Relaxed Parenting
"The only real valuable thing is intuition" Albert Einstein
Welcome to the website of Midwife and Hypnotherapist Eleanor Copp.
I am a Midwife in the NHS and a Hypnotherapist in Private Practice and also work in the voluntary Sector facilitating a baby loss support group.
I have recognized a need that in order to be comfortable and self assured in labour Women have to be confident and well connected to their babies, their Partners and their families in pregnancy.
The ability to enjoy pregnancy, feeling happy, positive and strong is hugely beneficial to babies, not only during their months of development in utero but importantly during labour, birth and as newborns. They need to know they are loved and will be born into a welcoming environment.
I have gained and developed a specific expertise when working with women and with couples during pregnancy and this is to support them with whatever they need to address or overcome. I have worked extensively with women struggling with anxiety or stress and women choosing VBAC.
I support couples during pregnancy and relationship work is crucial for honesty and openess, and to feel safe and comfortable with one another. For labour and birth to be a success and memorable event each couple need to share trust and love. I often work with couples who have come together with children from previous relationships and when having a child together usually come up against some difficulties left over from before.
As well as working in the NHS since 1987 I am trained in Hypnotherapy, (2008) specifically a model called solution focus. I integrate all my experience so that I can work with each individual based on their needs.
Benefits of working this way:
You put aside time for this baby whether its your first or 5th therefore babies
benefit and parents are connected rather than distant.
You concentrate on how you can have the best birth possible and make good
decisions to ensure that will happen.
You take control over your birth and therefore your experience which lasts for
your lifetime and for your babies lifetime.
You have a clearer more honest relationship with your partner.
You bond better with your baby in pregnancy meaning you always protect your
baby in labour and for birth.
You are not scared or frightened as you realise there is no need to be and
nothing to be terrified of, instead you learn to manage any anxiety you carry
around with you, if you have a bad memeory of a previous birth see Winifred's
testamonial and know that it is part of my work to deal with unhelpful
memories which block your confidence.
You are calm, peaceful, excited and CONFIDENT.
You gain an understanding of how your body works in labour and what you
need to attend to additionaly to ensure you will have the best birth possible.
If unsure about choosing a VBAC or elective c -section learn the factors
which ensure you will be successful, and know that making choices based on
a memeory or a fear is not always helpful for this baby.
Realise that when you invest in yourself you will be more confident about
how to you approach the unknown, and the consequences will be beneficial.
Knowing what your baby needs more than anything in that first hour is
priceless and putting that into practice is a life long gift.
I work with:
Any pregnancy related issue 1:1
Run workshops for groups enabling them to understand how to experience a good birth.
See couples 1:1
I co - train Midwives who wish to gain a better experience and understanding of their work environment and the pressures they face and manage regularly.
I co-founded and run the Taunton Birth Forum
Non –Pregnancy related:
I work with Men and Women who experience anxiety stress, depression and
phobia.
Free introductory sessions are always available - dates below are for birthing enquiries, please ask me and we can arrange a mutually convenient time to meet.
I work in central Taunton.

What parents say about us......
Dear Eleanor,
You made it possible for me to have the most positive and
wonderful birthing experience.
You were supportive and encouraging
throughout, whilst still ensuring I felt fully in control and confident in
my own body.
It is because of you i was able to have the natural birth I
had planned. I even managed to feel relaxed through most of it.
I can't
thank you enough, Claire.
Claire Pring , mummy of Freddie, Devon. |
Relaxed Parenting covers the South West: Bristol, Somerset, Devon and Dorset and is the areas specialist for pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond.
You are a midwife, assisting at someone else's birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say: "We did it ourselves!" The Tao Te Ching |