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BIRTHCARE WITH KATIE
"You're not too anxious. You're appropriately
scared after what happened."
KATIE - MIDWIFE
"Your fear doesn't mean you're not ready. It means you care deeply about what happens next."
BUILDING BIRTH CONFIDENCE
"This birth can be different. Not because you'll be fearless, because you'll feel safe."
KATIE- BIRTHCARE
Birth trauma isn't always about what went wrong medically. Sometimes it's about feeling invisible, dismissed, and completely unheard.
"In that theatre full of people, you felt so alone."
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Understanding Your Experience
Your fear makes complete sense
Maybe you thought you were ready to be pregnant again. And then the fear came back, louder than before.
If you're terrified of giving birth again after a traumatic experience, that fear isn't irrational. It's your nervous system doing exactly what it's designed to do, protecting you from what happened last time.
The problem is, traditional approaches don't work for birth-related fear. Telling yourself to "just relax" or forcing yourself to think positively can actually make things worse.
Tokophobia is real, recognised, and treatable
Trauma often comes from feeling unheard, or out of control, not just
from medical emergencies
Evidence-based techniques exist that work with your nervous system
Healing doesn't require you to retell your story verbally
You can prepare for birth without reliving what happened before
Digital Workbook
A gentle guide to feeling calmer in pregnancy
For when the anxiety is louder than everything else, and you need something you can do right now.
The Better Birth Anxiety Workbook is a compassionate, evidence-informed toolkit to help you ease anxious thoughts, settle your nervous system, and feel more grounded throughout this pregnancy.
No waiting list. No appointments needed. Something you can open tonight.
Understand your anxious thoughts - and why they make complete sense given what you've been through
Reframe - not bypass - evidence-based exercises drawn from CBT to help quiet the spiral
Settle your nervous system - grounding techniques and breathing practices with an explanation of why they actually work
Manage acute anxiety and panic - practical tools you can reach for anywhere, anytime
This workbook is also included as a bonus inside Birth Without Fear, the complete course for pregnancy after trauma.
FLAGSHIP COURSE - NOW OPEN
Birth Without Fear
Essentials for a Better Birth
A complete, self-paced course for anyone pregnant again after a difficult or traumatic pregnancy, birth or postnatal experience.
Created by an NHS Mental Health Midwife, this course combines CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy and hypnobirthing, adapted specifically for pregnancy after trauma. Practical, effective tools designed to work with your nervous system rather than against it.
4 modules · 17 video lessons - self-paced, lifetime access
20 worksheets - including trauma-informed birth plan template
9 guided meditations - for vaginal and caesarean birth
Early access price - £72 or 3 × £25
Early access · £72
WHATS INSIDE
Four Modules Everything you need
1
Finding Safety Within
Understanding fear after trauma and how to start building calm
2
Reframe & Cope Ahead
Break the fear cycle and build a flexible plan for any birth
3
Your Birth Toolkit
Breathing, meditations, anchors and your safe birth space
4
Your Birth, Your Way
Rights, communication and your trauma-informed birth plan
17
Lessons
20
WORKSHEETS
9
MEDITATIONS
NHS MIDWIFE
Feel calm, informed and ready for birth
Midwife-led birth preparation for however your baby arrives.
Understand your body, know your options, and write a birth plan that actually gets read.
Taught by an NHS midwife, for every kind of birth.
FREE RESOURCES
Free resources to start with.
Created by an NHS Mental Health Midwife. Yours instantly.
The Informed Birth Preferences Guide
A free, midwife-made guide and printable template to help you know your options and write a birth plan your maternity team will actually read, for every kind of birth.
The Pain Relief Workshop
Every pain relief option for birth, explained clearly, honestly, and without pressure. Medicinal and non-medicinal, benefits and risks, and a framework for deciding what's right for you.
Antenatal courses with Katie
Prepare for birth
feeling calm and ready
Midwife-led, hypnobirthing-informed birth preparation for you and your birth partner. Choose the way that suits you best.
In person · Glossop · Now booking
The Birth Prep Course
Four relaxed Tuesday evenings in the centre of Glossop, for a small group of just eight couples. New courses run through the year, so you can book whichever suits you best. Most parents come along at 24 to 30 weeks. £185 per couple.
Online · Coming soon
The Birth Prep Digital Course
The same complete course in a self-paced online format, so you can prepare in your own time, wherever you are. Launching soon.
In-person antenatal course · Glossop
The Birth Prep Course
Midwife-led, hypnobirthing-informed birth preparation for you and your birth partner. Four relaxed Tuesday evenings to understand your body, learn practical tools, and feel ready for the birth of your baby.
4 evenings on Tuesdays
6:30–8:30pm - 2 hours each
Dates year-round - Best at 24-30 weeks
8 couples - Small group
£185 Per couple
HEY, I'M KATIE
A midwife who helps you feel ready
I'll help you understand what's really happening in your body, know your options, and feel calm and in control, whatever kind of birth you're planning.
I'm a midwife with over 20 years of experience supporting women and their families through birth. Alongside my work as an NHS mental health midwife, I'm a trained hypnobirthing instructor and antenatal educator.
That combination is what makes this course different. You get both the clinical, evidence-based knowledge of what is really happening in your body, and the practical, psychological tools to feel calm and in control. I created The Birth Prep Course to give families the kind of thorough, honest preparation I wish everyone had access to. I cannot wait to meet you both.
Registered NHS Midwife · 12+ years supporting birth
Antenatal Educator & Hypnobirthing Instructor
Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
Trained in CBT, CFT & trauma-informed care
Proudly accredited by Love Your Birth, using their beautiful illustrated resources throughout the course.
SUPPORT AFTER A DIFFICULT BIRTH
Pregnant again after a difficult birth?
SUPPORT AFTER A DIFFICULT BIRTH
Birth Without Fear Online Course
Support for Birth After Trauma
If last time left you frightened, dismissed or shaken, you deserve support built for exactly that.
I'm also a mental health midwife, and I have a course made specifically for this.
BUILDING BIRTH CONFIDENCE PODCAST
The conversations your
midwife should be having with you
A gentle introduction to why fear feels so loud in pregnancy after trauma, and the evidence-based tools that actually help calm it.
Why your uterus is more remarkable than you've been told, and how to start trusting it again after a difficult birth.
EPISODE 04
How to write a birth plan that communicates what you need, and helps your care team hear you, even if last time they didn't.
READY TO BEGIN?
