Are you interested in using self hypnosis for labour and childbirth?
Do you want to be in control of your birth?
Are you looking for an easy, comfortable, and yet drug-free birth?
HypnoBirthing® is the answer
HypnoBirthing® is a complete birth education programme, that teaches simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth.
HypnoBirthing® is much more than just self hypnosis or hypnotherapy for childbirth.
With HypnoBirthing®, you'll discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour.
You'll learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births.
HypnoBirthing® lets you discover and experience the joy and magic of birth - rather than the horrific ordeal everyone else seems hell-bent on telling you about.
Most importantly, you'll learn how to put yourself back in control of your birth - rather than blindly turning your birthing experience over to your doctor or midwife.
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HypnoBirthing® doesn't mean you'll be in a trance or a sleep. Rather, you'll be able to chat, and be and in good spirits - totally relaxed, but fully in control. You'll always be aware of what is happening to you, and around you.
HypnoBirthing® doesn't require any particular belief system, or prior experience. Some of the mums (and especially their husbands!) have been very sceptical at first - until they experience it for themselves.
In short, HypnoBirthing® allows you to experience birth in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the birthing muscles of your body from functioning as Nature intended them to.
HypnoBirthing was developed by Marie Mongan, an American hypnotherapist. Marie based her teachings on the work and research done by Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, a British obstetrician and pioneer for natural childbirth, and on her own experiences from giving birth to her own four children. The first HypnoBirthing mum was Marie’s daughter, Maura, who gave birth naturally and without discomfort to Kyle, Marie’s first grandson, and the first HypnoBirthing baby.
How HypnoBirthing® Works
HypnoBirthing is designed as a structured but informal class format that teaches about the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of birth. You'll learn why your body does what it does, as well as how. |
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What You Will Learn
- The positive belief that giving birth can be the most wonderful experience a woman ever has
- To look forward optimistically to a gentle, safe, calm, comfortable and stress-free birth
- How to release any fears that may in some way be associated with childbirth, and thus avoid the ‘Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome’.
- How to relax deeply and quickly using breathing techniques, visualization and self-hypnosis.
- How to stay calm, relaxed and in control throughout your labour
- How to produce endorphins - your own natural, pain reducing ‘morphine’ - so that you can reduce or avoid the need for drugs or epidurals
- How to trust your body to work naturally and in harmony with your baby
- How to condition and tone your perineum to help avoid episiotomy or damage to the pelvic floor
- How to use natural methods to help start labour after the ‘estimated due date’, for induction, or if the labour stalls
- How to prepare a birth plan so that you can be better informed and in control of the birthing procedure
- Positions to help you birth your baby more easily and comfortably
- How to breathe correctly and avoid ‘panting’ that can lead to hyper-ventilation
- Relaxation exercises, visualizations and breathing techniques to help your cervix open more gently and often in a shorter time, as you remain calm Consequently, the first stage of labour is often shorter by several hours, so that you and your baby are less fatigued
- Breathing techniques that work with your body to maximise your body’s own natural expulsive reflex, so you may birth your baby more gently, rather than using violent ‘pushing’ which is exhausting and less effective
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The HypnoBirthing® Benefits
Benefits That Have Been Reported:
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- Reduces and may even eliminate the need for pain relieving drugs and epidurals
- Mothers feel more in control of what is going on
- Mothers breathe effectively and therefore do not run the risk of hyperventilation from ‘panting’
- Shortens the first stage of labour often by several hours
- Lessens fatigue in the mother, thus leaving her more awake to welcome her baby into the world
- Allows the mother to work with her own natural expulsive pulsations, breathing her baby down to crowning, rather than violently pushing
- Reduces the risk of damage to the mother’s pelvic floor and perineum
- Reduces the need for an episiotomy
- Almost entirely removes the likelihood of postnatal depression
- Fewer medical interventions, including a reduced number of caesarean section births, forceps and ventouse delivery
- Bonding with father/birthing companion and baby is strengthened
- Childbirth is returned to the peaceful, satisfying and joyful experience that nature intended it to be
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For the baby
- Babies are more likely to be well adjusted, calm and content
- In the absence of drugs, babies are born more alert
- Helps ensure a healthy supply of oxygen to the baby during labour
- More babies are born naturally without trauma
- Higher Apgar scores (measure of baby’s health immediately after birth and five minutes later)
- Breast feeding and sleeping are easier
- Easier bonding with mother and birthing companion
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For the father/birthing companion
- Father and/or birthing companion has an integral role before, during and after the birth
- Enables father and/or birthing companion to be constructively supportive before, during and after the birth
- Increases father and/or birthing companion’s knowledge about the birthing process, therefore empowering him and/or he
- Increases bonding with mother and baby
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Course Costs
Rowan Perkin’s HypnoBirthing course is £295 per couple for 5 classes, with each class lasting approximately two and a half hours. This price includes the official HypnoBirthing text book, CD and class materials.
Book a buddy course, ie you and your friend with your respective partners and have a course tailored to suit you. This takes place in the comfort of your own home. £325 per couple.
A private one to one course may offer you and your partner the extra support you need. The bespoke course focuses on your individual needs. Relax in the comfort of your own home and receive undivided advice, guidance and support from Rowan Perkin. £415. |
