{"id":168,"date":"2019-08-21T15:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnconstruction.co.uk\/cms\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:59:14","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"168\" class=\"elementor elementor-168\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d57e83 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d57e83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19fd4f7b animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"19fd4f7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256f63f elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-posts\" data-id=\"256f63f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_slides_to_show&quot;:3,&quot;classic_slides_to_show_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;classic_slides_to_show_mobile&quot;:1}\" data-widget_type=\"uael-posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__body\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-blog-terms-position- uael-post-image-top uael-post-grid uael-posts\" data-query-type=\"custom\" data-structure=\"normal\" data-layout=\"\" data-page=\"168\" data-skin=\"classic\" data-filter-default=\"\" data-offset-top=\"30\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post-grid__inner uael-post__columns-3 uael-post__columns-tablet-2 uael-post__columns-mobile-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"uael-post-wrapper   news \">\r\n\t<div class=\"uael-post__bg-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__inner-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__thumbnail\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/birth-reports-in-the-media-are-shocking-theyre-also-nothing-new-heres-what-that-means-for-you\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Birth Reports in the Media are Shocking. They&#8217;re Also Nothing New. Here&#8217;s What That Means For You.\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1835\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ockenden-blog--2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__content-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-post__title\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/birth-reports-in-the-media-are-shocking-theyre-also-nothing-new-heres-what-that-means-for-you\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tBirth Reports in the Media are Shocking. They&#8217;re Also Nothing New. Here&#8217;s What That Means For You.\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__meta-data\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__date\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t29th June 2026\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__comments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Another week, another maternity report. And if you&#8217;ve been pregnant for more than five minutes, you&#8217;ll have seen it land in your news feed &#8211; probably at a time when you were already anxious, already doom-scrolling, already wondering if your body and the system around you can be trusted.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"uael-post__read-more elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/birth-reports-in-the-media-are-shocking-theyre-also-nothing-new-heres-what-that-means-for-you\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-labelledby=\"uael-post-1834\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\" id=uael-post-1834>Read More \u2192<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"uael-post-wrapper   news \">\r\n\t<div class=\"uael-post__bg-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__inner-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__thumbnail\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/what-you-actually-need-during-pregnancy-and-its-probably-not-what-you-think\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"What You ACTUALLY Need During Pregnancy      (And It\u2019s Probably Not What You Think)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1831\" alt=\"A title page with the heading What you Actually Need during pregnancy with an image of a man and a pregnant woman looking at each other with their foreheads touching\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-you-need-blog--2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__content-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-post__title\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/what-you-actually-need-during-pregnancy-and-its-probably-not-what-you-think\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tWhat You ACTUALLY Need During Pregnancy      (And It\u2019s Probably Not What You Think)\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__meta-data\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__date\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t11th June 2026\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__comments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>You\u2019re pregnant. . .and if you\u2019re anything like most of the people I work with, you\u2019ve already been down the rabbit hole &#8211; the Amazon lists, the \u2018must have\u2019 reels, the influencer hauls. You\u2019ve probably spent more time comparing travel systems than you have thinking about the birth itself.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"uael-post__read-more elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/what-you-actually-need-during-pregnancy-and-its-probably-not-what-you-think\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-labelledby=\"uael-post-1830\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\" id=uael-post-1830>Read More \u2192<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"uael-post-wrapper   news \">\r\n\t<div class=\"uael-post__bg-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__inner-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__thumbnail\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/im-terrified-of-giving-birth-and-im-a-completely-rational-person\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"I&#8217;m Terrified of Giving Birth &#8211; And I&#8217;m a Completely Rational Person\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1840\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/im-terrified-of-birth-blog--2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__content-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-post__title\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/im-terrified-of-giving-birth-and-im-a-completely-rational-person\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m Terrified of Giving Birth &#8211; And I&#8217;m a Completely Rational Person\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__meta-data\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__date\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t28th April 2026\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__comments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Your fear is not irrational. It is the most logical response in the world. And it doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re weak. It means you&#8217;re paying attention.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"uael-post__read-more elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/im-terrified-of-giving-birth-and-im-a-completely-rational-person\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-labelledby=\"uael-post-1814\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\" id=uael-post-1814>Read More \u2192<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"uael-post-wrapper   news \">\r\n\t<div class=\"uael-post__bg-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__inner-wrap\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__content-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-post__title\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/is-birth-really-as-painful-as-everyone-says\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\tIs Birth Really As Painful As Everyone Says?\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__meta-data\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__date\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t16th April 2026\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-post__comments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Let me guess. You&#8217;ve typed some version of this question into Google at an unreasonable hour, then immediately wished you hadn&#8217;t. . .<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"uael-post__read-more elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/is-birth-really-as-painful-as-everyone-says\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-labelledby=\"uael-post-1796\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\" id=uael-post-1796>Read More \u2192<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-post__footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Terrified of Giving Birth \u2014 And I&#8217;m a Completely Rational Person 28th April 2026 No Comments Your fear is not irrational. It is the most logical response in the world. And it doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re weak. It means you&#8217;re paying attention. Read More \u2192 Is Birth Really As Painful As Everyone Says? 16th April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":141,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}