Birthbalm Hypnobirthing

Would like to say a huge thank you to BirthBalm HypnoBirthing.. from teaching us hyonobirthing over four years ago with our first child.. to encapsulating my placenta with our third. You have made our journey so enjoyable and exciting. We couldn't have done it without you. We have enjoyed every step with your guidance and knowledge. And for that we thank you. I highly recommend you to everyone I speak to, may you continue to help others as much as you have helped us welcome our family into the world. � xx

We would highly recommend Louise and her hypno birthing course! We looked forward to the sessions each week and found them to be informative and supportive in preparing us for the arrival of our baby boy. The breathing techniques and environment that hypno birthing creates ensured positive thinking throughout the delivery process and even after he had been born. Unfortunately due to complications, we ended up with an emergency c-section but were still able to use the techniques and MP3's to help keep us feeling calm and relaxed. Louise is highly knowledgable, answered all our silly questions and gave us skills that helped us through pregnancy, to birth and beyond! Would definitely do it again and highly recommend to all. Thanks Louise!!

We thoroughly enjoyed our private sessions with Louise, she immediately made us feel at ease with her. She has a gorgeous room in her house set up for feeling relaxed. Thank you for all you did for us x

We attended hypnobirthing classes with Louise. They were excellent both in educating my husband and I about the birth process and also helping us both be mindful and more relaxed in the lead up to the birth. My birth didn’t go exactly to plan but I was OK with that as Louise consistently reinforced it being about ‘the right birth on the day’ we now have a beautiful baby girl and in moments of high stress have used the tracks,mindset and breathing to stay calm. Louise was supportive and very knowledgeable I highly recommend the course with Louise. It was useful to me in all aspects of pregnancy, birth and looking after our new born. Fiona and Gareth Sutton.

My wife and I attended private sessions with Louise in December and they were absolutely brilliant. Katy gave birth to our gorgeous son Theodore on 29th December and we were able to put in practice all we had been taught. Katy was calm and relaxed throughout labour (which lasted 2 hours 21 minutes, without any intervention or pain relief) and water birth, and I felt like I was really able to take part as an active birth partner. I simply can’t recommend hypnobirthing enough as it allowed us to have a calm, stress free birth, and Teddy appeared into the world relaxed and happy. Louise was a fantastic mentor and has so much experience as a trained mid-wife and doula. We felt able to ask all the questions we needed and were supported throughout the whole process. Highly highly recommended, and thank you so much for everything.

My partner and I would like to say a huge thank you to Louise for her expertise and guidance during her hypnobirthing classes.

The breathing techniques taught came in very helpful during the early stages of labour and kept me calm and in control. Unfortunately, I was unable to continue with all that I had learnt, due to unforeseen complications which resulted in a c-section. I will definitely be using these techniques again when We are expecting baby no.2.

We now have a very healthy, happy and calm baby.

I would highly recommend this course for all prospective Mums and Dads to be ���

My husband and I was amazed at how this course managed to help us through the birth of our baby son. Not only did I stay calm and relaxed throughout the whole birth my husband knew how to talk to me to help keep me calm. It didn't matter what path the labour took my husband couldn't believe nothing phased me ... I managed to keep pain to a minimum! I would highly recommend this course and will be telling everyone I know to do it and sign up ! Louise is a great coach and made the whole experience perfect !



Thank you!

My husband and I found the wise hippo course great preparation for the unexpectedly early arrival of our son Evan in February. Louise was a competent and engaging facilitator and she provided a safe and relaxing environment for learning the core skills of hypnobirthing. Although we hadn't had chance to practice the techniques as fully as we would have liked when I went into labour at 35 weeks, I was also to use the strategies to cope with 12 hours of surges and a subsequent caesarean (for reasons outside of our control). Whilst waiting for a theatre slot, our midwife commented I seemed so calm that if she didn't know better, she'd think I wasn't in labour! Thank you Louise and Dani for making what could have been a very stressful event an overwhelming positive experience :-)

My husband and I found the Wise Hippo course really useful. Whilst the birth of our daughter was everything we didn't expect we were able to deal with the unexpected due to the techniques and information we had learnt.

