Better Birth Blog

Information on hypnobirthing, pregnancy and birth

The UK Birth Trauma Inquiry
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

The UK Birth Trauma Inquiry

When the fish rots from the head down how can you fix things for the end user? How do we remind the entire service that birth is a normal physiological event and the more you try to make it work like a machine the more damage you will incur.

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GIFTS FROM THE BABY :)
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

GIFTS FROM THE BABY :)

There basically needs to be a trade-off. A gift. A toy. Something special to make this new, rather dull person worthwhile.

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IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO DEFEND YOUR BIRTH DECISIONS
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO DEFEND YOUR BIRTH DECISIONS

You can choose to do whatever you wish to do without having to create a powerpoint presentation, without arriving with the latest research or without beating them over the head with your Dr Sara Wickham book.

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THE COME DOWN⠀
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

THE COME DOWN⠀

Do you remember those days in January… when it’s cold and wet and the Christmas chocolates are finished and the sparkly lights all turned off?

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Does Hypnobirthing Work?
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Does Hypnobirthing Work?

The most important thing to know about hypnobirthing is that you cannot actually fail at it.

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What Are Antenatal Classes? What Are Hypnobirthing Classes?
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

What Are Antenatal Classes? What Are Hypnobirthing Classes?

Antenatal classes are classes that the mother and her birth partner attend to learn all about pregnancy, labour and birth. Hypnobirthing classes are a full antenatal class but with the addition of skills and drills to enable you to remain positive and calm in the lead up to and during your labour and birth.

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Choice.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Choice.

Choice is something that you will always have and it isn’t something that anyone can take away from you. To learn about birth with an antenatal hypnobirthing course gives you choices over where and how you will birth.

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We Have A Birth Problem And It Is This…
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

We Have A Birth Problem And It Is This…

Why are we teaching physiological birth when hospitals and birth centres are not actually offering normal physiological birth? There is a chasm occurring between antenatal classes and birth reality. When we change birth, birth changes.

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

You are all different heights. You have different shoe sizes. You have had differing numbers of children and birth experiences. Your mothers gave birth to you all at different weeks. Spontaneous labour will start at different times.

You have differing physical and emotional needs.

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Listening To Traumatic Birth Stories
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Listening To Traumatic Birth Stories

At 41 weeks and two sweeps later, her kind midwife booked her induction in.⠀

She told her it was the safest thing to do. Her body obviously just couldn’t go into labour, it would just be a nudge...

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