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24/08/2026

Let’s get loud. Let’s get louddddddd.

Yeah, I’m absolutely now singing Jennifer Lopez in my head the rest of the day 🤣

We’ve really been conditioned to think that being loud in birth is embarrassing or frowned upon but really, it’s helpful!

If I’m going to put it as simple as possible…

Less holding in noise = less tension = more oxytocin & less adrenaline = less pain = more comfortable labour

Generally speaking though, there’s a way to do it. Screaming or shouting in high pitched tones can add to tension in our body, so instead I suggest to clients to get as low as you can go! A vocal limbo if you will 🤣 which helps create soothing vibrations within the body and can release tension in the jaw, thus, the pelvic floor.

Something super simple, that can aid in relieving tension within the body and helping the contractions roll through you more easily.

If you like the sound of tips to relieve pain in labour that are more than the “just take deep breaths” suggestion (which btw is actually good advice 🤣) I’m your gal 👋

I’ve just created a Free Masterclass “5 Tips to reduce pain in labour” and it’s yours to keep 🤭 10 minutes, and 5 tips you could start using tonight to totally transform your labour experience.

Comment or DM “MASTERCLASS” for immediate access and thank me later 😘

20/08/2026

Bloody lovely 🥹🥰

Mamas, who wants their award posted out in the mail? 💅 🌟
20/08/2026

Mamas, who wants their award posted out in the mail? 💅 🌟

19/08/2026

Honestly I think the biggest lightbulb moment for my clients is the moment they realise that birth is actually not “you vs your body”. It’s actually quite the opposite 👀

Your body is literally always trying to make the process as easy and as comfortable as possible! So no, how hard you cry when you stub your toe isn’t going to be an indicator to how well you cope with labour, and nope, you don’t need to have a pain threshold as tough as the hulk to have a good birth experience.

2018. I’m a new mum, with a husband at work 7am-7pm. I can see my mum or my one and only mum friend a couple of hours ea...
18/08/2026

2018.

I’m a new mum, with a husband at work 7am-7pm. I can see my mum or my one and only mum friend a couple of hours each week, but the rest of the time, everyone’s life goes on, filled with the same things it always was. No shade, because of course it did. The world don’t revolved around me does it 😂

But I was horrendously lonely, so anxious about going out with my baby incase “something happened” and I had no idea how to fill my days. Why was it so easy for everyone else? Was I the only person that felt like she had no fu***ng clue what she was doing half the time?

It really did feel that way.

With a love of country music, I started watching Nashville to kill time. Before long, the storyline for Juliette Barnes turned to her experience of motherhood and the struggles that followed. I didn’t know at the time, that it was actually Hayden’s own experience shaping her characters storyline. But it felt real. It felt relatable. (On a bigger, more dramatic scale of course - I was lucky, my worst days were not as bad as what Hayden experienced by any means.)

But it made me think, “hey, maybe this feels hard because it is hard? Maybe I’m not the only one feeling this way.”

Naturally, the Nashville soundtrack became the soundtrack to my own life in that first year of motherhood. With Harlow stopping crying whenever I put on “A Life That’s Good.” The song kept me rooted in what was important when things felt hard. It’s now tattooed on my back and Nashville still feels comforting to me.

I never stopped following Hayden’s story. And every insight into her experience felt so honest and raw. She was opening up a conversation many shut down. She was saying things other people were too afraid to say (myself included at the time).

She was a brave figure of what it means to be a mum.

To fight the voice in your head that says you’re not good enough. To sacrifice and do what’s best for your family. To speak for the other women who can’t be heard.

I hope that her legacy and story lives on, with many more women talking about their struggles because she helped them feel more brave. 🤍

17/08/2026

I’m an angry woman today come fight me 👊

Lol but seriously.

There’s been a lot of talk online, as well as in media outlets about the impact motherhood has on mental health.

It’s a really big conversation with sooooo many arms and legs, but an important conversation nonetheless. Because all of it’s linked really. And the life we live, the people we are surrounded by, the support we have, the narratives we hear… all of it impacts on our experiences and shapes us in this truly transformational time of our lives.

Whether it’s mental health issues, practical issues re returning to work, or the unrealistic standards women are held to as they juggle motherhood and a career… women are really going through it.

