✨Trying to relax/hypnobirth/meditate✨

Do you sit down and find you can't stop the internal stream of thoughts to even take a deep breath?

Or maybe you don't even bother to try because you know it won't work?

That's ok!

Forcing things and judging yourself isn't going to make it a pleasant experience even if you did try!

So maybe if you'd like to take time to connect and slow down/switch off, try this:

✨ Write a list

✨ Don't do anything on the list

✨ Look at the list

✨ Take a deep breath

And another one 😤💨🫁💚

Great you can stop here if you want and go about your day. You have just paused and slowed down.

If you feel like you want to keep going

Continue on my blog (link in stories/ bio)

hypnobirthingsarah forsterJanuary 24, 2023hypnobirthing, pregnancy, anxietyComment

Is your partner not really getting hypnobirthing, physiological birth or even home birth is important?

Why your partner might not be on the same wavelength as you when it comes to birth planning.

🧡How is a 1:1 hypnobirthing course different than a free online course? 🧡

hypnobirthing, small care packagesarah forsterJune 24, 2022hypnobirthing, newcastle-upon-tyne, northumberland, north east, midwifery, the indie midwife

Grounding techniques for Hypnobirthing

hypnobirthing, life of an independent midwifesarah forsterMay 23, 2022hypnobirthing, newcastle-upon-tyne, middlesborough, midwifery

Positive Language is Powerful

Like all things, as in life, so in birth. The best way to prep for the positive birth you want and the experience you want is to practice. If you want to trust your intuition and instincts then practice this every day.

✨Trauma & Birth ✨

hypnobirthing, life of an independent midwifesarah forsterFebruary 18, 2022reflect and resolve, hypnobirthing, birth debrief

First Time Mum Home Birth Story

I have just been at a beautiful birth at home where these hormones of labour were working perfectly together to facilitate physiological labour of her first baby.

She chose to birth at home because she wanted to feel safe and somewhere familiar when she was birthing. She didn’t want to be unnecessarily observed. She just wanted her husband and me, her midwife who she has seen for every appointment since she was 7 weeks pregnant. Just people who would help her to feel safe and able to relax while birthing her baby.

birth storysarah forsterJanuary 22, 2020birth story, birth, hypnobirthing, homebirth, home birthComment

Creating a Birth Plan

What is a birth plan? Why should I be writing one? What is the ‘golden hour’? Are you not getting enough time in your NHS midwife appointments to discuss everything that you want to?

Add on, small care packagesarah forsterMay 22, 2019The Indie Midwifebirth plan, birth, positive birth, hypnobirthing, add onComment

"A doula and a willow tree, let's see how that goes"

I also want to point out that I have never met anyone who wanted a 'doula and a willow tree's kind of birth, pick that simply because they wanted something pretty to look at. Homebirths with an independent midwife are discussed at length, the pros and cons of the risks associated with being a distance from home, and with going into hospital are both discussed at length so that fully informed choice can be made, BY THAT WOMAN.

sarah forsterMay 8, 2019birth plan, hypnobirthing, meghan markle, choice, informed choice

Sarah Forster, Independent Midwife, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

— The indie midwife —