About HypnoBirthing

HypnoBirthing is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing. This amazing program teaches you, along with your birthing companion the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. you will learn how to call upon your body’s own natural relaxant and thus lessen, or even eliminate discomfort and the need for medication. When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth and when mind and body are in harmony, Nature is free to function in the same well designed manner that it does with all animal mothers in Nature.

You will be fascinated as you view HypnoBirthing videos, showing laboring mothers awake, alert and in good humor as they experience the kind of gentle birth that you can know when you are free from the fear that causes pain and tension. Through self-hypnosis, special breathing and visualization, HypnoBirthing teaches you to release all prior programming about birth, who to trust your body and work with it, as well as how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to pain-causing fear and unyielding muscles.

HypnoBirthing will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts. With HypnoBirthing, you will not be in a trance or sleep state. You will be aware and fully in control, but profoundly relaxed.

HypnoBirthing Advantages

• Teaches deep levels of relaxation to eliminate the fear that causes tension and pain
• Greatly reduces and often eliminates the need for chemical painkillers and drugs
• Shortens the first phase of labor
• Leaves mother alert, fresh, awake and with energy
• Helps keep oxygen supplied to the baby during birthing
• Reduces the need for an episiotomy
• Reduces and often eliminates fatigue during labor
• Empowers parents with techniques to achieve a gentle, calm birth for themselves and their baby
• Gives the birthing companion an integral role in the birthing
• Embraces the concept of pre-birth parenting
• Teaches breathing techniques that allow a woman to gently breathe her baby into the world without the violence of hard, physical pushing.

What will I learn?
HypnoBirthing® is a complete childbirth education program offered in 5 2 and a half hour classes. You will learn what I like to call life tools. The relaxation techniques that you will learn are focused on birth. However, you will be able to use variations of these techniques for the rest of your life!

How Fear Affects Labor
You will learn how the uterus functions normally. This understanding will allow you to release fear and embrace the concept of easier, more comfortable birth.

Preparing Your Mind and Body for Success
In HypnoBirthing you will learn relaxation and visualizations that will see you through your labor and quickly bring about a renewed state of energy following your birth.

Breathing Techniques
You will learn three gentle breathing techniques to enhance your body’s natural ability and encourage a calm and peaceful birthing experience.

Nutrition
Healthy mommies birth healthy babies. We will discuss good nutrition which is essential for your baby’s growth and development. Many late pregnancy concerns can be minimized and even reversed through healthy eating and optimal nutrition.

How the Body Works with You and for You
Childbirth is a normal, natural and healthy function for women. You will learn how your body and baby are designed perfectly for birth. You will understand what the uteran muscles are doing and why, as well as the stages of labor…simplified.

Prenatal Bonding
Getting acquainted with your baby is a very magical experience and you don’t have to wait until (s)he is born to enjoy making this connection.

Integral Role for Your Birth Companion
Birth companions are able to experience the joy of supporting mommy and participating in the miracle of birth. Companions are encouraged, however, many single moms have achieved gentle and fulfilling births.

We will also discuss exercise, laboring and birthing positions, birth preferences, breastfeeding and so much more!