HYPNOBIRTHING

What is HypnoBirthing®?

HypnoBirthing® helps you achieve a calmer and gentler birth, allowing you to bring in babies in a gentler and calmer way with hypnosis; hypnobirthing classes teach you to give birth confidently, as calmly, safely and gently as possible. This method applies both for healthy women and women who need medical assistance because of special circumstances. A hypnobirthing birth empowers the mother and allows a more natural birth.

Your Next Hypnobirthing Course:

Please contact us at [email protected] to enquire about the next HypnoBirthing class.

The HypnoBirthing® Approach

HypnoBirthing relies on education and self hypnosis and helps you dispel the fear-based stories, as well as misinformation around birthing. A variety of techniques used, such as special breathing, relaxation, visualization, meditative approach, attention to nutrition…

Here are some benefits of these classes

Eliminate fear that causes tension and pain through relaxation techniques
Learn how gently breathe the baby down (through breathing techniques)
Shorten first phase of labour
Make the labour phase more gentle and pleasant
Empower the mother to allow the natural birth process
Allow the mother to remain alert, fresh, awake and with more energy
Greatly reduce and often eliminate the need for drugs and intervention
Help keep oxygen supplied to baby during birthing
Reduce the need for an episiotomy
Reduce fatigue during labour
Include the partner in the birthing process

Your Specialist

Christine Deschemin is a certified hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and HypnoBirthing® specialist.

The Format

The course contains five 2½ hours sessions.

If you are very near your birthing time, please contact us so that we can make special arrangement for individual hypnobirthing classes with you.

Materials Provided

Marie Mongan’s HypnoBirthing book.
Deep relaxation and affirmation recordings.
Class handouts, including visualisation techniques.
Additional handouts (Birth Plan…)
One to one private session for breech baby or over due date, if required.

HypnoBirthing Classes

Unit 1: Getting Started

Introduction to the HypnoBirthing^® philosophy
Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birthing
How Nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth
How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts
The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing.
Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos

Unit 2: Preparing Mind & Body

The remarkable mind of your newborn baby—Prenatal bonding techniques
Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques
Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
Selecting the right care provider
The Birth companion’s role in birthing
Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Unit 3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby

The remarkable mind of your newborn baby—Prenatal bonding techniques
Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques
Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
Selecting the right care provider
The Birth companion’s role in birthing
Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Unit 4: An Overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love

Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
Preparing the Body for Birthing
Light Touch Labor Massage
Your body working for and with you
What if labor needs to be induced
Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts

Unit 5: Birth, Breathing Love, Bringing Life

Onset of Labor – Thinning and Opening Phase
Birth explained simply
Settling in at the hospital or birthing center
Preparing for home birth – or baby’s choice of birth
As labor moves along – passing time through labor
Hallmarks of labor
If labor rests or slows – Companion’s prompts and activities
As labor advances – birthing with your baby
Protecting the natural birthing experience
Birth rehearsal imagery

FAQs

Is it true that I will experience a pain-free birth with HypnoBirthing®?

HypnoBirthing® does not promise painless birthing, though many HypnoBirthing® mothers do report having a relatively pain-free birth or one that they were able to manage easily. When the causes of fear-tension-pain that constrict the birthing muscles are eliminated, birthing can be accomplished in a shorter time and much more comfortably. A relaxed mother’s body will produce more endorphins and oxytocin, nature’s own relaxants. HypnoBirthing® mother may experience sensations of tightening or pressure, but most describe their birth experience as working with their body through the sensations, and thus avoiding the excruciating pain that is frequently spoken of by women who choose other methods of preparation for birthing.

What if my doctor/midwife is not familiar with HypnoBirthing®? Can I still use this method and how can my healthcare providers help me to achieve my HypnoBirthing goals?

More and more care providers are becoming aware of the benefits of HypnoBirthing®. In class, you will learn how to create your birth preferences, which will help you communicate your birthing choices to your doctor, midwife, and nurses. If your care provider is not knowledgeable about HypnoBirthing®, you can discuss the techniques you will be using and the type of calm birthing environment that you desire.

Will HypnoBirthing® be useful to me if I don’t opt for a natural childbirth or if circumstances necessitate medical intervention or a surgical birth?

The answer is YES. In HypnoBirthing® classes you will learn relaxation skills that will be useful to you, your partner and your baby, regardless of the circumstances. In the event that medical interventions of any sort are needed, you will find yourself better prepared to remain calm and in control. Moms who have needed cesareans for medical reasons report that they were totally relaxed before, during, and after the procedure. Many report they needed less medication following the birth, and were able to return to normal functioning in a shorter amount of time.

Will I be unconscious or will I remember my birth experience?

A hypnoBirthing mother is totally aware and may return to a conversant state or choose to become mobile whenever she desires. You will remain definitely conscious during self-hypnosis. The HypnoBirthing mothers are deeply relaxed and are an active participant in the labor process. They often find they experience time distortion, are able to rest, and focus on birthing and their new baby.