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Payment

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A £50 booking deposit is taken upon confirmation of booking a course with Ellen Gray Hypnobirthing. The balance of the course must be paid in full before the first session of the chosen course. Where travelling expenses are included, these will be worked out at the time of enquiry and payment needs to be included along with the course payment.

Ellen Gray Hypnobirthing will provide you with a booking form to complete before the course starts. Flexible payment terms are available but this option must be agreed in advance. ​

Participant Cancellation

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Should your baby arrive before the course is due to take place or in the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, the course fee will be repaid back into the original bank account from which payment was made.

A refund will not be provided if one or more of the course sessions have already taken place. In the unlikely event of cancellation of an individual session by Ellen Gray of Ellen Gray Hypnobirthing, attempts will be made to reschedule. If this is not possible, or if alternative dates cannot be agreed, a refund for sessions not yet taken will be given. If it is not possible for all couples within a group to agree an alternative date then provision will be made for individual couples. The refunded fee per session will be calculated as the total fee, after deduction of the £50 deposit, divided by the number of sessions in the course. No refund will be made for sessions already taken.​GDPR​Your privacy is very important to me. This privacy policy has been created to answer any questions you might have about how I deal with your data. But if you have any further questions please email me at ellenkathryngray@gmail.com. My practices and procedures are intended to ensure that the information you submit remains private and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy. Please be assured that we will not sell or share any information about you with any third parties unless we are required to do so by law. All information is processed and stored through GDPR-compliant methods or third parties.​

Using hypnobirthing techniques is not a substitute for the advice or the presence during birth or any part of pregnancy of a qualified medical practitioner. Hypnobirthing does not represent an alternative to appropriate medical care or medical advice by a professional in any way. Ellen Gray can not be held responsible for any decisions that you make regarding your pregnancy and birth.

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Privacy Policy 

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The information I take should you decide to take a course with me is used for the following reasons:-Insurance requirements-Tailoring content to your situation-Communicating with you out of sessions Your information will be held confidentially and not shared with anyone else. Once the information is no longer needed it will be shredded. Records held on a computer system will be password protected. I am required to allow you to view your information at any time- you may contact me to do so at EllenKathrynGray@gmail.comIt is your responsibility to ensure that the data I hold on you is up to date so please contact me at any time to update your records.

FAQS

What is hypnobirthing?

Let's start with the name because  I know for some it can be misleading. Although it may sound a bit 'woo woo', rest assured the practise is based in evidence and science and my clients have many 'light bulb' moments throughout the course. ​

But what about the 'hypno' part?

Don't worry, hypnobirthing is nothing like stage hypnosis you may have seen on television or in a show. At no point will you be under anyone's control or quacking madly around the birth room!

The hypnosis used in hypnobirthing is self hypnosis. Which means you are ALWAYS fully in control. ​Hypnobirthing is a beautiful form of deep relaxation for your mind and body that uses specialised breathing techniques, visualisations and a range of audio MP3s. It provides you with a toolbox that you can pick and choose from during birth.

When you are in this deeply relaxed state, you can fully access your subconscious mind and root out those fears or misconceptions you may have around birth in order to build a very positive, empowering and more helpful birth mindset. This can have a huge impact on how your birth unfolds.  

Who is hypnobirthing suitable for?

Hypnobirthing is a full birth preparation course suitable for anyone who is ideally between 20 - 36 weeks pregnant. Of course you can do the course on your own depending on your situation but if you do have a birth partner then ideally you will do it together. Birth partners have a huge role to play during your labour and birth and hypnobirthing will get them fully clued up, excited and ready to be your advocate and rock during your birth. ​

Together you will learn all about the birthing process, including a full understanding of physiological birth, what helps a birth to go more smoothly and what hinders the process. You will build a sound knowledge of when interventions may be necessary and when they are not, and how to make decisions that are best for you and your baby throughout your pregnancy, labour and birth. 

​You will learn ALL of your options because it's so true that if you don't know your options then you don't have any. ​Hypnobirthing is for EVERY birth, whether you are planning a homebirth or an elective caesarean and for all births in between, the skills and knowledge you will gather will be invaluable.

Are you wondering if it will make your birth pain free?

The simple answer is no because I would never promise you that (although it certainly is possible), but what I will promise you is that your whole understanding of the pain in labour will change and this will change your experience of it.

I will also equip you with breathing and massage techniques. I will give you an understanding of how movement and positions can provide great comfort measures, as well as making your birth go more smoothly.

Such a huge part of hypnobirthing is about creating a positive and confident mindset so that you will feel like you can handle anything that comes your way. This in itself will transform your experience of labour pain.