About Nissa Moger
London’s First and Only Hypnobirthing Midwife
Anthonissa Moger (Nissa to her friends and clients) founded The Hypnobirthing Midwife in 2015 and is the first, and remains the only hypnobirthing midwife in London.
As well as running group and private hypnobirthing classes as The Hypnobirthing Midwife, Nissa works full-time in a London hospital leading a team of NHS homebirth midwives.
She has supported thousands of women in many areas of midwifery care including antenatal appointments, homebirths, postnatal community visits, births on the midwifery-led unit, labour ward and cesarean births.
Nissa is unique as she is one of only a handful of midwives in the UK with a medical background and knowledge of holistic therapies including hypnobirthing, aromatherapy, breathwork and rebozo.
Nissa is passionate about providing free, evidence-based information for women and their families all around the world on her website, and her popular Youtube channel ‘The Hypnobirthing Midwife’.
Nissa is also the author of the widely-acclaimed ‘Holistic Hypnobirthing: Mindful Practices for a Positive Pregnancy and Birth’, published by Penguin in 2021. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and pregnancy yoga teacher.
Nissa felt the calling to be a midwife while pregnant with her first child in 2008, soon after which she gained a first-class degree in midwifery from Kings College London. She lives in East London with her partner, two children and beloved cat and dog.
Read Nissa’s full story in her own words
Anthonissa Moger, Nissa to my friends
Wow, where to begin? I can’t believe my journey with this work started seventeen years ago!
It was 2008, I was pregnant and it wasn’t planned.
Amazingly I saw the same midwife Jane at every appointment through my pregnancy. I liked her and she made me feel calm and safe.
I was planning a homebirth and the stars aligned. Jane was only on call for homebirths one weekend a month and that was when I went into labour!
With Jane by my side, I gave birth to my daughter in the living room of my little flat in Leyton (East London). I felt safe and held and had an incredibly quick, easy, and positive first homebirth experience.
This created a passion in me for supporting women and when my daughter turned one I started my training to be a midwife at St Thomas’ hospital where I worked until 2020. Time flies and I have been working as an NHS midwife for more than a decade and now work in my local homebirth team at Whipps Cross Hospital.
I have supported over 200 women to birth their babies, which I love! This includes homebirths, birth centre, labour ward and caesarean births. Incredibly I have also looked after more than 3000 women within my NHS practice over the last decade.
But that’s only the start!
In 2015 I started teaching hypnobirthing classes in Leyton and Hackney. I also love yoga, meditation, and complementary therapies. This led me to complete an aromatherapy for pregnancy and birth diploma in 2017, followed by yoga nidra training, kundalini yoga teacher training, and pregnancy yoga teacher training in 2018.
When publisher Dorling Kindersley asked me to write my first book ‘Holistic Hypnobirthing’ in 2019 I was delighted!
At the time I was pregnant with my son and combined all of my learning AND the rather more challenging lived experience of being pregnant with my second baby 11 years after my first. Pregnancy at 36 definitely felt different from 24! My book has more empathy, compassion and helps women give themselves permission to slow down, something I wouldn’t have understood as a younger woman.
Everything in my book has been lived and works, you can pick up a copy here.
I am a forever student, love what I do and I can’t wait to share all this and support you!!
Much love
Nissa x
Qualifications
Midwifery BSc - First class honours from Kings College London
2013
Hypnobirthing Diploma - The Association of Hypnobirthing Midwives
2014
Rebozo for Pregnancy and Birth - Nicola Nelson
2016
Aromatherapy Diploma - Denise Tiran
2017
Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training - Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
2018
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training - Karam Kriya School
2018
Yoga Nidra Teacher Training - Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
2018
Neuro Behavioural Physiological Assessment of the Newborn (NBPAN) - Middlesex University
2023
Gestational Diabetes Training - Whipps Cross Hospital
2023
Baby Lifeline - Managing Emergencies at Home
2024
Biomechanics for Birth - Molly O’Brien
2024
In the Press
Nissa’s expertise as London’s first and only hypnobirthing midwife — and reviews about her Hypnobirthing classes — have featured in many publications over the years including The Guardian, Mother & Baby, Grazia, Hello and Cosmopolitan.
Hypnobirthing Group Class Review in Grazia
Ten Steps For a Positive Birth by Anthonissa Moger
Is Masturbation Good For You? (obviously yes!!) by Anthonissa Moger
Expert Advice by Anthonissa Moger in Mother & Baby
Birth in Lockdown, a Photo Essay
Pregnancy Sex Myths Exposed by Anthonissa Moger
Opinion Piece in The Daily Mirror
Expert Opinion in Closer