Violet has worked with 50 couples to date, and covers areas such between Kinglake and Kensington. She is continues to learn and evolve through taking regular courses in Birth, Postpartum and other supportive therapies designed to empower Women, Mothers and couples. Here are some of the testimonials and pictures shared so far:
“I had my baby 5 weeks ago. It was the most incredible birth, it was EVERYTHING I could have wanted. I used everything we learned. I had a medication/ intervention free water birth at 42 weeks. I ‘pushed’ for 5minutes, I never yelled or screamed. I just used the breathing technique to bear down and birth him. I was even falling asleep through the surges, it was so calm and relaxing between them. I had not one single vaginal exam, I just birthed him when my body started bearing down. My midwife was so incredible My midwife was so incredible with keeping me on track for my preferences and she said afterwards that it was the most amazing and calm birth she had ever witnessed in 20 years.
The whole birth was in the dark bathroom with fairy lights and I played my affirmations and my own music. We never had any doctors or extra staff. Just the one midwife so it stayed so quiet and not full of medical people. We also had no continuous monitoring. Just occasional Doppler.
I thank you so much for teaching me the tools to have such a life altering birth experience – Kaila Orchard – The Mindful Birth Movement Group class
“Brodie and I have been enjoying our little love Daisy who arrived a few days early on 13th August, spontaneous natural labour coming in at a whopping 4.45kgs. While there was a few moments we were not expecting during labour and shortly after, our experience was nothing short of amazing. Brodie was incredible, which I am sure he would have been regardless but I truly believe that HypnoBirthing gave him the tools and the confidence to guide me. Thank you Violet for your support.”
Jasmine and Brodie – The Mindful Birth Movement group class
“All in all I couldn’t have asked for better understanding and care from the lovely midwives at Anglis. I felt in control and empowered throughout, and was able to question inventions that wee offered and declined them as I went with my gut feeling. Thank you so much again you’ve been incredible!”
Mari and Phillip Tarpinian, The Mindful Birth Movement – Group class
“I just wanted to email and introduce you to Daniel and I’s little bundle of joy, Maya John (pronounced Mya), born on Christmas Day! Our birth experience was truly wonderful and we know that the hypnobirthing classes leading up to the big day certainly paid off.
We were given the due dates between the 18th-22nd of December. However, things really seemed to have started on Sunday the 22nd when Daniel and I were out and I felt one of the strongest surges come over me. In that moment we thought this was the beginning, but after an hour or so the feeling seemed to have subsided. Monday came, and again I was getting the waves of cramps come through, but nothing strong enough I felt that they needed to be timed. We were using the acupressure points which were amazing also and may have played a part in helping the labor process come on! It was then Tuesday, when we had a midwife appointment and Daniel and I joked about going in for the appointment and going into labor at the same time, which wasn’t too far off from the truth. I was really experiencing much stronger surges at this stage, coming and going every 30 mins or so and my body just felt different. By approximately 2pm that Tuesday afternoon I lost my mucus plug which we then knew it was time!
The surges started to ramp up more frequently and stronger by this point which we timed enough to get a gauge, but we didn’t focus too much on watching the clock as we trusted the process ahead. I had set myself up in the theatre room at home with dimmed lights, music, pillows, an exercise ball, cold face washes and anything else that I felt I needed in the moment. Daniel was present, but also didn’t overcrowd me and had all confidence that when I needed something I would ask. My eyes were closed for most of the labor, carrying myself through breath and visualization of the baby descending, and rather than fight the feeling that I was experiencing, I embraced every moment of it.
Every few hours we would time the surges again, and they were getting closer and stronger but we both felt it still wasn’t time to go into the hospital. It was now around 11:45pm Tuesday evening and as I went to use the toilet I had this uncontrollable urge to push come over me, and I knew at this moment we needed to get in the car and go. I yelled out to Daniel “Call the hospital, it’s time!” When I did use the toilet I noticed I had started to bleed and clot quite a bit, which was concerning for us, as we didn’t know what that meant until later learning that my cervix was opening dramatically.
We packed the last few items, and raced to Box Hill Hospital. The car ride there, every surge was an urge to push now, and for a moment I thought I was going to deliver the baby in the car!
We arrived at the hospital at approximately 1am, where I was wheelchaired up to our birth suite. Chloe, our midwife, got me on the bed to put a monitor over my belly to make sure the baby wasn’t under any stress and everything was looking ok. I then moved to my all fours as that position just felt better. Daniel at this stage had run down to the car to get the rest of our items, but given I started to feel the baby right at my pelvic floor I was hoping he would be back in time because I knew this baby was coming any minute now.
I then needed to stand up, an attempt to try and make it to the bath that was filled and waiting for me to get in, but this baby had other plans. Daniel walked back in the room and with another 2 breaths, out came our baby girl!
The labor all up was about 6 hours, all natural and no tears!
