Dr Kylie Foster is a prenatal and paediactric specialised chiropractor. This essentially means that she looks after babies both when they are inside the womb and beyond, as well as helping with he typical back pain, neck pain and headaches that adults can struggle with. Most pregnant women find themselves battling through poor energy and sleep issues as well as hip, back and groin discomfort. Dr Kylie will be joining us for a talk on Prenatal Stress: How it affects our babies and how we can combat it. With the current Covid situation affecting many areas of maternity care, it is no surprise that pregnant people are suffering more with stress and anxiety than usual. Dr Kylie will be offering reassurance and information to help you combat those negative thoughts and regain control over your stress levels so you can prepare yourself for birth both physically and emotionally.

Lottie is one of two directors of Cheltenham Wellbeing Festival, a mum to two gorgeous girls and has buckets of experience working in the health and fitness industry. During the afternoon she will talk you through some fitness dos and don’ts for pregnancy and postnatally, enabling both you and your baby to stay fit and well. She’ll then take us through a postural connect and flow taster session.

Beccy Angove aims to help parents prepare for a birth experience that’s positive, not perfect, using the Calm Birth School Hypnobirthing method. She believes that every birthing person deserves to look back on the day they birthed their baby with “feelings of pride, strength [and] empowerment.”

Beccy is based in Stroud and offers Hypnobirthing sessions across the Cotswolds including Cirencester, Gloucester and Cheltenham. Through her sessions you will learn techniques that will help you feel and be more in control during your labour and birth – techniques that you can take with you through the rest of your lfe to help you cope with challanging situations.

Beccy will be leading a 20 minute relaxation session, introducing you to some of the techniques used in Hypnobirthing and giving you some tips for calming any anxiety around your pregnancy and birth.

Faye Czajkowski- Davis is the founder of Motherhood in Mind. She uses her 16 years of experience as a mum of three, a midwife, therapist and coach to work with mums and mums-to-be wherever they are on their journey of motherhood.