{"id":1675,"date":"2026-04-02T14:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:50:02","slug":"kate-elective-caesarean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/kate-elective-caesarean\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate \u2014 Elective Caesarean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Even with a caesarean, we made meaningful decisions. Knowledge really is power<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone who struggles with anxiety in general, I expected pregnancy and birth to be accutely stressful experiences. A friend recommended Nancy but I initially thought hypnobirthing wouldn&#8217;t be for me, as an older mum who was considering an elective C-section. (For some medical reasons.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was, of course, completely wrong! Nancy is such a kind and empathic person. (She&#8217;s also very funny which makes the classes actively enjoyable!) She was keen to help us have a positive and empowering birth however it ended up happening and we never felt judged or less worthy because of our decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, one of the best things about hypnobirthing is it gives you confidence in your own choices, as well as the skills and support to self advocate. Along with the lovely -and effective &#8211; relaxation strategies, these are tools we still use now and will continue to use into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a hugely positive and personal birth experience in the end and Nancy&#8217;s guidance and expertise were no small part of this. She helped us to see that even with a c section we could make meaningful decisions for our family and that knowledge really is power! I&#8217;m so glad we did the course, for ourselves and for our baby boy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with a caesarean, we made meaningful decisions. Knowledge really is power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caesarean-birth","category-first-time-mums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birthright-hypnobirthing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}