Calm Nest Birthing - Yateley

Robert A.

We highly recommend this course with Jess to anyone preparing for birth. She has so much knowledge and after a traumatic first birth has made us feel confident that things will be different this time as we feel so much more prepared. We learnt about the importance of the role the birth partner has during the birth experience, the options available to us and the reasons behind decisions made by midwife’s and doctors. We learnt lots of really useful techniques to help us both through the process to help achieve the best positive experience. Jess asks all the right questions and gives invaluable advice, all whilst making us feel very comfortable to get the most out of the course. Thank you Jess!

Taylor W.

Jess was very professional, educational, and informative with such a kind welcoming nature.
From the moment I reached out to the end of our journey prior to my birth she has educated both me and my partner and put us at ease for the upcoming big event.
I think there is alot to be said about Hypnobirthing and feeling safe with the new found knowledge to advocate for your self and your baby to keep in line with either you first choice birthing plan, or having that understanding on how to manage/cope with change.
Thankyou Jess for all that you offer. Can’t wait to come back and inform you of my birthing story!

Felicity W.

I had initially made an uninformed, sweeping judgement that Hypnobirthing was too alternative for me. However, after an initial exploration call, I came away excited about the prospect of being able to birth my own way, which I knew from the offset was a vaginal birth, with as few interventions as possible.

Jess came to my home and did one-to-one sessions with myself and my husband. She up-skilled us in great detail about what to expect from the later stages of pregnancy and preparation, the birthing process and post-birth. She is an oracle and it was evident that she is both a passionate and a truly consummate professional at what she does. No question was off-limits for her, as she wanted us to feel equipped and informed. She is also naturally warm, empathetic and non-judgemental; she sets a precedent from the offset that however you wish to birth is yours and yours alone to decide and that she will support you in that journey, whatever it looks like. My husband was a little apprehensive about the sessions as he didn’t know what to expect, but she totally set him at ease too and he was fully immersed in the process.

I did explore other traditional, recommended pregnancy support groups in addition to hypnobirthing - namely NCT - and my own personal experience, from someone with the luxury of comparison, was that I found this to be incredibly outdated and verging on scaremongering. It just was not for me. I left a couple of sessions part-way through, as it was not the tone or dynamic that I wanted to instil for my pregnancy experience and was quite taken aback by the experience versus the cost. In retrospect, I wouldn’t have taken the NCT route in addition to my hypnobirthing course with Jess, which was far more valuable, personalised and a better return on investment.

Due to being diagnosed with gestational diabetes, I was under close management from the NHS. They were uniformally rigid in their approach, trying to decide my outcomes for me based on generalised guidelines. Empowered by my knowledge from Jess I was able to make informed choices about where their recommendations were in fact the best course of action for me and my baby and where they were not and in the latter circumstance, pushing back and simply saying ‘no’. It was easy to see that for those less informed, unawareness and the subsequent lack of confidence in pushing back on medical professionals can be weaponised in the war between NHS frameworks and maternal free choice. You can’t put a price on this; Jess’ work is the dividing line between the birth you want and are perfectly capable of having, and the birth that someone else potentially decides for you.

When I ultimately went in to labour, I was calm, excited and mentally prepared from the offset. Whilst I did end up with some interventions that weren’t on my original birth plan, these were my choice and I did it my way, making the whole birth experience ethereal and serene. It was just over 8 hours from start to finish and 10 minutes after holding my baby in my arms, I said “I’d do that again tomorrow!”. The midwives told me that they had never seen such ability to push through an epidural as I did and that I should be very proud of myself; nothing can replace that pride and happiness for me. It was more than I could have hoped for and my birth preparation and Jess had a large role in that.

This is what choosing to invest in yourself and your baby with a course from Jess will offer you. The knowledge to build the right birth plan that excites you, the self confidence to work towards that plan cutting through distraction or noise, the comfort to be flexible and agile to emerging changes throughout the process and the support from an incredible professional to maximise on the tools to follow it through; namely, yourself.

I couldn’t recommend Calm Nest Birthing more and without a shadow of a doubt encourage you to enlist Jess’ support if you are in a position to. My experience would not have been the same without her. Thank you so much, Jess!

David C.

Having completed a full hypnobirthing course when our son was born 5 years ago, we were looking for a hypnobirthing refresher session in the lead up to the arrival of our second child. Hypnobirthing techniques helped me hugely in my first labour and I know I want to be able to achieve the same mindset as last time to help me through this birth. We completed the Hypnobirthing Workshop with Jess and cannot recommend it highly enough. Jess was amazing, from our initial first phone call to tailoring the workshop to suit our priorities, she has been so supportive. She helped answer questions we had, gave us techniques to support decision making, helped us generate important questions to ask the medical staff, reminded my husband of how best to support me during the birth and revisited the breathing techniques and relaxation that were so successful in my first birth. I am now feeling empowered and positive about the arrival of our second baby and know that I can always ask Jess for further support and advice during any wobbles that may arise before he arrives! We would 100% recommend Calm Nest Birthing to anyone who is looking for a hypnobirthing course. Sarah and Dave

Sarah-Jane T.

I highly recommend Jess for your birth preparation. She is warm, welcoming and so caring for her clients. She has a calm nature and is really good at helping you to feel empowered about your birth and really ready for whatever may happen.

Amy P.

A review for anyone who is considering hypnobirthing but may feel perhaps it’s not for them… I felt that way and couldn’t have been more wrong! It’s suited to everyone and I recommend it to every pregnant person I come across!
I was naturally very anxious about giving birth, it was something I was losing a lot of sleep over and had the mindset of “I’ll leave it in the hands of the midwives/ doctors and have no plan” which subsequently made me feel totally out of control and more anxious.
Jess spent time with me and my husband to create a birth plan and educated us in such depth about what can happen and what to expect. She showed my husband ways he can support me and he really enjoyed the course.
My main takeaway from the course was that I felt so much more educated on what was going on in the labour room, and most importantly my body. I really trusted in my ability to birth my baby boy because of the time spent with Jess.
She made me feel 100 times calmer in the lead up to it, I would use her Hypno sound tracks to get myself to sleep and sometimes just to have some time to relax in the day.
The evening I went into labour I had only a split second of panic before I quickly remembered everything Jess taught me and it kept me so calm and collected the whole way throughout. The breathing techniques carried me through the contractions, and I know I wouldn’t have felt capable if I had not have done the course.

A huge Thankyou to you Jess, you played such a vital part in the story of our boy coming into the world and we are so grateful! You’re a very special person and are amazing at what you do ❤️

Steed T.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND for all parents to be.

Jess was the perfect instructor to take my wife and I through this journey for our first baby. With some apprehension prior to the first meeting, Jess instantly put us at ease with her glowing personality, friendliness and ability to convey the true nature of Hypo Birthing. It's one of the best decisions we have made as new parents to take this course, due to the way Jess guided us through it all.

Matthew &. C.

I could not recommend this course with Jess enough! It has been a complete game changer for my mindset going into birth. I have gone from feeling scared of the unknown, picturing the worst to feeling super empowered with the knowledge I now have and excited & calm about my birth! Jess is a fantastic hypnobirthing instructor, who made us feel so supported and comfortable!