there. Tag a pregnant friend who might love this! 💛

Much Love

Kelly 💖

Holding Space Doula

13/07/2025

Hi every one, long time no see ☺️

So this may be a long one as I've not posted for nearly 2 months (other than the odd share) but there has been a lot going on 😊.

So first I want to ask a big favor, our Pregnancy coffee morning has no venue 😔 unfortunately Zenbean has closed down and we have been left a little struck, I have been messaging around but either they are not suitable or they are just not getting back to me. So if you know of a nice venue in or around Worksop where we could host a Pregnancy coffee morning then please tag them in this post pleeeaaasssse💗🥰

So the last big post I did was me talking about how I used what I had learnt being a hypnobirthing teacher and being a doula to support my son during appendicitis and having his appendix removed. A week after we moved house (the most stressful house move yet 🙈) and then 2 weeks later ended up back in hospital with son again this time for fluid on his brain and he had to have burr hole surgery (holes in his scull) to remove the fluid and pressure build up. We were hoping that this had done the job, unfortunately though it hadn't and fluid continued to be produced by a burst cyst, some thing he has had all his life, so this meant he needed a shunt fitted. The surgery went well but the recovery has been a little slow. He is now fully on the mend with lots of cool scars 😅.

Safe to say it's been one hell of a couple of months and so FB took a major back seat. We are getting into the flow of things again as a family, with home Ed and work 💗. I have still been supporting my clients, completing the last session on a hypnobirthing course last week, meeting up with my post natal Doula client and supporting my ante natal Doula client currently being on call 🤙 🥰. I'm very blessed to have this work and for it to be flexible and my clients to be so understanding.

So how have you been? I hope you have been lazing in the sun ☀️ 💗

Much Love
Kelly 💖
Holding Space Doula

30/06/2025

When induction of labour is becoming more and more pushed I highly recommend reading these books so you can make an informed decision.

Induction of labour is something I cover in my Hypnobirthing course and it as become so important when 40-50% of women are being induced. Know the facts, Know the risks so you can make the best choice for you and your baby 💕

I'm delighted to have received Henci Goer's new book on induction of labour in the post this week, and here it is, making friends with my books on the same topic (in a heatwave 🥵😆).

First, can we please admire how beautifully colour co-ordinated they all are? 😆 It's as if they are MEANT to be friends! 😊

Sometimes, people ask me why I promote books written on the same topics that I write about.

Aren't they my competition? 😱

Well, that's not how I see it.

I don’t believe in competition when it comes to sharing good, thoughtful, evidence-informed information.

Especially on important topics like induction of labour.

I was lucky enough to have a sneaky peek at Henci's book before it was published, so I can confirm that it's a brilliant resource.

Like all of Henci's work, it is meticulously researched, beautifully explained, and written to help women and families make the decisions that are right for them.

There’s room for many voices. .rachel.reed has a fab book on induction too. And if I become aware of other good, evidence-based books on this or related topics, I'll post about those as well!

I want people to have access to good information, from different perspectives, from people who live and work in different parts of the world.

And perhaps just as importantly: women need to support each other 💜

You can follow Henci at

Find out about her new book at https://hencigoer.com/labor-induction/

10/06/2025

** CHANGE OF VENUE, NOW MEETING AT CAFÉ NEO **
☕so it's nearly time for our Free Pregnancy Coffee Morning again ☕

It's been so great to connect with parents-to-be 🥰, listening to their many questions and giving them information and resources so they can make informed choices 😁. To see other parents-to-be support each other has been so lovely to.
If you are expecting and looking for a friendly, supportive space to connect with other mums-to-be? Join me, Kelly Wilson from Holding Space Beginnings, your local Doula & Hypnobirthing Teacher, for a free pregnancy coffee morning!
✨ A relaxed space to chat, ask questions, and share experiences
✨ Meet other local pregnant women
✨ Enjoy a warm cuppa and some great company
📍 Location: café Neo, Worksop
📅 Meet: Saturday 14th June

Next date for diary 19th July ✍️

Come along, grab a drink, and let's talk all things pregnancy, birth, and beyond!
We also have the lovely who is an independent midwife along with other professional birth workers, so there will be a wealth of knowledge to pick at.

