Wimbledon & Wandsworth           

Sandra Bush's profile       

Contact details

   
mobile: 07718629445
website:  www.birthconfidence.com

Why I became a practitioner

Both of my boys were born before the advent of Natal Hypnotherapy™ but the breathing and relaxation techniques I learned in NCT Antenatal classes really made a difference and helped me achieve the instinctive births I had wished for, even with the addition of belt monitors and a drip second time around!

My core beliefs surrounding pregnancy and birth

Birth is a natural, instinctive process.

Birth should not be about fear and dread but should be a time of joy and expectation.

A positive birth, no matter how it was achieved, leaves a new Mother feeling happy, calm and confident. For her partner, helping her to achieve that gives them a sense of being involved and the belief that they can make a difference sets them up to be equally happy, confident parents.

My experience of working with pregnant women and my personal experience of Natal Hypnotherapy

I have taught NCT Antenatal classes for over 20 years and have a number of years’ experience of teaching women and their partners in NHS classes at a local Hospital. I feel very privileged to be able to work with people at such a key time in their lives as they embark on the journey towards parenthood.

Women and their partners are surrounded by negative accounts of birth from the press, film and television and also from what their friends and families tell them. Fear is a powerful emotion and gets in the way of instinctive birthing, increasing adrenaline and therefore making complications much more likely to set in whilst Natal Hypnotherapy™ techniques dispel fear and provide a tool for managing the birth process, keeping the labour hormones flowing.

Many of the women in my NCT classes have used Natal Hypnotherapy™ CDs and have had uncomplicated and positive experiences. A number of them have suggested to me over the years that I should train to use birth hypnosis techniques and now here I am!
Breathing and relaxation techniques have long been an important feature of my NCT classes and I am glad to be able to focus on this element much more, extending into the use of self-hypnosis, in Natal Hypnotherapy™ workshops.