Pregnancy comes with enough questions. Finding support shouldn’t be another one
For the “is this normal?”, “but what if...?” and “how am I supposed to know?!” parts of pregnancy + birth.
I’m Holly, a Mental Health Therapist + Birth Educator helping you make sense of what’s happening, understand your options and prepare for birth without getting completely overwhelmed by all the information along the way.
Birth prep in person in the North East + globally onlineYou’ve done alllll the Googling. So why don’t you feel any more prepared?
You’ve read the articles. Saved the Instagram posts. Listened to the podcasts. Heard your friend’s birth story, your sister’s birth story and that one story from someone you barely know that you really wish you could un-hear.
You know more about birth than you did three months ago. But somehow, your brain has just found more things to worry about.
What if I don’t know when I’m actually in labour? What if I panic? What if I can’t cope with the pain? What if they recommend something I’m not sure about? What if my birth plan goes completely out the window?
And every answer seems to lead to ANOTHER question.
You don’t need another 2am Google spiral. You need a clear way forward.
And maybe a little more room in your head to actually enjoy being pregnant while you're at it.
Knowing everything about birth isn't the same as feeling READY for it
You can know what oxytocin does, learn the breathing techniques, write the birth plan, pack the bag and understand every stage of labour.
But when things feel uncertain or intense, knowing all the theory in the world doesn't necessarily stop your brain from going somewhere unhelpful.
You're not preparing for an exam on birth. You're preparing to actually experience it.
And that means preparing for the moments you can't predict, too.
Birth prep for your brain AND your birth
Around here, we prepare for more than one version of birth.
Of course we'll talk about labour, what happens to your body and the choices you might be asked to make. But I also want you to be able to walk out of an appointment understanding what was actually said, rather than spending the journey home wondering whether you should have asked more questions.
I want you to know how to slow down those “but what if...?” thoughts before they've taken over your entire afternoon. To feel comfortable asking for more information or saying “hang on, I need a minute” when a decision comes up. And to have something to reach for when birth gets intense, rather than hoping you'll somehow remember everything you read about staying calm.
That's where my two worlds come together. I bring everything I know about birth and more than a decade of working with how our brains respond to worry, overwhelm and uncertainty.
Whatever direction your birth takes, I don't want you to feel like you've been left behind by it.
Okay, so how do you want to prep?
Some people want a room, a group and someone they can ask questions as they go.
Others would quite like to learn from the sofa with their bra off.
Luckily, there’s room for both around here!
Antenatal Hypnobirthing Sessions
Want to prep together?
Want to go into birth understanding what might happen, what your options are and how you and your birth partner can handle things when they get intense?
We'll make sense of labour, practice tools you can actually use and work through the decisions you might face, so you can feel more prepared to speak up, ask questions and take things as they come.
Private sessions are available across the North East + online, with group courses in Tynemouth.
The Confident Birth Club
Want the group chat in your pocket?
For the women who want to spend less time worrying about birth and more time feeling like they can handle it.
Work through step-by-step birth prep at your own pace, with practical tools for when your brain gets loud, a resource hub full of useful extras and the knowledge to understand your options when decisions come up.
And for those “Holly, quick question...” moments? You can add the monthly membership, send me your questions anonymously each week and get my answers by voice note.
Because sometimes you don't need another Google result. You need to ask someone who knows.
Hi, I'm Holly. I know birth and I also know what an overthinking brain can do with it
I’m a Mental Health Therapist, Birth Educator and mum of two, which means the way I talk about birth is probably a little different to what you’ll find in your average antenatal class.
For more than a decade, I’ve professionally supported people through anxiety, overwhelm, uncertainty and some of life’s biggest moments. Then I got pregnant and got to experience, very personally, how quickly an otherwise rational brain can find seventeen new things to worry about before breakfast.
Getting pregnant taught me something I now bring into every course I teach: knowing what to do and feeling able to do it are two very different things.
That’s shaped everything about the way I teach now.
There’s no “perfect birth” I’m trying to steer you towards. I want you to come out the other side feeling like you understood what was happening, had a voice in the room and were part of the decisions being made about you and your baby.
Not ready to join? Stay in the group chat…
The Sunday Birth Note
A little note from me to you, every Sunday, with one practical birth prep step, mindset tool or reassuring bit of perspective to take into the week ahead.
No information overload. No massive to-do list. Just something genuinely useful to help you feel a little more prepared than you did last Sunday.
The group chat continues on instagram
Come for the birth prep. Stay for the “wait, why did nobody tell me that?” conversations
