Testimonials

Testimonials

I am delighted to say that I and my husband had a thoroughly positive experience doing the hypnobirthing course with Brenda. She is a fountain of knowledge on all things baby birthing related and gave us such good practical tips that we were able to call upon when needed. We ended up being 10 days overdue which I felt really relaxed about as Brenda’s mantra of ‘Baby knows best’ reverberated in my mind and I just saw it as a positive rather than getting stressed about it. We had hoped to use the birthing pool up in the Coombe hospital but unfortunately, there was a little oversight on my behalf and I couldn’t use it. I listened to Brenda’s guided visualizations while I was experiencing the contractions. I also used an exercise ball to lean on while I was on all fours doing my pelvic circles. The midwife was very accommodating and really allowed us the freedom to do what we had practiced and so there was minimum interference from her. We arrived in the hospital just after 1am and we had our baby girl four and a half hours later. This was our first baby so we were surprised at how fast it all happened. It was a scary experience at times and I did feel the pain that I wasn’t perhaps expecting fully, however, I realise myself that the deepeners that Brenda had taught us weren’t fully utilised by us as we hadn’t practiced them enough. Teaching yourself to switch off your thinking brain takes practice and if I were to do it all again, I would focus my attention on that. Overall though for a first-time experience, it was very positive. Brenda empowered us to believe we could have our baby naturally without any intervention and in a calm environment and that is what we did.. Our little girl came into the world very calmly and as a result, is a chilled little baby. Brenda gave us invaluable advice and for any first time Mums out there or Mums and Dads who haven’t had a very positive experience in the past, do yourself a favour and sign up for Brenda’s hypnobirthing course. Thank you so much Brenda, we are so grateful for all you taught us.

Kate Fullam

HI Brenda, I just wanted to write to say a big huge Thank You for all that you did throughout our pregnancy and beyond!! We found the course so insightful and it inspired us to have the confidence to have the pregnancy and birth we dreamed of- a natural one. Little Donnchadh was very comfy inside and so at term +17 we had to be induced. This made very little difference on our birth plan overall as everything else we were confident to let happen..it was beautiful and nautral. Brenda was constant support throughout and gave great medical advice as well as reflexology and homeopathic advice, espicially in the overdue days and it helped us a lot when dealing with the hospital as they respected our decisions and knew they were well thought out and always had the baby’s welfare first. I would highly recommend this course and especially the birth breathing which helped so much in the end. We’re looking forward to doing it all again..hopefully in the not to distant future.

Eilís NÍ Bhróithe

I had a horrendous experience during the birth of my first child and haemorrhaged afterwards. When I became pregnant with my second child I was determined to have a different experience.

I contacted Brenda as a healthy sceptic in relation to hypnobirthing and it was the best phonecall I ever made. The classes were fantastic, allowing me to take time out from the hectic business of life and concentrate on my unborn baby for a few hours each week. Brenda could not have been more kind, reassuring and positive about the whole birthing experience and in July I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl who weighed almost 11 pounds completely naturally without any medical intervention or pain relief, something I would have thought impossible prior to seeing Brenda. She has such a belief in the whole process and this really comes through, as she sends text messages, emails, meets up for coffee and a chat etc. and goes way above and beyond what you would expect from a service provider. She becomes your friend. Not only was the second birth a fantastic experience, but I have a beautiful, calm, contented and serene little girl to boot. If you want to take control of your own body and experience the true wonders of birth, please see Brenda ASAP!

Heather Merrigan

We can't recommend Brenda's hypnobirthing classes enough. Brenda is an incredibly knowledgeable teacher who is open minded and eager to explore any areas of concern you might have before the birth of your baby. We completed the classes before baby no.2's arrival as we had just moved back home to Ireland from the UK. We had our first daughter in a wonderful midwife led birthing center in the UK and were anxious about the more medicalised environment of a hospital birth for our impending arrival. This was our main motivation for seeking out a hypnobirthing class but it ended up being a totally transformative experience; it was empowering and liberating. Our second baby was born calmly at Portlaoise Maternity hospital with nothing but hypnobirthing techniques used to bring him into the world. We can't thank Brenda enough for enabling this. The classes themselves , the materials provided and the ongoing support and advice given are of the highest quality. We highly recommend.

