My Story

Hello, I'm Holly, mum to two gorgeous boys and lover of all things fertility, birth and baby. I am a qualified hypnobirthing instructor with The Calm Birth School and my background is in public health, most recently mental health. 

When pregnant for the first time I took a hypnobirthing course after hearing positive things about it. Reading the course book it all just felt logical to me and I loved it. It helped me have faith in my body that had struggled to get pregnant, and helped me to feel prepared and excited for birth. What followed wasn't a straightforward birth (an unplanned caesarean section), but I have no doubt that everything I had learnt and practiced helped me to feel prepared, positive, calm and in control throughout. Without hypnobirthing I think I would have had a very different experience. 

After giving birth to my second son (in a more straightforward vaginal birth) I decided to start my hypnobirthing instructor training. I feel really strongly about creating a place where people can learn about birth in a calm and positive way. I want people to finish the course feeling prepared and excited for whatever the birth of their baby looks like. 

The courses I run aren't about guaranteeing a perfect or pain free birth as amazing as that would be. What they ARE about though is ensuring you are informed, confident, calm and ready for birth so that your experience is a positive one you can look back on happily. 

I would love to be a part of your birth journey, get in touch to find out more. 

Hollyx