The Hypnobirthing Midwife

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  Elisabetta Cassano

  27-04-2023
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  Jess Meyer

  I can't recommend Nissa’s support enough!! Friends have spoken about their 'meh' experience of hypnobirthing but Nissa's course was the opposite, her sessions are filled with practical guidance and so many thoughtful extras - it was really fun and helped set me and my partner up as a team before the birth. We met a lovely group of parents who have been a big source of friendship in the first few months/early hours of the morning! Thank you, Nissa :)

  27-04-2023
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  Natalie White

  We absolutely loved Nissa’s course, and felt more informed and empowered for labour and beyond. Thank you Nissa!

  27-02-2023
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  Rob Gooch

  Nissa is so calm and helpful, willing to answer any question and allay any fears. Thank you for introducing us to hypnobirthing and we can’t wait to take the principles you taught us into birth. Neha & Rob

  27-01-2023
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  Aroa Fernández Álvarez

  We attended Nissa’s 2 day in-person hypnobirthing course in May and liked it so much that we asked Nissa to be our doula and support us during the birth of our little one. Nissa’s hypnobirthing course was absolutely fantastic. Nissa is a natural facilitator, and she has a gift for making everybody feel comfortable and relaxed. In the first 10 minutes of the course we already felt really at home with her and with the rest of the group, and like we were in a safe space to ask any question and share any worries about our birth experience. The content that she delivered over the 2 days of the course was extremely well thought through, and she gave us lots of supporting materials that we were able to take home to continue practicing and getting familiar with hypnobirthing. The course was a really good mix of theory and hand on practice, and we felt like we came out of it with tons of valuable information, resources and techniques to prepare for the birth experience that we had always hoped for. There are 2 things that we particularly love about Nissa, and that made us want her to be our doula. One is that she’s extraordinarily empathetic. She listens patiently and really understands and connects with how you’re feeling in these vulnerable times, and doesn’t try to push any agenda but helps you decide what’s best for you and your family, making spaces for feelings. The other one is that she always supports her answers with science and research, something that was really important to us as we tried to make lots of difficult decisions! To us, it really felt like the perfect combination of skills and knowledge that we wanted to have by our side. Our experience with her as a doula was absolutely fabulous, and if we end up having a second baby in London we would for sure want her to be by our side. We ended up having a birth experience that really deviated from our preferences and where we had some very emotionally difficult moments. Nissa was a rock through it all, making us feel incredibly safe and supported each step of the way. When I look back now at our birth, I can’t help but feeling incredible warmth and nostalgia, and that while very different it was still really beautiful and not traumatic at all. Nissa played an integral part in this: she helped us feel in control and protected, and was there every step of the way (including every single moment of very long 30 hours of labour!). She was also so helpful while we navigated the first weeks of parenthood. If you’re looking to learn about birth and to have a positive birth experience I cannot recommend Nissa enough. On top of everything above, she’s funny, she’s witty and you’ll have a brilliant time learning with her and preparing to welcome your little one. Thanks for everything again, Nissa!

  27-11-2022
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  Emmelina Elsden

  I wish Nissa was a midwife in my area as she is such a beautiful, caring and comforting person to be around! I cannot thank her enough for her support and guidance in our private Hypnobirthing class in the comfort of our own home. Keep spreading the love Nissa! You were great.

  27-10-2022
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  Ted & Treacle Holasz Quintrell

  We can't recommend Nissa's Hypnobirthing course enough! If you are at all on the fence we'd say book it. We found it to be the most useful thing that we read/ did / booked in pregnancy. It gave my husband a lot of confidence in our appointments and in our labour and emergency C section, to ask questions and create a safe bubble for me in a stressful situation. She gave us hands on useful things to do like breathing, massage and affirmations as well general information on what to expect and what choices we had. Our birth didn't go to plan but we ended up using almost all the tools she'd given us to cope. We really enjoyed the environment she created and our group are all still in contact and meet up. And we loved Nissa so much that we booked a postpartum appointment in week 2, which really helped us to debrief on our experience and get some practical tips for coping with (and enjoying) those new-born weeks...

  27-10-2022
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  Rebecca Ford

  We found Nissa’s Hypnobirthing course SO valuable in so many ways. Her approach and content was really expansive - focusing both on practical ways to create the enabling conditions for a positive birth and postpartum period, but also creating lots of space to surface, discuss and work through hopes/fears/tensions/questions. We came away feeling prepared in a much deeper way that we’d anticipated, having had that time to not only learn about but to really reflect on this momentous journey to parenthood too! Nissa herself is a brilliant teacher and fantastic facilitator. She is warm, open, engaging and brings a massive depth of knowledge and experience from her Hypnobirthing practice and day to day work as an NHS midwife. We did her in-person course at Pause studio and initially we were a bit daunted about whether starting with two consecutive days in one weekend would be totally knackering, but actually it was great and we way preferred this format to some other antenatal classes we did (which had a huge group, mostly meeting on weekday evenings when everyone’s knackered, and mainly ‘broadcast’ style content). By contrast this course felt really spacious, participatory, and the format of the immersive weekend up front with follow-up zoom sessions worked really well. All of these things helped to create lovely group dynamics; as well as all the learning we met amazing people and have come away with lots of budding friendships.

  27-08-2022
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  Francesca Duncan

  We can't recommend Nissa's course enough! It has been 2 months since our baby was born and we still talk about our birth all the time as it was the most incredible experience. Nissa's hypnobirthing course helped us both felt confident in advocating for ourselves so that we could make choices which guided us through the birth that we wanted. Based on the principles of the hormones of labour the course explores the power of visualisations, massage, essential oils, a calm environment and breathing as tools to be used throughout birth. The course was accessible, informative and fun and we came away feeling prepared and excited for the big day. As a hypnobirthing teacher and a practicing midwife Nissa is so knowledgable, kind, approachable and her enthusiasm for the power of hypnobirthing is infectious.

  27-06-2022
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  Ellie Awford

  I am so grateful to Nissa! Without her course I know there were so many things I would have found stressful around giving birth. I can’t recommend this course enough to anyone nervous or feeling unprepared. I went from terrified of giving birth to finding the whole experience intense and wonderful. I was prepared for the inevitable curveballs and had the tools to cope and feel positive about the experience!

  27-06-2022