Sarah & Michael - Laois

I am delighted to say that myself and my husband had a thoroughly positive experience doing the hypnobirthing course with Brenda. She is a fountain of knowledge on all things baby birthing related and gave us such good practical tips that we were able to call upon when needed. We ended up being 10 days over due which I felt really relaxed about as Brenda's mantra of 'Baby knows best' reverberated in my mind and I just saw it as a positive rather than getting stressed about it. We had hoped to use the birthing pool up in the Coombe hospital but unfortunately there was a little oversight on my behalf and I couldn't use it. I listened to Brenda's guided visualizations while I was experiencing the contractions. I also used an exercise ball to lean on while I was onAll fours doing my pelvic circles. The midwife was very accommodating and really allowed us the freedom to do what we had practiced and so there was minimum interference from her. We arrived in the hospital just after 1 am and we had our baby girl four and a half hours later. This was our first baby so we were surprised at how fast it all happened. It was a scary experience at times and I did feel pain that I wasnt perhaps expecting fully, however I realise myself that the deepeners that Brenda had taught us werent fully utilised by us as we hadn't practiced them enough. Teaching yourself to switch off your thinking brain takes practice and if I were to do it all again, I would focus my attention on that. Overall though for a first time experience, it was very positive. Brenda empowered us to believe we could have our baby naturally without any intervention and in a calm environment and that is what we did.. Our little girl came into the world very calmly and as a result is a chilled little baby. Brenda gave us invaluable advice and for any first time Mums out there or Mums and Dads who haven't had a very positive experience in the past, do yourself a favour and sign up for Brenda's hypnobirthing course. Thank you so much Brenda, we are so grateful for all you taught us. 

Kate & Colm - Kildare

Our beautiful baby Maeve was born at 2.47am on Friday morning after our refresher Hypnobirthing class with you on the Wednesday. 
I must say we left you feeling very motivated and empowered and I hoped it wouldn’t be too long before baby arrived! 
On Thursday I had an appointment with GP and all was well and at lunch time felt a mild cramp. After going to the toilet I thought maybe there was some mucous but wasn’t really sure. I had some more mild cramps throughout the day then. Having gone 10 days over with James I was sure these cramps meant nothing, I was 39 +2 at this stage. I decided to have a relaxing bath at 10pm, I was feeling good and had just had around maybe 5 mild cramps that day. 
I spoke to my sister who is a midwife after this and told her the situation! I knew she was off the next day to look after James for us should baby be on the way so wanted to give her the heads up! At 11.30 I had two more cramps closer together and decided it might be a good idea to start timing using the app I had downloaded. As my sister was an hour away I contacted her again to let her know but told her I wasn’t sure and didn’t want her to come all the way down to Kilkenny for a false alarm, after the next cramp I decided it might be better if she did come down just in case! The surges came then every 10 mins or so and didn’t last too long, 30-40 seconds or so. I decided to make the Labour aid drink then and check over my bags before going to relax in the living room. When my sister arrived at 1am I told her she should go to bed and relax as we would let her know when/if we were going to the hospital! The surges were sporadic and not all last night very long. I remember one came as I was sitting on the birthing ball at around 2am and it was quite intense and found it hard to breathe through. I decided then to lie down on my side on the couch to try rest a bit. At around 2.20 I got up to use the toilet as I had the urge to wee. I felt quite a bit of pressure after this and decided then it may be a good idea to leave for the hospital as it was getting harder to move/walk and was thinking about getting in and out of the car! When I came in to tell Noel we should go I got another intense surge and knelt down if front of the couch, as this eased off I felt my waters go and told Noel I needed to get my clothes changed! He went upstairs and told my sister the waters had gone and they came down then with a change of clothes. I knew at this stage I couldn’t get up or get dressed and my sister knew by me aswell! 
My sister Celine was amazing and went into professional mode and told Noel to call an ambulance, get towels and turn on the heating, I couldn’t believe I was so close delivering the baby and with two more surges baby arrived and was passed up to me by Celine. We were all so shocked we didn’t check whether baby was a girl or boy for a few minutes I just held baby close to me and we all hugged and cried for a few moments before the ambulance arrived! 
Once ambulance was warm enough they took us to St Lukes where placenta was delivered and Maeve was checked over. We spent that day and night in hospital and we’re home early on a Saturday! 
A huge thank you for all your advice and guidance, between our first set of classes and refresher it all helped me so much!

Bernadette & Noel Buckley

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