ZenBirth - South East London Hypnobirthing

It was lovely to learn the hypnobirthing techniques from Gina. She is reassuring and calm and explained everything so well. My husband was amazed of how much hypnotherapy can help labour and keep us calm and focused.I will definitely recommend hypnobirthing!

Great class - helped a lot during active laborEvery night before going to bed, I listened to Gina's hypnobirthing recordings over and over during my pregnancy. During active labor, the recording was a life saver. Even the midwife was impressed how calm I was given that was a drug-free delivery from beginning to end.Would highly recommend.

Yetunde is a wonderful hypnobirthing teacher with extensive knowledge and experience. Her calm and soothing demeanor makes her a pleasure to watch and listen to - especially in guided meditations - while her practical advice and ease with which she is able to find simple solutions to the common challenges faced in pregnancy and birth is very grounding.Yetunde went above and beyond to help prepare me for the birth of my first baby. I had one-to-one sessions and joined a course and both were excellent. Yetunde tailored our private sessions to my personal needs with ease, obviously very comfortable in her expertise to go off script and let my questions influence the direction of our session. I really enjoyed the varied group activities on the course as well. It's a really special thing to do with your birthing partner because Yetunde's activities work on that unique bond. The little gifts she puts together for participants are very sweet and came in really handy when I was in labour!I can say without a doubt that her course had an impact on my birth. My labour ended up being unusually long and yet I was able to use Tunde's focus techniques to see me through all the powerful sensations in my body. When my baby was finally born, things turned out to be quite different to how I'd have preferred them to go. Remembering Yetunde's techniques helped me stay positive throughout the experience - and she was helping me stay focused by phone when our birth took another turn. It still makes me happy to recall memories of my birth and I am endlessly grateful to Yetunde for the significant part she played in that.I would recommend Zenbirth to anyone - whether you've done had a baby or even done hypnobirthing before or not. I will definitely be looking to work with Yetunde again if we are blessed with another baby. Thank you!! X

My husband and I took a hypnobirthing course with Gina the first time we were pregnant and have stayed in touch with her over the last 5 years and through two subsequent pregnancies. We found out about the course via a leaflet at our local small yoga center and knew nothing about hypnobirthing, or birth in general! We decided to do this course on top of NCT antenatal classes as I felt strongly that what I read about hypnobirthing made sense - being a strong believer in the power of the mind and the benefits of breathing and visualisation. Doing both courses amounted to quite a sizeable financial cost, but we think it was definitely worth it. The hypnoborthing course which we did over a series of evening sessions was very special. It was intimate, reassuring, relaxing and empowering. It really involved both the mother and father and went through a lot of information and practice in a gentle and positive manner. The NCT classes also covered a lot of information but were much less 'cosy' and presented a much more standard medical narrative around birth. Going to the hypnobirthing course gave both my husband and I a real sense of understanding and confidence to prepare for birth. We loved Gina's recordings and listened to them at night in the lead up to the birth. We also referred to her handout notes and images. We turned to Gina when our baby was discovered to be in a frank (extended) breech position (the wrong way round!) at week 39. The hospital consultants immediately advised a C-section, which was totally against the home water birth we had planned. Gina was very responsive and informative in our specific situation, referring us to literature and giving us suggestions of things to think about and do. We booked her for a one on one session and tried various things to get the baby to turn. When the baby refused to comply, we felt confident enough - having done a lot of research - to go for an unassisted natural (vaginal) delivery of our breach baby. To do so we had to change hospitals at the last minute which was stressful, but using our calming hypnobirthing techniques and sense of control - gained in no small part thanks to Gina's help - we made it happen. We used the hypnobirthing techniques throughout the 27 hours of labour and delviered a healthy baby. The midwives and consultants were apparently impressed by how calm I was for the most time, without any drugs or gas. We did a refresher session with Gina for our second baby, and a refresher session with her associate Param for our third baby. Even though we didn't do the third refresher with Gina - because we had moved away and Param was closer - we still referred to Gina when we had a question and we still used Gina's voice recordings to prepare for the delivery and throughout the labour. Gina was very responsive - even while on holiday! She provided very helpful and reassuring counsel. All three deliveries were achieved naturally and drug free and using the techniques Gina had taught us. We couldn't recommend her highly enough. We have sent friends to her and will continue to do so. She genuinely cares about what she is teaching and about the people she works with and she has a lot of knowledge and good guidance to share. In short, she is a lovely person and knows her stuff.

Gina helped my husband and I use hypnobirthing knowledge to help facilitate our home birth. She leads a very balanced course and equips you with education to help you make informed and confident choices. I felt very secure, safe and happy with the knowledge I attained and also happy knowing she was always available after the course to discuss or answer any questions. She gave a lot of time and insight for which we are very grateful. Hypnobirthing is definitely something all expectant Mother’s should try. There’s a whole lot more to hypnobirthing than breathing. Knowledge is power. Thank you Gina.Jay Lall

Wholeheartedly recommend to any mum (and family) to be. Gina provides all the steps you need to approach your birth with calmness and confidence. I attended the full course for the birth of our first child and a refresher for our second. Both births were completely different - one lots of intervention, the other nothing at all - and throughout both use of the course - the exercises, breath work, affirmations and all of the education and discussion led to very positive birth experiences. Gina is a wonderful teacher and very supportive and committed to supporting all the expectant families that she works with.

Yetunde was very informative in her sessions and we really enjoyed the hypnobirthing experience. Leaving the sessions with a positive mind and used the hypnobirthing tools during my pregnancy, it really worked for me and I had the birth I wished for.Thank you for helping me shape my thinking of birth into a more positive one!

Gina helped me experience calm when my storms couldn't have been any worse. I had one to one sessions with her and I was able to use the principles beyond birth. The effect on my baby was amazing! I would highly recommend her course.