HYPNOBIRTHING - Anything But Hippy. Every Bit Worth It.
It’s ok. You are not the only one. Not the only person to see the word ‘Hypno’ and think immediately of incense, candles, yoga mats, and hearing the sounds of ‘ooooom’ - as though on a retreat? (Nothing wrong with that though…) Or do you think of being hypnotised on stage and making a fool of yourself barking like a dog? It’s no wonder you roll your eyes at HypnoBirthing!
Let me tell you, it is NOTHING like that and also, there is nothing wrong with being hippy anyway! We DO NOT hypnotise you (we can’t unless you are a fully willing participant), we DO teach you to deeply relax and the power of visualisation.
Let me REALLY tell you what HypnoBirthing is and WHY I love teaching the programme.
ABOUT HYPNOBIRTHING:
The HypnoBirthing Childbirth method is as much a philosophy of natural childbirth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying birth.
HypnoBirthing teaches you and your birth support companion the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. You will learn to call upon your body’s own natural relaxant, lessening or eliminating discomfort and the need for medication.
When you are prepared for childbirth using mind and body in harmony, nature is free to function in the same well designed manner that it does with all other creatures.
HypnoBirthing teaches you to release all prior programming about birth, how to trust your body and work with it, and how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to pain-causing fear and tension in muscles.
HypnoBirthing will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts, so you birth fully aware and in control, but profoundly relaxed.
WHAT DO YOU LEARN?
Over 12.5hrs education in class (privately or in a group) once per week, over five weeks, you receive the HypnoBirthing Book, a folder with an abundance of informational handouts and a parents manual - filled with suggestions and tips and tricks to help you through your pregnancy, labour and birth.
The ‘why’ behind HypnoBirthing (Philosophy)
How fear affects labour
Releasing fear
The power of the mind
The law of natural birthing physiology
Six HypnoBirthing component techniques
Relaxation techniques
Breathing techniques - (calm breath, surge breathing, birth breathing)
Preparing birth preferences
The onset of labour
Practice positions for birthing
When labour slows or rests
And….. a whole lot more!
WHO IS HYPNOBIRTHING BEST FOR?
Anyone who wishes to learn about birthing physiology
Anyone who strongly desires to birth at home, in a birthing centre (or if birthing in hospital) can create an environment which is calming and tranquil
Anyone who has fears and/or anxieties around labour and childbirth
Anyone who wishes to learn deep relaxation techniques for labour/birth
Anyone who wishes to learn breathing techniques which are beneficial in the process of labour/birth
Anyone who wants to have an empowering labour and birth
Anyone who has a strong desire to labour and birth without pain relief
Anyone that is on their own or has a partner and would like to be fully prepared for labour and birth
I will never get tired of teaching HypnoBirthing. I see the excitement replace fear, I see the joy instead of trepidation.
I love when there is an a-ha moment! (and there are always many)… you learn SO much from this course and the techniques you learn can be used in everyday life situations going forward (breathing/relaxations).
The beauty of being a birth doula too, is that I often end up attending a participants birth. They have the HypnoBirthing expert right there in the room with them - reminding them of the techniques that they have learnt over the programme and have put to practice up until their birthing day.
I encourage everyone who is pregnant to strongly consider HypnoBirthing, whether it is their first or subsequent baby. I have never heard anyone who has regretted attending!