You can join our antenatal Hypnobirthing courses any time after your 12 week scan, right up to 37 or 38 weeks! Most women choose to join a Hypnobirthing course in the second trimester of their pregnancy, when they have the most energy.

Starting Hypnobirthing earlier in your pregnancy (ideally around 20 -25 weeks) allows you more time to practice the techniques ahead of the big day, as well as benefitting from the relaxation tools to fully enjoy your pregnancy without feeling anxious about birth.

On the other hand, many women decide to join our Hypnobirthing Courses when they are 30-36 weeks pregnant, to coincide with discussing their birth plan with their midwife, which also works very well. The choice is yours!

Hypnobirthing is a complete antenatal education course, designed to fully prepare you for birth.

By understanding the science of exactly what your body is designed to do during birth, Hypnobirthing will teach you practical tools and techniques to help you work with your body, rather than against it.

Hypnobirthing is scientific and evidence-based (nothing woo-woo here!) and in recent years more and more women are choosing to prepare for birth using Hypnobirthing techniques.

We strongly recommend birth partners do the course with you so that you are both on the same page and able to prepare together. Your birth partner should be someone who you trust to fully support you on the big day. This could be your actual partner, or it could be your mum, a close friend, a sister, or whoever you trust most with this important job! 

Often women are concerned about their partners being sceptical. But I promise, once they have understood what Hypnobirthing is, how scientific, logical and practical it all is, they will be completely on board!

They will be your biggest source of support, and will have such an important role in the birth room. Being able to learn and practice the techniques together during your pregnancy will ensure you are both fully prepared for the big day. 

Absolutely not.

Hypnobirthing isn't about achieving one particular kind of birth. The breathing, relaxation, comfort and decision-making tools you learn can be useful whether your birth involves a pool, induction, epidural, assisted birth or caesarean.

Our focus is helping you feel informed, involved and supported whatever happens.

Indianna is based in Stanford-le-Hope and primarily works eastwards across South Essex. 

Her core private-course area includes Basildon, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham, Pitsea, Wickford, Billericay, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Rayleigh, Rochford, Leigh-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea.

She can also travel towards South Woodham Ferrers and southern Chelmsford, subject to availability.

If you're nearby but don't see your town listed, just get in touch at [email protected] 

Yes! Your course won't tell you which setting you should choose. Instead, you'll learn more about how the birth environment can affect labour, think about what matters to you and feel more confident asking your own maternity team questions about your individual choices.

And whichever setting you ultimately use, you'll have practical techniques for breathing, relaxation, movement and comfort that you can take with you.

Absolutely! Basildon Hospital currently has both midwife-led and obstetric birth care, but your Rise & Glow course isn't designed around achieving one particular type of birth.  

You'll learn breathing, relaxation, movement, comfort and decision-making tools that can be adapted to different birth environments and circumstances.

That's perfect! Southend currently provides both midwife-led and obstetric maternity care, and Indianna supports families across many of the areas served by the hospital, including Benfleet, Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend itself.  

Everything you learn on the course can be adapted to your individual birth setting and circumstances.

Yes. Indianna currently offers private 1:1 Hypnobirthing in Basildon, Stanford-le-Hope, Southend and surrounding South Essex areas. 

She travels to you, so your four two-hour sessions can take place in the comfort of your own home.

Yes, hypnobirthing is certainly something that you'll find invaluable as you explore homebirth.

Many of the practical techniques you'll learn – including breathing, relaxation, movement, massage and creating a supportive environment – can be used at home just as they can in hospital.

Indianna can also share her own perspective of preparing for a home birth, while decisions about the safest and most appropriate place for your baby to be born should be discussed with your own maternity team.