Do you need to heal from a challenging or traumatic birthing experience?
A Birth Story Session is what you need to find your way to a more peaceful place.
Hi. I’m Holly, your birth story listener.
As a proud practitioner of Birth Story Medicine®, I will help you find your way to some peace after experiencing or witnessing a difficult or traumatic birth.
The time surrounding conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum is deeply transformative and life changing. It is actually a rite of passage that makes us face our deepest truths, for better or worse. And in our culture, we don’t talk about that much. There is not much value placed on taking time to honour and integrate the importance of this profound experience.
Very often, things don’t go as planned when it comes to birthing, and we can be left traumatized and troubled. We can be totally shocked by outcomes we didn’t think possible, or we can be left feeling deeply disturbed by something we can’t seem to put our finger on. Birth is such an important, significant event that it is understandable that, good or bad outcome, we can be left completely destabilized. As a result, that pain and discomfort become internalized and we carry it with us in our daily lives. We feel stuck and broken and we can’t move on. That is why I do this work. I want to help release some of that pain, and to help the light shine in so you can begin to heal. Once your healing begins, the power that is living in your story will start to be revealed to you and your path forward will become clearer.
FAQs
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A Birth Story Session is a one on one, conversation, where you will get to talk about the most difficult aspect(s) of your birth experience. The conversation will be guided and happens within an intentional framework where the goal is to make shifts towards achieving some inner peace.
Difficult birth moments can include difficulties in conception, pregnancy, loss, early postpartum or around early infant feeding.
The experience that you wish to heal from should ideally be less than 8 years ago and not earlier than 5 months ago. It’s not impossible to work with different time frames but get in touch with Holly to get more info first.
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A session is usually between 60-90 minutes long. Many people feel better after just one session. But it’s not uncommon for some to want to schedule one or two more for deeper benefits or if they want to discuss additional birth experiences.
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Sessions are virtual but can be in person if you live near Rigaud, Quebec.
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A session is $150.00. To ensure you get the most out of the session, this also includes a pre-session prep and post-session followup, which is done via email or message.
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A Birth Story Session is not the same as therapy. You can think of it more as a coaching session. Some have described it as similar to Brief Therapy, which is a type of therapy that is short-term, focused on solutions and on the present.
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Absolutely! Birth Story Sessions are for anyone who has experienced or witnessed a difficult or traumatic birth or birth related event. A session is beneficial to any of the following people:
The birthing person
A partner, spouse, family member or any other support person
A birthing professional such as a nurse, doula, midwife or doctor
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A Birth Story Session is beneficial for all events surrounding birth, from conception phase all the way to the early feeding of infants. A session is also, and especially appropriate with regards to a loss at any phase.
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Just get in touch with Holly directly:
email : hollyvonhuene [at] me [dot] com
text : 514-443-0820
“Whatever the outcome of your pregnancy, birth or postpartum, you absolutely deserve to make time to honour your journey and discover the healing power that lies in your unique story.”
What People Are Saying
“Sharing my birth stories with Holly and working through the postpartum has helped me achieve acceptance, understanding, peace and compassion for myself that affects my every day- healing connections I didn’t even realize were amiss! Holly is caring, intuitive, insightful and loving. I encourage all moms to book a session with her. ”
— A.M., Hudson Qc.
“I had a really hard time accepting some of the events of the birth of my second child. I struggled for almost two years before I learned about and booked a birth story session. I was so surprised at what an impact just one session had. I have a completely new appreciation for my second birth now…I actually feel empowered. So grateful. ”
— D.S., montreal, Qc.
“I’m so glad that I was finally able to release a lot of the anger, hurt and fear I had about my birth story. I had told my story so many times, to anyone that would listen, in hopes of releasing it, but it never helped. The birth story session with Holly was so different though. The structure of the conversation had me realizing things I’d never thought about before and really did help me to start healing. It’s such a relief to have good feelings now about my birth - both for me and my son. I’m ready to try for another, which is something I didn’t think I would ever feel. Highly recommend! ”
— V.T. Vaudreuil, Qc.
“Before meeting Holly I hadn’t realized that I was holding on to such strong emotions from the birth of my second child. It wasn’t only the birth itself which had a traumatic turn of its own, but many factors in my life at that moment that made it all that much more overwhelming. Holly seemed to asked the right questions to make these emotions surface, which even surprised me. She guided me and helped me to understand the root of my feelings and since our meeting, I am kinder to myself and have been able to let things go.”
— D.R. Montreal, Qc.
