Enjoying Pregnancy, Birth and Baby

Mar 10 2025 56 ep. 9 mins 5

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Welcoming a new baby into your family can be an exciting time. There are also things that make this a challenging time too. Sheridan is a childbirth educator, birth doula and life coach. She is excited to share tips and tools with you, so you can enjoy your pregnancy, birth and baby!

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Hypnobabies helped Valerie manage 2 Posterior Births

Mar 10 2025 17 mins

Valerie had 3 babies with epidurals. Then she wanted to have a natural birth – and did with baby 4. that baby was posterior, like her first 3 and the discomfort made her not want to have another natural birth. She had 2 more babies with epidurals. Then she met me and with Hypnobabies decided it was worth trying to have a natural birth again. I was her doula for her last 2 babies

Hypnobabies for Dummies

Mar 06 2025 8 mins

What if I was to write a book – Hypnobabies for Dummies? Well, it would be pretty simple. Buy the Hypnobabies Home Study - or if you are lucky enough to have a live instructor near you, sign up for a class! Follow the instructions for practice. Use your tools during birth. So that is pretty simple and works, but it would also be a sort of lame book, so today I delve in a little

5 Simple Steps to Pick a Word for Your Pregnancy or Birth!

Mar 03 2025 3 mins

I love how one of my doula clients picked a word for her pregnancy and a different one for her birth. Here is a link to 5 simple steps to pick your word! https://sheridanripley.com/findword Get The Top 3 Tips to Enjoy Birth Book and free access to my online childbirth class Get Hypnobabies Products here Positive Birth Videos Follow me on Instagram @enjoybirth

It was the Birth of My Dreams

Feb 27 2025 14 mins

Listen to the whole story... but here is a tiny bit "I have to say, I know that Hypnobabies gave me the birth of our dreams, and not just for the hypnosis aspect of the birth. It was the program that led me to seek a Doula for the first time, and to go for a water birth. These three aspects combined really did give me the tools needed for ‘our’ perfect birth." Helpful Links Get

How to make a baby shower into a blessingway!

Feb 24 2025 7 mins

You are having a “normal” baby shower, but you want to make it a little bit more spiritual and meaningful for you. A party with gifts and food is fun, but it is easy to add a few simple things to make this celebration more about the Mom and her journey to mothering this baby and therefore make it a bit more special. Have you attended a Mother’s Blessing? You have heard about

Water broke at a wedding AND smiling at 9.5cm

Feb 20 2025 5 mins

Such a fun birth story. Water Breaking at her friends wedding. Baby born about 10 hours later. My favorite part? The picture of the mom smiling in the birth tub at 9.5 cm. Click here to see! HELPFUL LINKS Direct link to this episode show notes: https://enjoybirth.com/water-broke-at-a-wedding-and-smiling-at-9-5cm/ Get The Top 3 Tips to Enjoy Birth Book and free access to my online

Harnessing the Power of Affirmations for your Pregnancy and Birth

Feb 17 2025 15 mins

I had an amazing experience with affirmations a few years ago. I share how I harnessed this power the amazing changes I saw and share how you can use affirmations to help in your pregnancy and birth! Helpful Links Direct link to this episodes show notes: https://enjoybirth.com/affirmations-are-so-powerful-harness-that-power/ Get The Top 3 Tips to Enjoy Birth Book and free access t

Help, I keep falling asleep during hypnosis practice! Will it still work?

Feb 13 2025 9 mins

I PROMISE it can still work!! Here is some information and stories to reassure you it is OK. HELPFUL LINKS Direct link to this episode show notes: https://enjoybirth.com/falling-asleep-during-scripts/ Get The Top 3 Tips to Enjoy Birth Book and free access to my online childbirth class Get Hypnobabies here Positive Birth Videos Follow me on Instagram @enjoybirth

Angela’s Awesome Birth Story Made Firing her OB worth it!

Feb 10 2025 12 mins

In our last podcast episode I shared how Angela fired her OB 2 days before her due date. In this episode, listen to her birth story, it turned out great!! "Ellen put her directly on my chest and mom let them know that we wanted to wait to cut the cord. She was beautiful and so peaceful. She had a full head of black hair and her eyes were wide open. My husband cut the cord after it

Why in the World did Angela fire her OB 48 hours before her birth?

Feb 06 2025 12 mins

Angela was in for a surprise when she discovered all her conversations she had with her OB and the OB group were not exactly as it had been portrayed. "I just finished the hospital tour of the place where we will be birthing (as of now). While they say it is patient centered and focuses on the patient experience is it a very standard -rule- treat you like your are a sick patient t