BirthWell Hypnobirthing Specialist in St Albans, Harpenden & Hertfordshire with Joan Mills

Joan supported Nikki and I with Hypnobirthing and was our Doula. The education, reassurance and partnership was invaluable. Joans warm, personable and considered approach was just what we needed. With Joans help I was able to support Nikki much more effectively. I highly recommend Joan, and we fully intend to work together again as our family grows : )
Jan 19th, 2023

We can't recommend Joan more highly; her wisdom and expertise have already been invaluable along our pregnancy journey! Arming us with a sense of empowerment and positivity, we are approaching the birth of our first child entirely differently than before our Hypnobirthing sessions with her (and entirely for the better!). A more informed understanding of what is to come has removed a huge amount of the fear of the unknown and is making the experience of pregnancy far happier. Joan also made us feel like part of the family, welcoming us into her home (her dog Dolly is gorgeous!) and with baked treats always at the ready, each session didn't feel like a classroom but an engaged conversation. Joan really cares, and is both enthusiastically and genuinely passionate about creating a positive birth experience - going above and beyond to help and advise. Thank you Joan! Katia & Kev x
Mar 4th, 2023

Where do I even start? What a truly wonderful experience having Joan as a part of my pregnancy and birth story. Joan was our doula, we also did the hypnobirthing course with her and I had reflexology with Joan. We truly couldnt have wished for a more supportive, nurturing and well informed person to be part of our journey. Having Joan present at the birth was a HUGE support not just for me but also for my partner. She helped guide us, support us and offer a voice of reassurance and immense knowledge whenever we needed. Wed have been lost without her! By offering the range of services that Joan does, it really gave us the choice over whether we wanted to just do hypnobirthing, just the doula or just reflexology. For us, were so glad we did all three as it enabled us to have the holistic experience we wanted and the relationship we built with Joan is one well forever hold so dearly. Thank you Joan x
Jan 4th, 2023

Myself and my partner had a really wonderful experience with Joan, we both finished the course feeling very empowered and equipped with a lot more knowledge and techniques that both of us will need for our birth. She provided lots of follow up information which has been great. I am also going to her for reflexology to maintain a calm and positive outlook ahead of the birth. In addition we had Joan as our Doula for the birth of our daughter. She was absolutely wonderful, she supported both of us throughout, keeping us calm, reminding us to tap into all we had learnt in hypnobirthing. She made sure we both ate and drank throughout giving us the strength we needed to birth our baby. She also was great at communicating what the midwives were thinking so we didnt need to focus on anything else. We couldnt heaven done it without her. She also provided really incredible post natal care for myself. X
Nov 29th, 2022

If I could give Joan more stars then I would! Weve known Joan for about 6 yrs now and have been so lucky to have had her involved in each of our births of our 3 beautiful children. Each one has had a different involvement and her input has been invaluable for all of them. For the first we did the full hypno birthing course for couples which fully prepared BOTH of us for what was to come. The 3 most important things we gained from it were: 1. Me to learn the scientific proof that our bodies know what they are doing, which enabled me to trust my body during labour. 2. Gave my husband an idea of what to expect, with understanding and physical practical jobs and checklists for his involvement. 3. Meeting other like minded new parents. For our second child, we did a 1:1 couples refresher course which was a perfect opportunity to debrief on the first and get in the correct mindset for this new baby and birth. It helped us to refocus our practice in hypnobirthing preparation and put in place all that was needed. For our third, i knew how to prepare for the hypnobirthing in advance and it all came flooding back to me as Joan had helped us anchor so much of it down so well for the last 2. Therefore, I just visited her on my own, for reflexology towards the end of my pregnancy. It was truly amazing to be able to take some space and time out for me and be able to get myself back into the correct mindset for what was to come which I was finding hard to do on my own whilst chasing 2 little ones! The treatment was so relaxing and also gave me an opportunity to chat with Joan and refocus in preparation for the birth. It was reassuring that I had been doing the practice correctly. The biggest thing was spending time talking with Joan. She is inspirational, kind, caring, supportive and experienced. I trusted her advice, teaching and practise implicitly. At each differing level of involvement, it empowered me to have my best birth on the day, each time. None of them went according to plan but I was fully prepared to take on each journey, knew how to handle medical advice and my own body and had my husband fully supporting me in a positive way behind the scenes. Joan really went above and beyond for this third birth and I truly couldnt have done it without her. I cannot recommend her highly enough and am so grateful to have had her in my life for these intimate milestones.
Nov 22nd, 2022