It can feel a lot like we’re taking steps backwards instead of forwards but I hope in us having honest conversations about our experiences, it can help us all feel less alone and more able to stand up for what we deserve.

One thing’s for sure, I’ll be in your corner, trying to ensure you get better maternity care 😘

Sending lots of love to everyone feeling the heaviness of the world right now 🤍

04/08/2026

“I won’t be able to handle Labour, I’ll just have the epidural. It’s easier.”

Except… you’re forgetting there’s literally something as easy as breathing which can help reduce the chance of you even needing an epidural in the first place! Literally. As easy as breathing 🤣

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not an epidural hater. And actually, as long as you feel well informed to make that decision, then absolutely! Batter in.

However, you won’t be handed an epidural in early labour, and if you’re labouring for as long as you can at home, I think it’s helpful you have some tools in your back pocket to try and support you before you go down the route of medical pain relief.

Then, you never know! You might not need it at all.

I know, you might be looking at this list thinking “come on Kelly, that’s too easy, no way it helps!” So I tried to include the science behind why it helps so you can see sometimes the simplest of things make the biggest of differences.

After 5 years in birth work, I definitely have some thoughts…We have the data that shows us physiological birth has the ...
29/07/2026

After 5 years in birth work, I definitely have some thoughts…

We have the data that shows us physiological birth has the best outcomes for mum and baby… buuuuut, I think it would be naïve to pretend it’s also as simple as that. There’s a lot of reasons it’s becoming harder and harder to have a physiological birth and whilst yes, I do actively fight to protect physiological birth for women… you best believe I will not be the woman to shame another if her birth doesn’t go down that physiological path. 🙅‍♀️

This one always causes an uproar 😅
But it’s true. Woman are being forced to have inductions every day. Sometimes off of studies done in the 1800s 😁 think about that 😁 what. The. Frick. Sometimes off of what is essentially no evidence at all. Double what the frick.
But that being said, if you decide to go down that route, I’m going to hold your hand and try and make that the best possible induction ever.

Yep. Never had a home birth, but also, a massive advocate for home birth and I wish more people would consider it 🤣 especially if you want to have a physiological birth. But, it won’t be for everyone and I know it’s still totally possible to smash a hospital birth and have the most beautiful experience there 🫶🏻

So many of my clients go:
Relax? What’s that?
Trust in myself? What?

Think about it. So many women are conditioned to believe their worth is in their productivity. And therefore, they work their arses off to control and perfect every element of their life.

Then pregnancy and birth comes around… and s**t. We feel out of control again. Is it any wonder we spiral into chaos? I think not. That’s why all my courses have a cheeky little background focus on unlearning this and building that brain muscle that allows us to relax and trust in our intuition again.

A mind in fight or flight cannot access logical thinking. That’s why nervous system regulation is always the first step in my approach to mindset work.

Lastly, birth is one of the biggest life events we’ll ever experience. It shapes your entire life, as well as your babies life.

And yet, we put next to no focus on it? Living off hopes and prayers, just willing that some divine inter

27/07/2026

Incredibly Type B… until it comes to my love of a list 🤣

I remember my first pregnancy so clearly even now. Unbearably excited for the next chapter in our lives (even if it had been a surprise!)… yet completely overwhelmed with the worry and anxiety too.

I worried about keeping my baby healthy, about the birth, and about how my life would change after. All completely normal things! But the way I was coping with it wasn’t helpful really. At the time of falling pregnant, I was working towards a degree in Business and I would sit every night after work to study. I had a Microsoft word document on my laptop, dedicated to me jotting down my thoughts during pregnancy so I had somewhere to offload them.

I’d write list after list of why I didn’t need to be scared of birth. But somehow, that fear just never wavered. The closer I got to due date, the bigger and bigger it got.

I see now, it’s because I wasn’t actually really doing anything to make the fear smaller. The list wasn’t helping because I didn’t believe any of it. I wasn’t taking any action whatsoever to build trust within myself or knowledge about birth. It’s as I say now, just relying on hopes and prayers 🤣

Second time pregnancy, I really took note of what helps. I built habits that would support me. I learned everything I could so I felt prepared.

But that’s the difference. You can pretend to feel fine, or you build habits that actually help you feel fine.

I know what I’d recommend 👀

So follow along if you want to start making the change. If you want to start supporting yourself towards a better birth experience rather than going down the hopes and prayers route like I did first time 😅

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