Hello, I’m Nissa.

Midwife. Mother. Author. Birth enthusiast.

I’ve spent a rather large chunk of my adult life thinking about birth, talking about birth and actually being at births.

And, I’m still not bored of it!

I’ve been an NHS midwife since 2013, working everywhere from busy London labour wards to birth centres and living rooms. I’ve supported births in pools, on beds, on bathroom floors and in operating theatres.

Birth is extraordinary. Sometimes beautiful. Sometimes messy. Often unpredictable. And always very, very human.

I founded The Hypnobirthing Midwife in 2015 because I wanted to bring together two worlds that really shouldn’t be separate.

The science of birth. And the art of actually being in your body.

Because knowing how birth works is one thing. Knowing how to breathe, move, relax and work with your body when things get intense? That’s something else entirely.

These days, alongside working in an NHS homebirth team in East London, I teach immersive, in-person hypnobirthing classes to expectant parents.

With actual humans. In an actual room. Using our actual bodies.

No endless online modules. No promises of perfect births. And absolutely no expectation that you’ll spend your labour floating around in a state of bliss.

Just really good, practical preparation for one of life’s biggest experiences.

I’m also the author of Holistic Hypnobirthing, published by Penguin, and have spent years exploring the connection between the mind, body and breath.

But more than anything, I believe that birth preparation should leave you feeling capable, informed and ready to meet whatever comes your way.

Not because you’ve learnt how to control birth.

But because you’ve learnt how to work with it.

Welcome. I’m really glad you’re here.

Nissa x