I’d love to see you there. Tag a pregnant friend who might love this! 💛
Much Love
Kelly 💖
Holding Space Doula

22/05/2025

This has been my view for the past 24hrs

And honestly Hypnobirthing 🤰 came in handy.

My eldest has just gone into surgery to have his appendix out. He has been in a lot of pain for over 36hrs but the end is near.

I'm sat in the room trying to pass the time!

So how has Hypnobirthing helped me?
BRAIN is one way.
🟩B benefit
🟥R risk
🟦A alternatives
🟨I information
🟪N nothing

Using Brain we were able to look at all the above with regard to having the operation or having antibiotics and what route to take. Making an informed choice is something that is highly important so people can feel empowered and to be able to provide this for my son meant a lot to me.

Hypnobirthing also gave me knowledge on how the body works in regard to pain and how to deal with pain and this has been transferred really well. We used calm breathing which you would use in the first stage of labour and I used touch to relax and distract him.

Obviously my Doula mode kicked in 🥰 which was very helpful in keeping me calm 💕.

So now I sit and wait.

Much Love
Kelly 💖
Holding Space Doula
Holding Space Beginnings

(Please bear with this post I have had very little sleep so excuse the flow and any mistakes I may have missed)

19/05/2025

🤰Hypnobirthing Course with Kelly, Holding Space Doula 🤱

I don't think I'm that old but when these come out I'm reminded differently 😂
I think I may need an upgrade lol!

Do you have an idea why these come out in my course? Pop an answer in the comments I'd love to hear what you think 💬 (let me know if you had to Google what they are too 😅)

I have actually taken two teacher courses in Hypnobirthing and this has developed my course and made it so much more interactive and conversational. You don't want me speaking at you for 2.5 hrs do you 😄.

You will find I use different methods to keep you engaged, we don't want you drifting off 😴. well not until the end when you get to listen to a lovely hypnosis script. 📜

I love delivering my Hypnobirthing session and seeing couples learn how calm births can be. 💖

If you want any more information please message me or email me at holdingspacebeginnings@gmail.com

Much Love
Kelly 💖
Holding Space Doula

18/05/2025

☕It's nearly time for our Free Pregnancy Coffee Morning ☕

I'm so excited to be running this 🥰, along side the amazing Joy we have had 7 Mums-to-be and 1 Dad-to-be join us over the last 2 meets! 😁 If you are expecting and looking for a friendly, supportive space to connect with other mums-to-be? Join me, Kelly Wilson from Holding Space Beginnings, your local Doula & Hypnobirthing Teacher, for a free pregnancy coffee morning!

✨ A relaxed space to chat, ask questions, and share experiences
✨ Meet other local pregnant women
✨ Enjoy a warm cuppa and some great company

📍 Location: ZenBean , Worksop
📅 Meet: Saturday 24th May
⏰ Time: 10am

Put in your diary:
🗓️ Next meet: 14th June

Come along, grab a drink, and let's talk all things pregnancy, birth, and beyond!
We also have the lovely Joy who is an independent midwife along with other professional birth workers, so there will be a wealth of knowledge to pick at.

I’d love to see you there. Tag a pregnant friend who might love this! 💛

Much Love
Kelly 💖
Holding Space Doula

04/05/2025

☕ 🤰Pregnancy Coffee Morning 🤰☕

Our last Coffee morning was amazing we had 6 beautiful mamas-to-be come along.
We spoke about water births, breast and bottle feeding, the birth partners role and much more.
Because it went so well we have picked 2 dates in May 🤩

We will have the amazing joining us again, if you have any questions you want to ask we are here or if you have a specific topic you would like us to have a chat about please drop me a message or email at holdingspacebeginnings@gmail.com.

📅: 10th & 24th May
⏰: 10am
📍 ZenBean worksop

I can't wait to see you all on Saturday
Please tag and share with your friends and family.

Honesty I thought I was going to be sat on my own but to have 6 mums-to-be walk in was just out of this world. I have been wanting to run this for ages and I'm so glad I started it 💞 so Thank you all who came along I can't wait to see you again and hopefully see some new faces too 🥰

Much Love
Kelly 💓
Holding Space Doula