Course Outline

“I just want to thank you for your great hypnobirthing class and making my first labour experience a positive one. Now looking back on how it got me to handle labour and delivery of Emerson is just absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!! So effective and the best part was that I did it without any pain medication! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!” ~ Elisha Guest, mom to Emerson

Class 1 : Building A Positive Expectancy
• Introduction to HypnoBirthing®
• Rationale for a comfortable birth
• How nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth and how we’ve gone wrong with labour
• Hypnosis and deep relaxation – creating positive birth outcomes

Class 2 : Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
• Prenatal Bonding Techniques
• Rapid and instant relaxation techniques
• Breathing techniques for birthing
• Hypnotic Relaxation and Visualizations

Class 3 : Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
• Birth Preferences and choosing a care provider
• Preparing the Body for Birthing
• Light touch birthing massage
• Your Body working for and with You
• Releasing Negative Emotions, Fears and Limiting Thoughts.

Class 4 : A Labour of Love
• Onset of Labour – Thinning and Opening Phase
• As Labour moves along – role of birth companion
• If Labour rests or slows
• Protecting the Natural Birthing Experience
• Birth Rehearsal Imagery

Class 5 : Birthing – Breathing Love, Bringing Life
• Mother nears completion
• Birth explained simply
• Breathing Baby Down
• Birth of the placenta
• Bonding with your baby

"I have to say that I entirely credit Hypnobirthing with how wonderful the last half of my pregnancy was. I can go back and pinpoint the time I started practicing the breathing and listening to the CDs with when my morning sickness stopped and my aches and pains subsided. Hypnobirthing gave me a reason to concentrate on my pregnancy and baby before he even arrived. It also showed me that I am in charge of my birth experience, and allowed me to feel fully empowered during the birth. Now that my son has arrived, I am proud to say that I have a calm, content baby, which I also believe is because of Hypnobirthing. So thanks to you and Hypnobirthing for making pregnancy and the early days of motherhood such a wonderful experience."  ~Tiffany Wolf, mom to Edward

“Affiliated with the HypnoBirthing Institute”