Amanda was the first qualified Hypnobirthing Practitioner in Northern Ireland and has a vast amount of experience with the Hypnobirthing method both as a midwife and a Hypnobirthing practitioner..

Amanda Lafferty

Qualifications

BSc(hons) Ad. Diploma in Midwifery, RGN, RM,Hypnobirthing Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist.

About me...

I have been a Midwife for almost 20 years. My Midwifery career began in London where I lived and worked for 16 years. I enjoyed every minute of it, attending home births, water births and hospital births, cycling from appointment to appointment around London on my bicycle. The variety was immense, caring for women from different cultures, ethnic backgrounds and religions. I learnt so much from these women and their families and was privileged to attend them during pregnancy, birth and postnatally.

I have worked in both the NHS and the private sector which gave me a varied working environment and highlighted that all women have the same needs during pregnancy - most importantly to be treated as an individual!!!

On my return to Northern Ireland 10 years ago I worked in a hospital setting where I hope I in some small way improved maternity services for women. 

Four years ago my life changed dramatically. I was a ward manager and because of the many changes in the NHS, my management role dictated that there was little time to spend looking after the women in labour and birth. I realised that work just didn't feel the same as i missed the contact with mums and mums to be.

 As fate would have it I was asked to look after two women in labour. They had both completed a childbirth programme called Hypnobirthing - what I saw changed the course of my career forever. They had the most calm, relaxed and gentle births I had ever seen.

I left my job and retrained in London as a Hypnobirthing Practitioner.The course was so brilliant that I decided to train as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist as I realised the power we all have within us, much of which is not utilised.

The past four years have been the most challenging and enjoyable of my life. I have seen the benefits of Hypnobirthing. I have met great parents and babies who have all enriched my life in no small way.

When I'm not working i love to spend time horseriding, cooking and living life to the full....