Six years after giving birth to her firstborn Prince George, Kate finally addressed rumours she had chose to learn the hypnobirthing techniques. Speaking on February 15, Kate spoke with Giovanna Fletcher, founder of the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, about her pregnancies and labours. 

Opening up on the worries that came during her first pregnancy and the distressing morning sickness she suffered, Kate revealed she turned to the “hugely powerful” hypnobirthing approach to help ease the pain of labour.

In the end, the Duchess revealed, she even “quite liked labour”.

Ending her pregnancies with such a positive experience rather than a scarring “birth trauma” makes it more likely to women, including Kate, to desire to have another child, according to Siobhan Miller, Founder of The Positive Birth Company.

The hypnobirthing expert, and author of ‘Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better’, explained how this approach to labour can help with future pregnancies. 

She told Express.co.uk: “The techniques help women to feel more relaxed and empowered when it comes to birth, so they can go into future pregnancies with less worry.

“As it’s less likely to lead to intervention or trauma, medically it can help with future pregnancies too.

“Birth trauma often prevents women from wanting to get pregnant again and so they will actively avoid this happening.

“Whereas a woman who has had a positive birth will probably look forward to doing it again!

“And we know hypnobirthing reduces the risk of birth trauma, so in that way it makes easier to have another child.”

This technique, which Ms Miller says “aims to educate women about how their bodies work in labour and equip them with practical tools”, also helped Kate fighting the terror of introducing her children to the world just hours after having given birth.

During her chat with Ms Fletcher, Kate revealed how challenging it had been for her and Prince William to step outside the Lindo Wing in July 2013 to present Prince George to photographers and royal fans.

Asked what she felt knowing there were hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital waiting for her, Kate replied: “Slightly terrifying, I’m not going to lie.

“Everyone has been so supportive and both William and I were really conscious that this was something that everyone was excited about and we’re hugely grateful for the support the public has shown us.

“And actually for us to be able to share that joy and appreciation with the public, I felt was really important.” 

Ms Miller explained how the relaxation techniques taught with hypnobirthing likely helped the Duchess of Cambridge in this instance.

She said: “Practicing hypnobirthing relaxation techniques can help to reduce pain and fear, make labour faster and easier and also minimises the likelihood of medical intervention becoming necessary or a woman feeling out of control, frightened and experiencing birth trauma.

“Women usually feel amazing after giving birth if they’ve had a positive experience. 

“They can feel confident, empowered and invincible! And better able to face the world’s media!”

Hypnobirthing, Ms Miller added, helps women understand how their body is designed to work perfectly from a physiological and psychological perspective.

She added: “And because hypnobirthing also teaches about the medical options that could be offered during pregnancy and birth it can help women to go into labour feeling fully informed, more confident and empowered to have a positive birth experience.”     

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