I once dreamt I was stood at the London Marathon start line...and I was horrified! I'd done zero training. No prep, no plan, nothing, just me and 26.2 miles ahead. Safe to say, I wasn’t expecting a good time... or a good experience... or even to finish in one piece! Would I expect to complete a marathon without preparing my mind and body? Nope. So why do we expect to have a good birth experience without doing some sort of prep? Hypnobirthing is Sports Psychology for Birth! I

Will I love my baby? This was a question I asked myself throughout my second pregnancy following the birth of my my first daughter.

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