The Birth Confidence Course

Hypnobirthing classes and courses are available upon request
email: wildembersbirth@gmail.com to enquire

Birth preparation for every birth.

The Birth Confidence Course is a practical, evidence-based antenatal course designed to help you approach birth feeling informed, confident and prepared.

It combines the best of modern hypnobirthing with honest conversations, current evidence and practical skills that will support you whatever your birth looks like.

This isn't about striving for the "perfect" birth.

It's about understanding your options, learning how your body works and feeling confident to make decisions that are right for you and your baby.

Whether you're planning a homebirth, an induction, an elective caesarean, a VBAC or simply don't know what birth will bring, this course is for you.

More Than Hypnobirthing

When people hear the word hypnobirthing, they often imagine candles, whale music and positive affirmations.

That's not what you'll find here.

As part of The Birth Uprising team, I teach a modern, evidence-based hypnobirthing course that fits perfectly with my relaxed, practical and down-to-earth approach.

We'll look at the science behind birth, the role of hormones, how fear affects labour, practical comfort measures, communication with your maternity team and the skills that can help you navigate birth with confidence.

No fluff.

No pressure.

Just information, practical tools and plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

What You'll Learn

Throughout the course we'll explore:

• How your body is designed to labour and birth

• The science behind hypnobirthing and why it works

• Breathing and relaxation techniques that actually make sense

• Understanding your choices and making informed decisions

• How to communicate confidently with your maternity team

• Birth partner roles and practical ways they can support you

• Comfort measures and coping strategies for labour

• Induction, interventions and understanding your options

• Caesarean birth preparation

• The early days of parenthood and what to expect after birth

Most importantly, you'll leave feeling equipped to navigate birth with confidence, even if things don't go exactly to plan.

Every Birth. Every Family.

I believe every family deserves access to positive, evidence-based birth preparation, regardless of how many "high-risk" labels may have been added to their notes.

Over the years I've supported parents preparing for:

• First babies and subsequent births

• Homebirths and hospital births

• Elective and emergency caesarean births

• VBAC and HBAC

• Induction of labour

• Gestational diabetes

• Gestational hypertension

• Small babies and growth concerns

• Multiple pregnancies

• Pregnancy after loss

• Fertility treatment

• Birth after trauma

• Fear of birth and pregnancy anxiety

Whatever your story, you'll be welcomed without judgement.

Local Knowledge, Personalised Support

As Lead for the Salisbury Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership and through my close links with local maternity services, I have a good understanding of the options available across our area.

I've supported families choosing to give birth at Salisbury Maternity Unit, Beatrice Birth Centre, Great Western Hospital, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Royal Hampshire County Hospital Winchester, homebirth teams and many other maternity units across the South.

If you're joining from further afield, don't worry — the course is equally suitable online, and the skills you'll learn apply wherever you choose to give birth.

Course Options

The Birth Confidence Course is available as:

• A comprehensive 12-hour course

• A 3-hour refresher course for subsequent pregnancies

• Private one-to-one sessions

• Small group courses

• Online or in-person

Because every family deserves to approach birth feeling informed, supported and confident.

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Client Love

At 21 years old I delivered my first child in Germany. I was clueless to birth, completely naive and went in blind and did as I was told. I had been monitored over the last few months due to ongoing high blood pressure and on the 30th of December I was told I wasn’t leaving the hospital until my baby was born. This led to me being induced the following day. I agreed to the whole thing, went through horrendous contractions, I was bed bound, fighting every one of them and accepting all internal examinations. After 24 hours of contractions and not much progress things turned and babys heart rate dipped leading to an emergency c section where I was put to sleep and I met my son 2 hours after he was born. I was out of control, every decision was decided for me and I blamed myself for his small birth weight. This caused so much birth trauma that haunted me even 5 years later which is the reason I contacted Elle.

Unfortunately for Elle, I pretty much contacted her right after conception. I was around 4 weeks pregnant and desperate to continue the pregnancy without fearing everything that was about to come. She immediately arranged a FaceTime and went through my previous birth with me. She understood my fears, spoke about things that should and shouldn’t have happened and really made me understand how it wasn’t my fault. I then quickly signed up to the 12 hour hypnobirthing course. We did this over zoom with a few other couples and learnt about everything to do with birth. We were taught to understand contractions, how to remain calm, how to make the right choices, our options and all the juicy bits no one tells you about. She was patient with my repetitive questions and related to my personal experience. Throughout this course I gained confidence to tell my consultants no when I was uncomfortable, I declined unnecessary requests to induce me and told them to forget deadlines and due dates. I was in control of my pregnancy right up to the birth and felt so empowered. Despite my best efforts I didn’t get the VBAC I desperately wanted but because of Elle I was able to laugh through the c section I had feared all those years. It was an emergency in the end but I was in full control, it felt calm despite being a cat2 and I was fully aware of why it happened. I made the choice to go ahead with the c section due to my personal birthing journey and it was the most perfect, beautiful experience that I would do over again. I was excited when my waters broke, I breathed through 24 hours of strong contractions, I declined external examinations and confidently birthed my baby in theatre via c section. I couldn’t have done it that way without the knowledge Elle had given me. I throughly recommend hypno birthing with Elle to anyone due a baby, she’s wonderful!