Our Clients Say:Dear Bernie and Debs,
Just a short note to extend our deepest gratitude for the Gentlebirth Workshop myself and Shane attended last week in Seafield Hotel. What an amazing experience. Even though we attended a Gentlebirth workshop five years ago in Citynorth hotel for our first pregnancy, this workshop also proved to be invaluable. As instructors, you brought great energy, positivity and really relevant evidence based information to expectant couples. Both myself and Shane left feeling very informed, very excited and really looking forward to our baby’s imminent birth. We feel we picked up loads of tips to help us on our baby’s day of birth! We also feel more assertive to discuss the care that we want for labour and birth with our medical team. The location – Seafield is truly fabulous and I would highly recommend this course and location as an ideal babymoon weekend for couples to get away before their little one arrives. From talking to the other first time parents to be on the workshop, it was amazing to see the difference in them over the space of the weekend. Couples that had fear, anxiety about labour and birth upon arrival were leaving with confidence and the knowledge that ‘they got this’!.. This programme is truly wonderful and a must for all parents to be , but I must say, it was your energy, enthusiasm, fun and your knowledge of everything pregnancy and post pregnancy related that really made the weekend for us. Thank you for a wonderful weekend. ! Both myself and Shane will be spending some time this weekend writing out our mind movie and starting to put into practice everything we discussed last weekend to make our baby’s birth experience a memorable and positive experience. Thanks again! Debbie & Shane. (October 2016). 
Myself and my partner took part in the Gentle Birth Workshop with Deb and Bernie when I was about 28 weeks pregnant. I have to say we were truly enriched by the experience – from start to finish we felt so pleased that we had signed up for it.
We were with another couple who we made a great connection with, as both of us are due our babies within a couple of weeks of each other! It was a weekend of such lovely energy, Deb and Bernie made us feel so comfortable and safe, the setting was just perfect – looking out onto the sea! We felt relaxed in the knowledge that we were learning what we needed to learn and I’ve been able to use these tools throughout my pregnancy and especially now as I approach my due date. We both got so many insights from the Gentle birth programme, especially the way in which Bernie and Deb delivered it to us and I have such enormous gratitude to them both for their continued support and advice. I would 100% recommend their workshops to everyone – you won’t regret it! Annik & Hugh (Baby girl due April 2016!) "Hi Bernie
I can't thank you enough for the weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed it and definitely felt more confident leaving! In fact I'm feeling more and more confident even now, a friend is due her baby in 4 weeks n I was giving her little tips you gave over the weekend!.... You made both of us feel completely at ease and I just thought you were great and can tell you love your job. Your an inspiration and I was amazed at your birth story! What a great memory to have..scary for a lot of people maybe but you made it sound like the best thing in the world which it was!" Audrey - Oct 2015 "Just wanted to thank Bernie for her support over the last few months, beginning well before we even attended our GentleBirth workshop. Full of great information, advice & encouragement both the GB program & Bernie herself have been a massive support! Can't wait to share my birth story. Would highly recommend" - Stephanie - March 2015 "In early December my partner and I attend a gentle birth workshop with Bernie. It was a very positive experience. Throughout the workshop Bernie created a very open and positive environment in which you were free to voice your concerns and no question or query seemed too trivial or unimportant. It was a very relaxed setting and Bernie gave you the confidence to believe in your birthing process. Our little button is due in March and I cannot wait to meet our baby and have a gentle birth. I know that if I have any questions or need support Bernie is there at the end of the phone which is a great comfort as time gets closer, the online support of the the gentle birth mums is amazing also. " Sonya - Dec 2014
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Hi Bernie,
Thanks so much for the course over the weekend, it was so enjoyable, helpful, informative and it was lovely meeting you. I definitely feel a lot more confident thinking of the birth and the hours before & after which is so reassuring. I will be doing lots of reading and listening between now and January and will touch Base with you if I have any questions, and to also keep you posted! Thanks so much again, Cliodhna - Oct 2015 "Hi Bernie
Just wanted to say thanks a million for a great weekend. I really enjoyed it and I think J is a lot clearer now on the kind of birth I'd like us to experience. I was laughing at him because I had been telling him different things for months but then as soon as you said it he was all over it!!" Aoife - Oct 2015
"Had my beautiful baby boy in the wee hours of New Year's Day, 7lbs 15oz. Made it to the hospital with minutes to spare, contractions started at 11pm & we had D by 2am, to say he caught me off guard is an understatement! My affirmations are what got me to the hospital, as it's a 25 minute car journey, my husband was super impressed with how calm I was... No interventions and no pain relief, just what I wanted. Doing the workshop was so worth it and I wouldn't have got through it without GentleBirth" A & W - Jan 2015 "Our beautiful baby girl Rose arrived on Sunday night. In the end we had an Emergency Caesarean Birth (we were hoping for vbac) but our weekend workshop with Bernie really helped me to get through labour. I felt so much more in control this time. My husband really embraced Gentle Birthing even though he was reluctant before the workshop. I couldn't recommend the workshop or Bernie highly enough. Not only will you learn skills for birthing but skills for life." Emma (Facebook) - Nov 2014
"My husband really embraced GentleBirth and the midwives were amazing very supportive of my choices. I'm still elated about how well I handled the labour, we even danced to our honeymoon song in the delivery suite. It was M's idea he knew I was loosing focus a little so he searched for it on You tube. I'd really like to share my experience with other GentleBirth mums" E & M - Nov 2014
"Well G finally arrived last night, she kept us waiting! She is just a perfect little princess. Everything went really well. Thank you so much for enlightening us on GentleBirth(ing)! " A & J - Jan 2015
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