THE HYPNOBIRTHING MIDWIFE

Hypnobirthing Classes in Leyton and Hackney

What The Hypnobirthing Midwife says

WHERE + WHEN
Monthly classes at Pause in Leyton + Yoga Reclaimed in Hackney with delicious vegan snacks and tea. Most women start between 28-32 weeks but you are welcome at any stage of your pregnancy

INVESTMENT
£295 which includes a space for both you and your birth partner.

COURSE
10 hours of exceptional holistic preparation for birth

SESSION 1 + 2: in person
A 2-day immersion, to solidify the hypnobirthing ethos AND forge beautiful long-lasting friendships

Hormones, physiology + mechanics of birth
Positive mindset journey + how to enjoy labour
Up breathing and down breathing
Acupressure, massage + aromatherapy
Active birth, rebozo + optimal baby positions

SESSION 3: 7-9pm by Zoom
Special circumstances, communication, choices, interventions + navigating the NHS

SESSION 4: Thursday 7-9pm by Zoom
Mums social, bring your dinner, and get to know the other Mums in the group

6 hours of profound preparation for matrescence and life after birth
SESSION 5: 7-9pm by Zoom
Making a practical plan for the first 40 days after birth including sleep, newborn care, and physical healing

We also explore the seminal life changes of matrescence.

SESSION 6: 7-9pm by Zoom
1-hour women’s health masterclass with maternity physio Niamh
1-hour pregnancy + postnatal nutrition masterclass with Jodie

SESSION 7: 7-9pm by Zoom
1-hour breastfeeding masterclass with Karen
1-hour baby first aid class with me!

GROUP EXTRAS
A good old-fashioned in-person social in the pub
Private WhatsApp for mums and one for partners too
Align Your Baby digital course
Workbook
My 17-track Hypnobirthing album
Aromatherapy for pregnancy + labour guide
Affirmation cards
Birth partner pocket-size cheat sheet
Bespoke massage oil

COMMUNITY EXTRAS
Our community WhatsApp group where I offer ongoing support until your baby arrives
A monthly meet-up with your tribe of East London Mums un

About

My journey started with my first pregnancy and birth in 2008. I was 25 and planning a completely different life and career but as my belly grew I became deeply fascinated with the miracle and magic of pregnancy and birth.

I had the blessing to see the same midwife Jane throughout my pregnancy and she happened to be on call the Saturday that I went into labour. I gave birth to my daughter in the living room of my little flat in Leyton (East London) with Jane by my side. I felt safe and held and had an incredibly quick, easy, and positive first homebirth experience.

Jane only did one ‘on call’ a month, so the stars aligned for us!

The seed of my passion for supporting women stems from my experience, having been supported by the same wonderful woman throughout my pregnancy and birth.

I want YOU to have a birth experience that is as powerful and positive as mine. I want you to feel deeply supported and enter into motherhood feeling as strong as I did.

When my daughter was one year old I started a degree in midwifery at Kings College University. I was a solo parent at this time, simultaneously working part-time as a waitress at Pizza Express. It wasn’t easy but I completed my studies with first-class honours in 2013.

Since then I have worked as an NHS midwife at both St Thomas’s Hospital where I trained and at my local Whipps Cross Hospital since last year. I’ve attended around two hundred births which I love, including homebirths, birth centre, labour ward and caesarean births, and looked after more than two thousand women within my NHS practice over the last decade.

But that was only the start….

I started teaching hypnobirthing classes in Leyton and Hackney in 2015 and my passion for yoga, meditation, and complementary therapies led me to complete an aromatherapy for pregnancy and birth diploma in 2017. Followed by yoga nidra, kundalini, and pregnancy yoga teacher training in 2018.

I was over the moon when publisher Dorling Kindersley asked me to write my first book ‘Holistic Hypnobirthing’ while pregnant with my son in 2019.

Combining all of my learning AND the rather more challenging lived experience of being pregnant with my second baby 11 years after my first (pregnancy at 36 definitely felt different from 25!) This gave my book far more empathy and the power and permission to slow down, something I wouldn’t have understood as a younger woman.

I’m so proud of my book because I know that everything I included has been lived and works. You can pick up a copy of my book here.

As a forever student, I recently completed an intensive course in Neuro Behavioural Physiological Assessment of the Newborn (NBPAN) with Middlesex University. This is in-depth and includes a thorough examination of 70 newborn babies with underpining theory.

I love what I do and I can’t wait to share all this and support you!!

Much love

Nissa x

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