Thank you again for the experience we had with Hypnobirthing, it is something we would recommend to anyone! With love, – Hayley, Daniel and Maya. X – The HypnoBirthing Collective Group Class
‘My HypnoBirthing was an amazing journey thanks to Violet’s guidance, her lovely personality knowledge and passion for HypnoBirthing made her an extraordinary birth companion. During five weeks I learnt how to control my body keeping my mind relaxed, putting in practice all the different meditations and exercises that Violet taught me, making my labour so much easier to handle and of course the support of my partner played and very important role, this is the beauty of HypnoBirthing where both parents can be completely involved in the birth of their baby. I can’t thank enough to Violet for her help and support before, during and after my baby Max was born. She will always be very special to us.’ – Desiree, Guillaume and baby Maximiliano, HypnoBirthing Family
‘I was lucky enough to meet Violet during my pregnancy journey to achieve VBAC. I chose to do HypnoBirthing as well as use a private midwife service to support me in my decision. I instantly connected with Violet. I felt very comfortable with her and loved her right from the start. We started classes together in the privacy of my own home with my beloved partner. Violet came very prepared for the course and she went above and beyond the material adding evidence based research, support, friendship and most importantly Love. I felt incredible inspired and empowered from what I learnt from Violet and HypnoBirthing. I took back control of my mind and body, i learnt to speak up and advocate for myself in decisions that needed to be made surrounding me pregnancy and birth. this enabled me to have a very successful, empowering and healing VBAC. It was a true honour to have worked with Violet in welcoming my daughter Earth side. i have learnt so much and I am grateful to have met her and now be able to call her my friend.’ – Ally Caroline and baby Lilly Grace, HypnoBirthing Family.
‘Fantastic course, it was really good to learn over a good time period so we can have time to learn in between. We loved all the information and resources including support for the birth companions. Thank you for helping us prepare for the birth of our baby, we have really enjoyed all the content and the learnt many tools that will help us in childbirth and beyond. – Suzie, Garrett, Lucy and Baby M, HypnoBirthing Family
‘I absolutely loved everything about your magical workshop, you have such a beautiful energy and such a powerful woman for all women, you are an inspiration. Your attention to detail was absolutely Divine, I love the colours and I love the energy . It felt so good to be filling my cup and knowing that I was being reminded of all this beauty and learning so many new things as well. i loved the booklets ad goody bags you made, it was so amazing thank you’ – Chiara Alessandrino, Postpartum Workshop @Northcote Natural Therapies
‘Jas and I completed a HypnoBirthing course with Violet at @naturalbirthmagic3 
It was such a lovely experience & we are both feeling confident & excited to welcome our baby girl soon 
We did 5 sessions and they were 2.5-3 hours in each. We learnt a lot of things but just to recap some were: Breathing techniques to help through pregnancy and labour, Affirmations, Acupressure Learning about the process and options of labour, Coming up with a birth plan & preferences, Visualisation techniques, Nutrition in pregnancy, Teaching your partner how they can support you through labour, Birth positions, Rebozo, Tips and learnings after baby is here, boundaries and so much more I highly recommend HypnoBirthing & loved Violet’s energy & approach. She was so lovely and supportive. We are ready for what ever turn her birth takes. Excited to meet you baby girl – Nadia Velkou and Jason, HypnoBirthing Family
‘We feel so privileged to have had you guide us through the biggest life change we will ever face as a family and we have you to thank for this, we feel positive and supported in every way possible. Your kindness and love and teachings cushioned our entrance into parenthood. I will always be so grateful for you, you’re such an angel and we cannot thank you enough.’
‘We also enjoyed the Postpartum session, lots of great content and Violet is very loving and thoughtful in her delivery. We give you 12/10!’ – Rochelle and Rory – HypnoBirthing Family and Online Private Group Postpartum Workshop
”My husband and I completed our HypnoBirthing course through Violet in an online setting. We found that the information provided through the course was beneficial and really helped us prepare for the birth of our second son. The course gave us fantastic resources and tools to help manage the birthing process and gave my partner tools to support me through the birth. It helped us understand that the role of the birth partner is equally as important as that of the Mum to be. We used her teachings on the day to help manage the birth and make it the best experience it could be. Violet also ran an in-person acupressure workshop with us where we learned some valuable information about different pressure points to help with pregnancy discomfort and points that could be used during labour. We’re advocates for both hypnobirthing and for Violet as a guide, we can’t recommend her enough! Her kindness and warmth as a person really radiated through and made her a wonderful and trusted support person for us.’ – Bree and Paul Zala, HypnoBirthing Family with In person Acupressure for pregnancy, birth and postpartum workshops.
“Thank you so much Violet for your amazing classes. It is an absolute pleasure to meet you and share in this journey with your guidance. We learnt so much and feel so empowered after attending your sessions. Each week we would look forward to another encounter with you where we not only learnt some many skills and approaches to birthing but also to our lives. You are a special person and we wish you all the best with sharing your gifts with this world going forth. Thank you Violet”Elyse Violet Ripia and Shaun Sparkes, Melbourne, HypnoBirthing Family – Home birth, 5hr labour, no painkillers, caught by her Dad on the 5th of Aug
Other Testimonials via Social Media
