Positive Birth Scotland

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Positive Birth Scotland offers expert tips, up to date research and inspirations so you can have a positive birth, regardless of where or how you choose to give birth. Please like and share this page if you want or have had a positive birth.

Positive Birth Scotland is founded by Gemma Nealon, midwife, therapist & mother. When she became pregnant she knew that to have the birth she wanted she needed to keep her mind calm and her outlook positive. After searching many things, the only thing that really hit the nail on the head was Natal Hypnotherapy! After a truly amazing and fulfilling labour and birth she knew she had to share it!

As a midwife, she is privileged to see the empowering and life changing effect that a positive birth experience can have. However sadly has seen women and their partners postnatally, disappointed and sometimes traumatized by their birth experience. She passionately wants to do something to help change this. She believes that if every women in the UK practiced Natal Hypnotherapy, birth as we know it would change for the better!

Positive Birth Scotland supports women to have a positive birth experience regardless of where or how they choose to give birth. With a background as a massage therapist & NLP practitioner, and over 17 years experience of meditation, her philosophy is summed up by a quote from Henri Moore, ‘Whether you think you can, whether you think you can’t, you’re probably right’!

Natal Hypnotherapy™ is the UK's award winning and most established approach to hypnosis for birth, which was developed by clinical hypnotherapist and mother of 5, Maggie Howell. Natal Hypnotherapy differs from other hypnosis for childbirth methods as it was developed exclusively in the UK, alongside the UK maternity system. It does not suggest that you should change commonly used words such as contraction or pain making it easy for all health care practitioners looking after Natal Hypnotherapy Mums. It is an easy to learn technique that focuses on staying calm and relaxed regardless of outcome. The in depth training for the Natal Hypnotherapy workshops are accredited by the Royal College of Midwives and the workshops are run in several NHS trusts.

Research show that women who use hypnosis in childbirth have shorter labours, use less pain relief, have lower rates of assisted & caesarian section, report higher levels of satisfaction & babies have higher apgar scores. Positive birth does not however promise you an easy peasy pain free birth, and advocates medical intervention when needed. Positive Birth Scotland's objective is to help teach you how to stay healthy and low-risk, and teach hypnosis & relaxation skills to overcome negative belief systems and programming around labour & birth.