HypnoBirthing combines the powerful use of self hypnosis with childbirth education. This method of natural childbirth from the U.S. is now available in Sussex for the first time. This the original HypnoBirthing Programme and not the second Nature Programme. It is taught by qualified HypnoBirthing practitioners.

HypnoBirthing is as much a philosophy as it is a [...]

No matter how you spin it, telling your close friends and family that you are pregnant is going to be a memorable and happy occasion. Of course you can just come out and tell them but since this may be a once in a lifetime experience why not make a little effort to make it [...]

Research has shown that a mother with a record of miscarriages carries with her, either consciously or subconsciously, various psychological effects. The most obvious one is the feeling of not being able to ever conceive and have children again.
This feeling usually leads to low self-esteem especially if she feels that her family members and her [...]

There is no such thing as infertility; it is a myth! Many factors can cause a woman to have difficulty conceiving, but once these factors are overcome and a woman’s body is restored to health, conception can occur naturally.
According to a report in a medical journal which I read recently, there are approximately 2 out [...]

All of a sudden, you’re feeling better. Gone are the days of nausea and vomiting. Energy levels are rising and even sexual drive is returning. Emotionally speaking, you feel them normalizing, stabilizing. You feel so much better. Ahoy! Welcome to your second trimester.
Did you know that by the start of second trimester, around week 14, [...]

There are two types of diabetes that need to be considered by women who are, or are planning to become, pregnant:
1. Diabetes that pre-exists a pregnancy.
and
2. Diabetes that developes during her pregnancy, which is commonly referred to as “gestational diabetes”.
Diabetics – those with pre-existing diabetes or those who develop gestational diabetes – often deliver larger [...]

If you knew, or suspected, that anti depression meds could cause serious breathing or cardiac malformation in your growing fetus, would you take a psychiatric medication or stimulant?
If you knew, or suspected, that the research supporting use of mood-altering drugs as a palliative for pregnancy depression reflected biased scientists “in the pocket” of the very [...]

Every labor and delivery is a magically unique experience. Giving birth is a phenomenon that the majority of women experience at least once in their life, and labor and delivery is the culmination of the pregnancy and the introduction of a beautiful new soul.
Even if a woman should happen to give birth to many children, [...]

Fertility is tied to your health and nutrition in suprising ways. I’m sure you know that you need to be eating well to have peak fertility. But are there some nutrients that have a more powerful impact on fertility than others?
Ancient cultures emphasized certain foods for women trying to conceive, and today science proves that [...]

Prescribing a medication for pregnant women is a complex process.
Before obstetricians and gynecologists decide which dose of which drug can best treat a condition without putting any harmful side effects on the mother and the baby, they consider the patient’s age, general health, the number of months before delivery, tolerance for medications, and any other [...]