Free Relaxation for Birth Downloads from Tracy Holloway

Hypnosis for labour and birth works.  I've spoken to many women who have attended classes or listened to hypnosis recordings and have benefited from doing so.

I met Tracy Holloway when she used to hold Hypnosis for childbirth classes here in Bristol.  Since then her work has taken her in a different direction. Not wanting her fantastic Hypnosis recordings to go un-appreciated I asked Tracy if she would be happy to allow our customers to have access to them. She agreed, and so we have put together a page of information, a PDF Guide and free access to the 4 recordings that are designed to promote a mother to baby (heart to womb) connection, keep you relaxed during pregnancy, labour, birth and motherhood.

You'll never really know how beneficial these recordings were to you, because if you do them you won't know what your birth would have been like if you hadn't.  On the page you can read Lou's story of her births in the Testimonial section, the first without having done any relaxation preparation and the second with. Make your mind up after reading them as to which birth you'd prefer and then decide if going to sleep listening to the recordings is worth giving a go.

We'd love to hear your birth stories, as the more positve ones we hear the more we can transform conciousness around birth.

Given with love

~Eva & Tracy

Stem Cells From Cord Blood - Waste Product or Life Saving?

Jo Taylor was my midwife when Jacob was born. We’ve kept in touch over the 10 years since then and now Jo trains people to collect cord blood.  They ‘why’ and ‘how’ she explains in her blog below.

~Eva



Introduction

I want to introduce the topic of cord blood banking via a short illustrative piece about breast feeding - please indulge me and hopefully you will see the point!

Colostrum and Breast Feeding - there is a connection!

I first learned about the importance of colostrum to the new born as a farmer's daughter - colostrum has always been highly prized and surplus supplies are routinely collected and stored frozen on the farm for any sickly newborn animals who may need a therapeutic dose.  However, it has taken much longer to convince the medical profession of the crucial health benefits and potentially life- saving properties of human colostrum! Lots of babies, including the most sick and vulnerable, still go without the precious first dose of this highly specialised living complex of cells, antibodies, 'good bacteria', growth factors, nutrients and hormones, all specifically designed to prepare the immune system, the digestive tract and other organ systems for life in the outside world.

As a midwife, I have always supported women and babies to successfully breastfeed.  I've also helped other mothers in their battles to ensure their premature / special care babies receive the benefit of colostrum and breast milk, even if this had to be donated from another breast feeding mum. It is wonderful that through the hard work of a local campaign and public fundraising a local breast milk bank has now been established but nationally, provision remains patchy.

Birth and bonding do matter

I haven't read the book (yet!) but Fifty Shades of Grey seems to be everywhere.

I recently read Fifty Shades of Grey Matter - what does a racy bestseller have to do with infant brain development? by Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk. I found out about her a couple of weeks ago at the Stokke launch day.

She's produced a DVD called The Connected Baby, which we will be hosting a screening for sometime soon (so watch this space).

I find it fascinating that we're only just beginning to hear more in the media about the connection between birth, early attachment, less crime, less depression and more happiness. At least it's finally getting into the mainstream that birth and bonding do matter.

There are some fascinating resources out there, not least Suzanne's DVD, but for now why not start by watching Bruce Lipton's video for free from our listing site?

It's 2 hours long but well worth it.

Love, Eva.