One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Can you imagine walking into a clothing shop and only being offered exactly the same as every other person walking in?
The same style of jeans. The same size of top. The same size of shoes or boots.
How about skin care? Or make up?
What if you could only paint your house from a few prescriptive colours and if you wished to deviate from those colours, inside your own house, you had to prepare evidence to deliver to someone else?
If you decide to drive at 70mph on the motorway that is your choice. It is also your choice to drive at 50mph, irrespective of the safety and performance issues of both. And there are safety and performance issues that are different for both.
So, can we not consider a world where a ‘one size for all’ approach isn’t the best option for maternity care?
You are all different heights. You have different shoe sizes. You have had differing numbers of children and birth experiences. Your mothers gave birth to you all at different weeks. Spontaneous labour will start at different times.
You have differing physical and emotional needs.
If you do not wish to step onto a standardized conveyer belt of care then you need to consider your own wants and wishes. You need to understand that there is variability and individuality in birth.
Where do YOU want to give birth? And why?
Who do YOU wish to have support you? And why?
What do YOU need to learn in advance of labour? And why?
What are YOUR individual physical needs? And why?
Your birth experience matters.
Build the case for you.
Don’t forget that you can prepare for your birth with us in 3 ways:
Our Online Hypnobirthing Program - Learn in your own home at your own pace, at a time that suits you.
Our One Day Group Hypnobirthing Class - This takes place in South West London usually on the last Sunday of each month.
Private Hypnobirthing Classes - Either in-person in your home in London or in-person in your home via the Zoom platform, whichever works best for you.
Click on the ‘Hypnobirthing Classes’ link on the top bar for further information.