Attention all mothers, fathers, grandparents and any health professional supporting couples and families:

Want your own best birth?
Want to know how to give the very best support to a mother planning her birth?

Then you 've come to the right place!

Welcome to the website of Midwife, HypnoBirthing Practitioner and Hypnotherapist Eleanor Copp.

Discover how to use the power of your mind and body to give birth in a controlled, calm and relaxed way.

As a Parent  there's nothing better than knowing you are doing all you can to support your baby's health and growth in the womb. When Mothers relax daily their babies produce more serotonin and as a result are born healthy, happy  and mellow.

When you work with me you are learning skills which support your baby to be healthy and happy for their whole of their  lifetime.

For Parents who want to learn more about this book on to a free taster session listed below and find out how you can give your baby the best possible start. 

If you are expecting a baby: Congratulations, you will find that what I offer is extremely useful to you. In fact many Parents have said they couldn’t have coped without it, and it provides what every baby loves to have - relaxed and happy Parents. 

I have delivered over 1,200 babies and I know what works. When I see a woman who is calm and confident and her partner is the same, their birth is empowering and brilliant for them and their baby.

I can support you to have the birth you dream of and we will work to ensure your birth is positive and wonderful.

Being Positive about birth is essential as birth is a memory which stays with us, ask any woman and she will tell you it’s as if it was yesterday.

Together we can work to ensure that your birth will be brilliant.

Every baby has just once chance to be born, so wherever possible the experience for mother and baby ought to be safe, amazing, unique, natural, empowering and brilliant. I have a passion to support women having their best birth possible.

I will:

Be available to support you and your birth partners from the moment we meet via phone, email or face to face through pregnancy, to the birth and after too

Successful HypnoBirthing Stories

"Not only did I become much more chilled out but I also took things in my stride much more than I ever could, my family were delighted and my baby has absolutely felt the effects, she is mellow and only cries for food, the rest of the time she is alert, wanting to be included or sleeping. A course not to be missed, and which has had a ripple effect on us all , thank you" Karen, Wells, Somerset

"I am noticing how much more I laugh these days. It's a great feeling, I feel like a burden of worry has gone and I am looking forward to my babys birth now" Joanna, Taunton

"I thought I would be the only one it wouldn't work for, but it was so easy, everyone can do it" Sharon, Taunton

"I now think it's crazy not to prepare like this, I mean if you were doing the marathon you would train mentally and physically, birth is no different so I trained and it paid off perfectly" Stuart, Wells

"I had  never considered how important pre labour training is,  I mean you would train for a marathon wouldn't you, you wouldn't even consider not traiming but our expectation is that we can labour without preparation and be fine. My first and second  birth experiences  showed me  how unhelpful this view is and I understand why  so many women have horror stories, if they were running a marathon they wouldn't get very far either. I am a big fan of pre birth preparation and this course  covers everything. It helped me get the birth I desired when we had our third baby, and it was amazing for us both. Thank you." Anna, Taunton

"I have learned how to manage my stress now and how I can be in control more. It comes down to a bit of confidence, lovely support and having some trustworthy techniques to use if I feel I need to. Bring it on, HypnoBirthing rocks"
Dave, Father to James, Taunton

Expertise is in Hospital and Home births including Trauma, caesareansection, VBAC and waterbirths.
Relaxed Parenting has contributed to National and Local magazines and recently to Now magazine, Liverpool Radio and BBC Somerset Sound.

FREE Taster Sessions

Book your slot with me as soon as you can, spaces are limited to 8 per month, spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis. The 2009 dates are as follows:

* June 8th * July 13th * August none * September 14th * October 12th * November 9th * December 14th

What Parents Say

"I don't normally read testimonials and have never written a testimonial before, but I sincerely wish to endorse Eleanor and the hypnobirthing course. Her easy teaching style, calm nature and professionalism took all the worry out of the process leading up to labour. It also helped you face and deal with any issues that might be worrying you, before the baby arrived.

Our baby boy was in a difficult position and without the hypnobirthing I wouldn't have coped. I was able to completely "zone out" (for want of a better word) for hours at a time, without the use of pethidine or an epidural, completely unaware of my surroundings and did not even notice the time pass. I also believe that it helped to keep our baby calm. When he was born, he started to feed within the first hour, he was extremely active and did not seem in the least bit distressed by the process! We were home and starting family life within a few hours or the birth. The first comment, made to us by our friends, was how relaxed and energetic we were, considering that we had just had a baby!

I can't impress upon anyone enough how much this helped. it also meant that my husband was able to relax too and take it all in his stride. Should we be lucky enough to have another baby, we will be calling upon Eleanor again for her services to get us ready for "round two"! Many, many thanks Eleanor" Kate and Graham