“…As a first time mother I was understandably apprehensive about having a baby but having attended the hypnobirthing course run by Sally Stainer at the RSH I felt hugely empowered and excited about the prospect of having Charlie in the comforts of our own home. Sally was a fountain of knowledge and most importantly positive inspiration and myself and my husband strongly believe that her work in encouraging the use of hypnobirthing should be actively supported by the trust and more women should be made aware of the hugely calming and relaxing benefits of hypnobirthing. Using the hypnobirthing methods I had Charlie at home with the use of a birthing pool and cannot express enough how positive the whole experience was.

For the few weeks before Charlie was born and for the birth itself we were supported by the RSH home birthing team who we can also not praise enough. Deana Frost and Tanya Ashton attended the birth along with a student midwife, Sam, all three of whom were amazing and made the birth the most wonderful, calm and empowering experience. I cannot fault the professionalism of the team and the wealth of experience held by both Deana and Tanya meant the birth felt controlled and calm at all times. All three also provided my husband with support for which he is extremely grateful. In addition, the follow-on care provided by Deana and Tanya was well as Laura McLean and another student midwife, Hannah, was wonderful and meant Charlie not only had a wonderful birth but also didn’t need to attend the hospital at all in those precious few weeks following birth.

In my opinion it is vital that RSH continue to support and provide such a wonderful home birthing service-It is a true testament to the hard work of Tanya and her team that women such as me can have such wonderfully positive birthing experiences…We are already looking forward to having baby number two using exactly the same birthing plan!

Yours Sincerely Sarah W******** and Stuart W********”