Louise is so lovely, very knowledgable and passionate about what she does.

I'd recommend this to anyone, even if things do not go to plan, you are prepared to be able to make sure everything is right for you on the day.

Thanks again Louise xx

My husband and I attended Louise’s classes ahead of the birth of our first child. We both felt really informed and positive about the birth and, thanks to her focus on the right birth for you and your baby on the day, even when complications arose we were still able to use the techniques and remain calm and positive. We’d definitely recommend attending her course.

Me and my husband fully recommend Louise and the Wise Hippo programme. Louise is a fantastic teacher - she is very knowledgeable and professional. We were both slightly sceptical about hypnobirthing before undertaking the course. However, the information and techniques we learnt gave me and my husband confidence to prepare for and deal with the birth of our baby. We can't thank Louise enough!

Louise was excellent and I would highly recommend the wise hippo course. I approached the end of my pregnancy feeling calm, relaxed and in control. I was able to use all of the breathing techniques to support me through the surges and was able to labour at home for as long as possible later arriving at the hospital fully dilated! We had our birth preferences but due to medical reasons they were not able to happen however the skills we learnt allowed us to stay calm and adapt. We feel we had the right birth on the day.



Thank you Louise!

Louise has been fantastic. The relaxation element of Hypnobirthing has been hugely beneficial to us. We particularly loved the focus on positivity. We did private classes during the day as we couldn’t make it to evening classes. Louise tailored the sessions to us and they were fun, informative and we found the techniques very helpful. We now have a beautiful baby girl and our birth experience was wonderful.

Thank you Louise. x

I would highly recommend the Wise Hippo Programme to any expecting mum.

Lousie was great and helped me prepare for the birth of my baby boy.

I put all the techniques and skills to practise on the day and felt in total control of the birth.



I can't thank Lousie enough !

I was recommended to contact Louise for placenta encapsulation through my Doula.. The whole process was super easy and quick..I felt amazing once I started taking them - a lot of energy, even with two kids under two! She was so helpful and friendly as well! Highly recommend :)

I cannot praise Louise or the Wise Hippo birthing programme enough for helping to facilitate my pregnancy, labour and delivery. Particularly as my plan for 'normality' was hindered by medical events in the pregnancy.



The skills learnt and taught so well by Louise were invaluable, particularly in labouring at home - as this meant there was no unnecessary trips to the hospital as I was able to maintain calmness and control in managing my surges.



I arrived at the hospital fully dilated and was able to birth my baby with ease having adopted the principles of the Wise Hippo programme.



My partner and I are both so grateful.

Completing the hypnobirthing course with Louise was the best thing we did in terms of preparing for the arrival of our little girl. Louise is warm and welcoming and so so knowledgable. She gave us the confidence to plan for the birth we truly wanted and I am certain that my positive birth experience is because of the course. I remember Louise asking us at the beginning of the course what we wanted our births to be and I said how I wanted to share a positive experience when people asked-I can now definitely say this thanks to all we learnt. Even the midwifes commented upon how impressed they were with how little they needed to be involved as I was able to just go with it!



So a huge thank you to you!

Brilliant hypnobirthing course taught in a laid back environment. Louise was a great teacher and I really believe both me and my partner benefited from the course and we were able to use all the tools learnt to make the birth of our son as calm and relaxed as possible even though it didn't go 100% the way we imagined. Would definitely recommend to anyone expecting. Thank you!

After a difficult first labour, Louise’s hypnobirthing course was incredibly useful in preparing for the birth of my second child. It helped me to be positive about the birth, and to remain calm and in control throughout even when I unexpectedly had the baby at home. Louise’s support as a doula was also invaluable - I would thoroughly recommend her!