The HypnoBirthing Course

This enjoyable and informative course is designed as a structured but informal class that will prepare you mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically for having the best possible experience of childbirth.
You will learn how your body works and how to best work with it, building your confidence and trust in yourself.
You will be taught and given techniques and exercises to practise, either on your own, or together with your birthing partner.

Groups are kept small enough to ensure that your needs are fully met and that you leave feeling positive and confident in your ability to use what you have learned and give birth using Hypnobirthing.

You will receive a copy of the "HypnoBirthing®” book by Marie Mongan, and a CD which includes Birthing Affirmations and the Rainbow Relaxation technique.

Birthing Partner

The Birthing Partner plays a central role in the HypnoBirthing program.
He/she will become a vitally important part of the pregnancy and birthing process; helping you to stay calm and focussed on the techniques you've been taught.
Some exercises are meant for the both of you to practice, and it is he/she who will accompany you during your birthing experience.
For this reason, it is most important that you choose as your Birthing Partner someone who you can trust, and feel comfortable with, whether it is the father, your partner, a family member or a friend.

What You Will Learn

• How to releasing fear and anxieties you may currently have regarding giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births.
• You will discover and learn that pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour.
• Advanced breathing techniques for relaxation and birth.
• To develop a trust in your natural birthing instincts.
• Different deep relaxation and visualisation techniques for a more comfortable birth.
• Different ways of bonding with your unborn baby.
• Ways in which to work confidently with your body.
• Enhancing releasing of endorphins.
• Building confidence towards birth.
• Physical exercises.
• Nutritional advice.
Most importantly, you'll learn how to take back control of your birthing experience - rather than blindly hand it over to your doctor or midwife.

Key Benefits

• A more relaxed and enjoyable pregnancy
• Promoting a special bond of mother, baby and birthing partner
• A more calm, gentle and safe birth experience
• Eliminating or greatly reducing the need for chemical painkillers or medical intervention
• Greatly reducing risks of breech presentations or other complications
• Easier resolution in calm and confident manner in the event of a complication
• Reduces risk of hyperventilation from shallow breathing
• Alleviating fatigue during birth, leaving mother energised and calm
• More rapid postnatal recovery
• It is found that HypnoBirthing babies tend to be calmer, better sleepers and eaters, and they experience less trauma as they are birthed gently and calmly at their own pace
HypnoBirthing returns childbirth to the beautiful, peaceful experience that nature intended.
It cannot promise or guarantee you a 'perfect' birth - no one can - but it can promise you a much more comfortable, safe, gentle and relaxed birth than you would have had otherwise.