Fighting the culture of fear that surrounds childbirth

Through her work the founder of Natal Hypnotherapy Maggie Howell has helped over 100,000 women around the world to have a better birth.

Prior to having the first of her 5 sons Maggie was an international sales executive and rather reluctantly attended a hypnotherapy course to help her with the birth of her first. Put simply she was blown away, blown away by the minds ability to control the body's response to pain and 3 months later she had a peaceful, manageable birth at home without so much as a paracetamol - to the surprise of her and her NHS midwife who said"Maggie appeared to be ‘sleeping' during most of her contractions, breathing slightly more deeply as they peaked. She used no pharmacological methods of pain relief and conducted her labour and delivery entirely under self-hypnosis and she appeared to experience no pain and very little discomfort."

This was a turning point in Maggie's life, inspired by her new experiences she trained to become a clinical hypnotherapist and left her job to pursue her new life goal:To teach women the techniques which help them have a positive birth.

And the result was Natal Hypnotherapy, launched in 2001 and now the UK's leading provider of hypnosis for childbirth. The philosophy is simple and Maggie's work is revolutionising women's birth experiences by teaching them to overcome fear and work with their body during birth.

Today, Maggie has personally trained over 1000 midwives, has a network of practitioners who teach the techniques in comprehensive course all over the country, and regularly appears as a birth expert across the media.

Essentially effective birth preparation is no longer something just for those with the luxury of money and time. Maggie's range of self-hypnosis downloads for pregnancy & birth and a recently launched booked on preparing for childbirth are accessible by everyone and designed to fit into today's busy lives.

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