Better Birth Stories - Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Classes

We loved Melanie's course! We did a virtual full day with Melanie and 3 other lovely couples and then did the online version of the course closer to birth. We cannot recommend it enough! My husband said he learned more about human biology in one day, than he did in years at school.Melanie is incredibly knowledgeable, gentle, funny, open-minded and pragmatic. Because of the course, I felt informed and empowered. It helped me become hugely excited and less frightened about pregnancy and birth. The Hypnobirthing tracks and pain-relief techniques were instrumental throughout pregnancy and helped me tremendously during birth.Beyond the course, Melanie's facebook group has been an invaluable source of positive energy, great advice, and a sense of community throughout the pandemic. Thank you Melanie for all of the fantastic work that you do!

My partner and I had a wonderful 1 day course with Melanie!She has a wealth of knowledge, is so engaging and I think to date it was the best money we've spent on anything to do with our pregnancy! We left feeling we had gained so much and had an arsenal of tools in our pocket ahead of birth. A few weeks on and I have found the time to practice my preparations for birth and overall feel calmer and more prepared.Really would recommend!

My partner and I so enjoyed our in-person course with Melanie. She covered so much over the course of the day with comprehensive information for every birthing eventually. We did a lot of work and practise at home as well as swotted up with the online course that Melanie gave us access to. We felt so empowered afterwards and were really looking to the birth well armed with our hypnobirthing education.Cannot recommend Better Birth Stories enough!

We did a 1-2-1 hypnobirthing course with Melanie in 2019 and it gave me the confidence to advocate for the kind of birth I wanted and helped my partner understand the process. Melanie brought a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm to the course and when my birth didn’t go quite as I hoped, the hypnobirthing techniques still were of massive use and kept me calm and positive.More recently I used the online course materials for my second birth and Melanie also kindly accommodated a very last minute session which made me feel more at ease about the prospect of going into labour again.2 births and feeling very empowered. I attribute this to Melanie - cannot recommend her enough!

I cannot recommend Melanie enough if you are either facing the many emotional challenges that come with fertility treatments or are soon to give birth and would like a better birth story. I have had the pleasure of having Melanie's support for both. Melanie is hugely knowledgeable and is also really supportive and kind. She always goes above & beyond what anyone would expect and not only helped me to overcome many of the fears I associated with infertility but also helped massively in making sure that I had a good and natural birth when the time came.

Very enjoyable and informative, highly recommend it to anyone feeling anxious about birth/pregnancy. Melanie the host is really good at what she does, very engaging and fills the room with positive energy, plus she provides a lot of resources and a full goody-bag to takeaway. This full-day session provides loads of tips and info to make the journey easier to cope with. I also found that doing a full-day was much more convenient for me than doing weekly sessions for several weeks which other practitioners provide.

My husband and I would highly recommend Melanie's course as part of your preparations leading up to birth. We did the one day, in person class in Wandsworth and left feeling educated and empowered. Not only will you learn great practical skills to help you throughout the birthing process, you will also learn what's happening in your mind, body and environment so you have confidence and feel in control of the process, no matter which way it turns. Birth rarely goes according to plan (and the birth of our baby boy certainly did not!) but we were confident in making decisions throughout the process and I leveraged all of the meditation and breathing techniques to do everything from riding in the car to the hospital, avoiding my fear of needles and blood, and ultimately powering through a very long labour. Thank you Melanie!

My wife and I attended Melanie’s in-person Hypnobirthing course in September 2021. We loved the course, completed it again online, practiced the breathing exercises and enjoyed her calming voice as we fell asleep in the run up to the birth. We used a lot of the tools she provided us with during labour and thanks to her course felt confident and informed in the decisions we made when the birth didn’t go entirely to plan. It really helped me to play an active role and not feel like a spare part. We have recommended it to every pregnant person we know and will continue to do so.

We had amazing 1-2-1 online hypnobirthing with Melanie to prep for the birth of our first child - her knowledge, positivity, encouragement and support made such a difference!We can’t thank Melanie enough!

I would highly recommend Melanie’s Hypnobirthing course was as part of birth preparation and labour. It helped me feel in control, calm and much more prepared for any eventuality. Her delivery of the sessions was so informative , but she manages to keep it light and humorous. It really helped me feel at ease in the rather daunting months before the birth. During my labour I practised all the techniques I had learnt. It definitely kept me more calm and focused. I am so grateful to Melanie.