Why I teach The Wise Hippo Birthing Program

I continue to share the Wise Hippo birth program because I really do believe in it – because I would not have achieved my successful V-BAC (second breech baby) without it.

With my first pregnancy I was hoping for a water birth and being low risk and having a ‘smooth pregnancy’ there was no reason why I couldn’t be on the birthing unit where birth pools were available. 

That changed when towards the end of my pregnancy my midwife realised that my baby was breech and after an unsuccessful ECV I was booked in for an elective C-section. 

I’d been to a hypnobirthing ‘taster’ session held at our local hospital given by Wise Hippo founder Tamara who was so passionate and compelling about the hypnobirthing program she had created, that even what I had learnt in just a couple of hours I was able to put into practice during the procedures leading up to the abdominal birth I needed to have and the operation itself. 

Over the next few years during my time putting together the 6 Week Social  I got to know Tamara and other ‘In-the-Baby-Business’ experts really well and when trying to conceive our second baby, I was already 100% sure that I would be booking a Wise Hippo Hypnobirthing course for me and my partner to attend.

In 2017 we were able to book onto our local course and learn the foundations of birth physiology, antenatal knowledge with practical tools & techniques that we could access at any time/ anywhere through the Hypnobirthing HUB.

I knew that I would need a face-to-face course where my partner would be able to come along to and with the investment of our time & money, this would ensure I actually put the effort in to practice all the amazing skills we were learning.

This became invaluable when once again, we discovered that this baby was also breech. I did not want to have another c-section & was confident with the knowledge I now had & awareness of other options that I could find ways to get baby turning & into the head-down position so I’d be able to have a V-BAC.

There were a few different techniques I used and after spending time repeatedly practising these & listening to my hypnobirthing breech baby scripts, we had success and he turned, which was absolutely incredible knowing that this would give me the opportunity to opt for a ‘natural’ birth.

Plans changed again when I was told he was ‘measuring small’ therefore we would need an induction.

I was not thrilled about this & like I’d had to with the c-section route, I needed time to get my head around this alternative.

I spent a lot of my maternity leave at this point reading positive induction stories & working/ chatting with our hypnobirthing coach so that I had a really positive mindset going into this birth.

The induction was full on once they’d broke my waters & administered the syntocin drip. The hypnobirthing techniques were absolutely invaluable as my body went into a bit of shock with how fast everything was happening.

Using the waves of relaxation/ different positions / a solid birth plan/ soothing strokes & positive affirmations were vital, especially when things changed & they’d started prepping me for an emergency c-section.

You’ll hear more about all of this when we get to chat – but – long story short!!

I ended up getting to 10cm & able to birth my baby, the high of this & ability to actually move & walk afterwards was the best feeling & postnatally made for such a smoother/ easier recovery for both myself & baby.

We had the ‘right birth on the day’ and this is what I wish for you.

Let me support you & be your birth coach champion so that you can continue through your pregnancy feeling informed & empowered leading to a better birth outcome.