Debbie and Christopher John Preston

 
Before I got pregnant I decided that I wanted to use The Journey to clear any emotional baggage that I may be carrying from my past. I didn’t want to pass any of 'my stuff' on to a new baby. After 3 sessions I felt much clearer and my husband and I started trying for a baby. I was lucky enough to fall pregnant after just 5 weeks.

I had a number of Reiki session during my pregnancy which I found incredibly peaceful and relaxing. My baby responded to the Reiki sessions and was quite active during them which was great. I also had a Reiki session a day or two before my baby was due (scheduled c-section because he was breech and stuck due to a bi-corneate uterus). This managed to focus me on what lay ahead and calmed me down I also had a Journey for myself and my baby over the phone the night before I went in for the c-section. It was amazing to not

only be able to prepare myself but also to prepare my baby for what lay ahead. I was very relaxed about the whole process and was totally fine about having a c-section because I knew it was the safest route for all concerned.

I was told by colleagues and friends that having children is a nightmare and they all wished me luck and said "thank goodness our days are over". Well, I still don't know what they meant. I have a well adjusted, relaxed, friendly baby that was welcomed into this world before he was even born. He sleeps well, eats well and is totally delightful with everyone.

I was calm from the start and so was he. I feel that a lot of his relaxed nature had to do with the preparation and time I spent calming myself during my pregnancy.

I would do the same again next time.


Kim, London

I really found the sessions with you so useful, it really opened me up to all possibilities again having become so narrow-minded and caught up in the whole desperate baby/clock ticking thing. The first thing we did in the very first session was standing on a star surrounded by a night sky full of stars - I still use this a lot and have developed all kinds of visualisations around it. I love your voice and your compassionate special way, and the work that you do. Thank you so much.


Baby Kayla Shelley Queenan

 
Baby Kayla Shelley Queenan was born on 28th July 2005 to HypnoBirthing star parents Marie and Aaron Queenan. I was privileged to be invited to share this beautiful birth with them.

HypnoBirthing gave me the birth that I wanted, a natural birth with no pain in the absence of fear. HypnoBirthing and The Journey helped me to face and overcome all fears regarding labour and motherhood. Fear is the cause of the unnecessary pain that women endure when birthing their baby. My "contractions" felt the same as the Braxton hicks that I had experienced during pregnancy. The best descriptions of my Braxton hicks were the tightening of stomach muscles. The same I used to hold my stomach in before my pregnancy. Had I not had a show, I never would have known that I was in labour, I would have thought that they were the Braxton hicks that I had experienced throughout my pregnancy.

On account of having Group B Strep, I needed to go to hospital to give birth because I needed regular doses of antibiotics at every four hours intervals. When we arrived at the labour ward, a midwife on duty very confidently informed us that we may have to go back home or wait in the waiting room because I did not appear to have any signs of "labour", meaning pain. Another told me that she had never seen a woman so relaxed during labour. I though "why wouldn't I be, I wasn't experiencing any pain and I knew that my body was designed to birth my baby." After an internal examination, the midwife discovered that I was 4 cm dilated and that I was telling the truth.

My care was given to another midwife who had just begun her shift. Her attitude changed the environment that I was in, I no longer felt safe or secure and whenever she entered my room, I would become very tense and nervous. The reason being is that the new midwife had to be told twice to please read our birth plan which she reluctantly did and after having read our plan, she ignored our requests, such as refraining from using words such as pain to describe how "intense" my contractions were. She appeared sceptical each time that I told her that I was not in pain. She informed me that she needed to do an internal examination to see how I was progressing.

I was so shocked by the brutality of her internal examination that I cried out in pain and started becoming very upset. I experienced fear because I no longer trusted or felt safe and secure within my environment. Hence I began to experience pain. She had the audacity to tell me that she had not yet begun her examination, which made me feel like I was a liar. I told her that I did not want her to conduct any further examinations and my care was given to another midwife who was much nicer and very gentle.

Although I experienced pain during the contractions when the brutal midwife was present, I am glad that I did, because I know that HypnoBirthing really does work because as a result I was able to regain my composure and my relaxation in the presence of those that I trusted. Hypnobirthing gave me the birth that I wanted and I recommend HypnoBirthing to all women.

I also recommend The Journey to anyone who wants to improve the quality of their lives physically and emotionally, especially women who are pregnant or thinking of motherhood. The Journey will ease your anxieties and enable you to relax and enjoy your life with your baby. Motherhood can be stressful at times because you want the best for your baby and have to rely on guessing what your baby needs. I am grateful that I did The Journey because it has improved my life in that I am no longer as anxious as I used to be. Now I can enjoy my time with my baby and make the most of it.

Thank You Patti, from the bottom of my heart, for the HypnoBirthing classes and your Journey work.

By Marie Queenan


Debbie and Ryan James Preston

Having had success with Reiki and The Journey during my first pregnancy I decided to use these again.

Whilst again the baby was breech and stuck in my bi-corneate uterus, I was still remarkably calm throughout the birth, due to HypnoBirthing breathing and a last minute Journey.

I was told by the mid-wife that I was having contractions that I couldn’t even feel. In fact the baby actually turned in the last

hour (a supposed medical impossibility!) and I was calm enough to watch the c-section being performed. I’m sure it was only because I was so relaxed that any of this happened.


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