Ahead of the Bump
5-Day Birth Prep for Your Second Trimester
For the mums who aren't waiting until 34 weeks to get their sh*t together.
You've just made it into the second trimester.
The sickness is finally easing off. You've had the scan. You've started letting people in on it.
And the moment you do, you get the look... and out comes their birth horror story. Uninvited. In full graphic detail.
"Ohhh, just you wait."
You smile. You nod. And you quietly add it to the growing pile of evidence in your head that this is going to be horrendous.
Every day, I watch the same thing happen.
You decide — without really deciding — that you'll "deal with the birth bit later."
You'll do a course at 34 weeks. You'll read the book at some point. You'll think about it when you have to.
So for now, you just don't think about it.
Except it doesn't actually go away, does it.
It sits there.
The "what if my body just isn't built for this" sits there.
The "what if I panic and lose it and it all goes wrong" sits there.
The "everyone says it's the worst pain imaginable, so I'm just bracing for the worst" sits there.
And the 11pm "I'll just read one birth story" turns into a 45-minute spiral through other women's trauma while your partner sleeps next to you.
The whole time, a clock is ticking. Because "later" always arrives knackered, enormous, and panicking — cramming for the biggest day of your life the week before it happens.
What I actually want for you instead
Let me tell you what I actually want for you instead.
Picture yourself at 38 weeks.
Not dreading it. Curious. And — I know how this sounds — a little bit excited.
Someone launches into their horror story and it simply bounces off you.
You understand what your body is going to do, and why, so completely that it has stopped being frightening and started being kind of extraordinary.
You know how to keep yourself calm. And you know that calm isn't a nice-to-have — it's the single most powerful thing you can bring into that room.
You walk in as the woman in charge. Because you are.
People will tell you birth is just something that happens to you.
That it comes down to luck, your body, and whatever the hospital decides on the day.
That all you can do is cross your fingers and hope for a good one.
I'm calling absolute bollocks on every word of that.
Ahead of the Bump is a 5-day audio experience
Plug in on a walk, in the car, in the bath if that's the only five minutes you get.
One short audio drop a day. One genuine shift a day.
A private community of mums doing this right alongside you.
A group Q&A to bring every worry to.
And a closing live to pull it all together — with a discount on Birth With You, and one of you walking away with completely free access.
No daily calls to diarise. Nothing to show up for at a set time. Yours to keep.
Oh hi by the way, I'm Eleanor.
Doula, multi-award winning hypnobirthing and antenatal specialist, birth trauma practitioner and mum of two.
I'm not your average birth educator.
I'm a doula, a multi-award winning birth educator and a birth trauma practitioner — and the way I prepare women for birth is genuinely different from a one-off NCT class or a £15 e-book.
My signature programme, Birth With You, is £500. Women invest it because it works.
Ahead of the Bump is £22.
Same brain. Same approach. Same standard. It's simply the most accessible way there's ever been to get inside how I teach — without it being a watered-down version of it.
Think of it as the front door, not the bargain bin.
Ahead of the Bump is for you if…
You're a second-trimester mum who's done filing every birth story under "reasons to be terrified."
If your screen time is mostly 1am doomscrolling and it's making the fear worse, not better.
If you're not the type to sit around until 34 weeks to get your sh*t together — you'd rather start now, while you've got the energy and the runway.
If you want to walk in feeling capable, not petrified. First baby or fourth.
Ahead of the Bump runs week commencing [DATE].
At £22, it's the lowest-risk way to work with me there has ever been — and probably ever will be.
If you've been following me for a while and you're still on the fence, I don't know what you're waiting for.
Scroll up and register now for Ahead of the Bump: 5 days to go from dreading birth to genuinely ready for it.
You can prepare now, or cram at 38 weeks. It's happening either way.
For the question gals
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You can jump in at any week and you will get the previous weeks you’ve missed to catch up - you won’t be behind.
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Absolutely. Whether you’re giving birth at home, in a midwife-led unit, in hospital or having a caesarean, you’ll get the tools to feel informed, calm, and supported.
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About 15 minutes. Each lesson is short, practical, and designed to fit into your life, not take it over.
An £80 birth course you binge over a weekend isn’t going to give you the confidence to actually use what you’ve learned when it matters most. Birth With You will.
With the best intentions, you might plan to refresh what you’ve learned later, but what if you got expert guidance exactly when you’ll need it most in pregnancy?
That’s why lessons unlock week-by-week. Your mindset shifts gradually, your learning sticks, and you’re ready when things get real.
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Because everything shifts once you hit your due date.
When you’re tired, hormonal, and everyone’s texting “any sign yet?”, it’s easy to panic and agree to an induction or intervention you don’t actually need.
Ongoing guidance from 12–42+ weeks means you stay calm, informed, and one step ahead - even when the pressure ramps up. -
Yes. There course is designed for you to do together, so you’re both going into birth feeling fully prepared and informed. Each week you’ll have a short task to put your new skills into practise.
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That’s exactly why With You exists. You’ll learn how to make confident, informed choices in the moment - so even if plans change, you still feel calm, respected, and in control. With You gives you the tools to navigate however your birth looks from a spontaneous labour all the way to an emergency c-section. We cover it all!
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100%. This isn’t about being perfectly calm all the time. It’s about being prepared, informed, and confident - whatever your personality.
Doors close [DATE]. We start [DATE]. The free Birth With You place is given away live — you have to be in the room.
PS — This is the foundation: your mindset, your fear, your belief, your body. The one thing it doesn't cover is how to actually navigate the NHS to get the birth you've just decided you want. That's exactly what Birth With You goes deep on — and I'll tell you everything (discount and free place included) on the closing live. x