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I found Sonja really thanks to divine intervention. After having my daughter and feeling completely lost and out of control during the entire labor and delivery process, I knew I had to do things differently the second time around.
Meeting Sonja was just what I needed and feel was destined for.
Her sincerity, warmth, and kindness made me feel so welcome every time I would show up. During the 5 week course, I learned so much valuable information and she gave me the confidence to know that the whole birthing process is not something to fear, but rather something to embrace and to trust as women that our bodies were made for this.
When it came time to have my son, I labored at home for 16 hours and used all the wonderful tecniques and exercises I had learned through Sonja and felt in control and trusting that I can do this. Having my son was a completely different experience than my daughter and I can honestly say if I had never contacted Sonja I would not feel this way today.
Thank you Sonja! Your course was invaluable and you are a wonderful person!
We're so glad we chose to take hypnobirthing classes with Sonja.
My husband and I were desperately looking for a hypnobirthing class that could accept us at short notice. I tried reaching out to several other practitioners, and chose Sonja because she replied so promptly and professionally, and fitted us into the next available course.
Each of the five sessions was invaluable, and (surprise!) enjoyable!
As well as explaining the course content in a way my husband and I could easily understand, Sonja always took the time to listen to everyone's questions and answer them in detail.
Sonja's classes are judgement-free, plain-speaking and friendly. Our classes were conducted in a small group of six, which I really appreciated. Classes weren't intimidating, and questions were welcome.
Also included with the course was the Hypnobirthing book, plus a helpful folder with highlights, scripts, extra info etc. Both are invaluable resources that I'll continue to use up until labor.
Now that I've finished the 5 sessions with Sonja, I feel confident that I'm giving myself and my baby the best chance for a natural birthing process. I'm looking forward to labor!
Thank you, Sonja!
Sonja is absolutely fantastic. I knew I wanted to do a natural birth but wasn't sure the best way to decide between the many options out there. Two close friends recommended hypnobirthing, as they both had wonderful natural birthing experiences using this practice. I began to do more research and quickly realized this was a perfect fit for my husband and I. Step one after deciding on hypnobirthing was locating an instructor (both of my friends who recommended hypnobirthing live far away, so their instructors were not an option). I read through the profiles of the instructors in Orange County and wasn't sold on any of them- until I found Sonja's page, "Hypnobirthing With Love." Her warmth and sincerity jumped off the screen, even as I reviewed her bio. I called a few days later to check her upcoming class schedule and instantly knew I had my girl. Sonja is highly intelligent, sweet, nurturing, loving and patient. She even helped us learn about our many birthing options, and we ultimately changed our birthing plan based on some additional things we learned.
As my husband and I went through the course week by week with the other couples in the class, we all marveled at how much we learned. I would sincerely recommend anyone looking to do a natural birth check out hypnobirthing, and if you are local, work with Sonja! She's the best.
Using the breathing and relaxation techniques we were taught, I was able to get through twelve hours of contractions with absolutely no pain at all. All I could feel was pressure.
The final part, where I was pushing Mia out, stung a little bit but that was all, and I didn’t need any pain relief – not even gas and air.
What’s more, my sister saw me soon afterwards and said I looked as if I’d just come back from a health farm, not just given birth!
Several of my friends have had babies recently, and many of them told me it was a traumatic and stressful experience.
They said they felt powerless to ease the pain their partner was going through, and didn’t know what they were supposed to do.
Thanks to the techniques that Jenny taught us, I was able to help Catherine right the way through, and we both thoroughly enjoyed the birth– it was fantastic!
Midwives were well impressed at how calm and serene I looked.
I found that sleep breathing was excellent. It really did make the discomfort go away and is empowering as you know what your body is doing so you work with, instead of against it.
Steve was a fantastic birthing partner, calming me and talking me through my breathing – I wouldn’t have been able to do it without him. I played the CD constantly as well, and kept saying the affirmations in my head to make me focus on the job-in-hand.
As for the J breath, I loved it – it made the actual delivery easy-peasy.
I can’t rave about it enough. Plus one push and the placenta was out – who needs drugs?
Believe in the power that is HypnoBirthing and you too will be talked about at midwife meetings.
Our community midwives actually said it was one of the easiest first time-mother births that they had seen in 20 years – now that is some recommendation!!
HypnoBirthing has given me one of the most wonderful experiences of my life.
Early in my pregnancy, I was convinced that I needed an epidural since all expectant mothers around me were doing that. I heard about HypnoBirthing and loved the idea of following a technique to lose fear and allow a natural painless birth, which is what the miraculous female body is destined to do naturally.
My husband and I took the course and were convinced how beautiful and peaceful the natural birth can be.
Since I was having a breech baby, our doula recommended a chiropractor to perform the Webster Technique to help me turn our baby. In addition, I practiced a relaxation CD for turning our baby in my daily practice.
Even though our baby did not turn at the end, our doula introduced us to a midwife that empowered us to switch to a doctor skilled at natural vaginal breech births since my doctor wanted to schedule me for a C-section. Our meeting with our doula and the midwife happened the night before my membranes released.
Because we followed our instinct and based on our knowledge gained from the HypnoBirthing classes, we felt confident to switch our doctor at the very last minute and, thankfully, he accepted us! Our doula was amazing during my birth and helped me go through the surges in a totally relaxed and empowered manner thanks to the relaxation practices I had been doing for a couple of months prior to that moment.
My mother and husband were also present and they were quickly believers when they witnessed a totally relaxed birth experience in spite of the complication of having a breech birth. As it turned out, my labor went unusually fast mainly due to the fact the doctor administered Pitocin, which I had no option out of under the circumstances, but mainly that I was very relaxed through the surges.
From the time they administered Pitocin to the time I gave birth, it had only been less than 3 hours, which even the doctor and attending nurses were surprised to see for a first birth. I remember feeling our baby wanting to come into the world and after that surge, one foot came out. Shortly after that, the other came out.
At that time, the doctor and nurses arrived and realized that I was fully dilated and it was time for our baby to be born. After two slight pushes to get the head out, Lili was born!
Our experience is special and one that I will never forget in my life. HypnoBirthing and our doula were very instrumental in helping and supporting me to believe it could be this way in spite of a breech presentation. The experience helped me realize and believe that you should trust yourself and your body and allow it to do what it is naturally meant to do.
The labour was about 11 hours, but I was so relaxed that the midwives didn’t really believe I was in full blown labour until we had about 5 hours left to go! They were amazed when they checked me out and I was 5 cm dilated.
In fact, they said I should just keep on relaxing and sent Ben and I to the pub next to the hospital for an hour!
I had no pain relief at all, although I did jump into the pool, more because it seemed a shame not to when it was there for use!
The slow breathing was what got me through it – it’s a godsend.
Ben did a rainbow relaxation when the surges were becoming very intense, which helped – and the arm stroking was a real rock, as was the background CD music.