Welcome to Fear Free Childbirth
Hello, I’m Alexia!
I’ve helped thousands of women all over the world to lose the fear and have empowering birth experiences.
I want to help you too so that you feel calm and excited about birth.
I’ve developed a DIY Fear Clearance technique that is FAST and POTENT.
It’s easy to use which means that you can approach pregnancy and birth FEAR FREE.
Use it on your fears, stresses and anxieties to feel strong and empowered on your journey to motherhood.
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I work with women all over the world to help them to activate their inner power and resilience.
I support women in overcoming their deep-rooted fears and traumas so that they can live fearlessly.
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planning for pregnancy
Prepare emotionally and feel ready.
Pregnant + Prepping for birth
Feel calm and excited for birth.
Pregnancy & Birth Professional
Support without the burnout.
free Birth prep Guide
9 Steps To A Fearless Birth is my most popular download.
Discover the essential 9 steps that will help you prepare for your positive, fear-free birth.
due date cheat sheet
Avoid due date stress.
Calculate a more realistic due date based on science
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the latest from the blog…
Are you setting yourself up to ‘fail’ at birth?
Let me start by saying that I don’t believe in birth failure ... or that you can 'fail' at birth. But that doesn’t stop women everywhere saying...
How to prepare for birth disappointment
When preparing for an upcoming birth, I always recommend preparing for more than one birth outcome. Two of these will inevitably include your...
What happens if you DON’T prepare for birth #truestory
Let me start by just getting this out the way. I’m NOT about laying on the guilt. At all. And this post is not a...
The 3 things it takes for a natural birth
So you want a natural birth? This is the kind of birth that lots of women say they want. But often, they might not fully appreciate what it takes to...
Do I need to do pregnancy classes?
Are you wondering if you need to do pregnancy classes? I’d love to be able to give you a a YES or NO answer to this, but I can’t. Only you can judge...
How fabulous do you want your birth to be?
This might seem like an odd question, but it’s one worth thinking about. What do you want from your birth? Some have a very straightforward aim for...
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Women sharing their experiences of pregnancy & birth.
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the latest podcast episodes…
How to have a fear-free childbirth
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for...
How partners can support women during pregnancy & birth, with Souvereign
The one idea that inspired and motivated me when I started working in the birth and pregnancy space was this: the birth moment is a sacred one that...
The psychology of pain
Pain is interesting. At least I find it interesting. I guess that comes from my work in helping women prepare for pregnancy and birth, because pain...
The story behind the podcast
The Fear Free Childbirth and Motherhood podcast is where I help you to lose the fear, anxiety and stress that inevitably accompanies the journey to...
Anxiety in pregnancy
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for...
Thomas Verny, Father of Prenatal Psychology
Prenatal psychology is an area of psychology that looks at the psychological changes that women go through from conception to postpartum. If you're...
“Thanks so much to you, I can honestly say I’m entering into my final weeks of pregnancy fear free. I’m just excited – I feel like everyday is Christmas Eve!
I can honestly say I’m looking forward to labor and delivery!
Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU for your podcast and book – they’re game changers!”
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Do you suffer from tokophobia and don’t know what to do?
In my FREE email series, I share the 5 ways you can overcome tokophobia, the extreme fear of pregnancy & birth.
Latest blogs on tokophobia…
Tokophobia. Everything you need to know
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for...
Thomas Verny, Father of Prenatal Psychology
Prenatal psychology is an area of psychology that looks at the psychological changes that women go through from conception to postpartum. If you're...
7 signs of a woman with tokophobia
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for...
Fearless Birthing
The Fear Free Childbirth podcast is back! After a year off, I'm back... lots of great episodes coming too! In this episode, I talk about my new...
The 4 TRUE causes of fear of birth and pregnancy
There has been a lot of debate recently around fear of birth and tokophobia, the pathological fear of birth and pregnancy. Much of this debate has...
A tokophobia birth story; Cee Fee’s Positive Birth
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia cleared her own tokophobia and developed a method that has helped women clear theirs for...