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About Me & The highland Birthing Co
My Story
Hello, I am Alishya & thank you for coming over to The Highland Birthing Co.
In December 2023 I gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Penelope. She is a dream! We live in Aviemore, Highlands with my partner David & our two doggos Nala & Daisy.
Early in pregnancy I was anxious & stressed at the thought of labour & birth, I like to be in control & birth seemed so out of control. I decided early on that Hypnobirthing was for me. If it could help me to feel a little calmer, a bit more confident & teach me to relax it was worth a try.
Pregnancy
I found pregnancy much tougher than I imagined it would be, naively I thought baking a baby was the easy bit. I was feeling tired & anxious most of the time & I needed help to learn how to relax. I dove right into all the practical tools of Hypnobirthing & learnt how to disconnect from the overwhelmingness I was feeling, taking time to connect with my baby & enjoy the journey.
It is safe to say I became OBSESSED with all things labour & birth. Just blown away by our bodies being able to create tiny little humans with no instructions & then go on to birth them. Just as they were designed to do so. I would read & listen to everything around the topic & was fascinated. I was surprised at how little I knew & understood about the process & then equally at how little I was being told by our care system.
I loved everything about Hypnobirthing & taking a birth preparation course, the calmness it brought me in pregnancy & how confident & ready I felt to birth our baby.
During pregnancy I knew I wanted to do something in the birth space, I wanted other women to feel as calm, confident & have enough information going into one of the biggest moments of their lives. But I didn't quite know what or how & most importantly if Hypnobirthing was going to work when it came to the big day!
Labour & Birth
It worked!! I went on to have the most incredible, positive labour & birth experience. Things didn't go 100% to plan, but I was prepared & ready to accept the things I couldn't control. Our care team at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness were amazing & our choices felt supported.
Giving birth to Penelope is the most amazing thing I have ever done.
Doing a birth preparation course & learning hypnobirthing practices made our experience so incredible, we were equipped with the tools & techniques to manage comfort levels & make decisions that were best for me & our baby girl.
What I have to give....
This was births best kept secret & I knew I had to tell & help as many Mama's to be as possible.
I felt that women of the Highlands were being left behind, the lack of any antenatal education in Aviemore, Inverness & beyond was concerning & wanted to change this!
At six weeks postpartum I begun my training with Abby at Love Your Birth.
I am so passionate about supporting women through pregnancy & sharing my knowledge to allow them to feel calm & confident as they approach labour & birth.
We all deserve to have incredible, positive birth experiences.
Hypnobirthing is for all births, all women who want to birth feeling calm, in control & confident in making the best decisions for them & their baby.
I cannot wait to work with you & be a small part in this very special time of your life.
Alishya xxx