Historically, the stereotypical birthing process has been associated with pain, fear, discomfort and tension that exceed nearly all other life experiences. Women in western societies have adopted the belief that the birthing process should be painful, but it is actually the fear itself that causes the pain. Fear causes tension. Tension causes pain. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. When the fear-tension-pain cycle begins, true pain is experienced. Not only is pain created by opposing chemicals, the natural progression of labour is impeded. Dysfunctional labour patterns are created which is more likely to result in interventions, including cesarean birth.
The bodies of healthy pregnant instinctively know how to birth, just as their bodies instictively know how to conceive and how to nurture the development of the babies they are carrying. The HypnoBirthing method teaches that in the absence of fear and tension, a woman is able to call upon her natural instincts through guided imagery, visualization and breath in order to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing that most mirrors nature.
A HypnoBirthing mother learns to embrace her body's innate knowledge of birthing, to relax into her birthing process, working with her body and her baby. She trusts that each knows how to do its job. She wants this experience to unfold naturally without interruption. In doing this she eliminates fatigue and shortens her birthing time. The result is a truly rewarding and satisfying birth experience for all involved, including the baby.
The extreme relaxation of the method promotes the natural release of the body's own endorphins, which are 200 times stronger than morphine. It is not uncommon for women who has participated in the HypnoBirthing program to appear as if they are sleeping and suddenly announce that the baby is coming.
This is not a new concept; women have been birthing this way for centuries. The efficacy of this method was recognized and recorded as early as the days of Hippocrates and Aristotle, who repeatedly wrote that nature is the best physician and that it should be allowed to function without the intrusion of "meddlesome interference".
The program is offered as five group sessions of two or more couples ($440 per couple) or four or five one-on-one sessions ($550), each session about 2- 2 1/2 hr long. Please contact for more information.
What You Will Learn in
HypnoBirthing®
Classes
Unit 1:
Building A Positive Expectancy
• Introduction to the remarkable HypnoBirthing®
philosophy
• The History of Women and Birthing
• 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: Falling in Love
with Your Baby/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
• Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
• Preparing the Body for Birthing
• Light Touch Labor Massage
• Your body working for and with you
• Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to
labor
• Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts.
Unit
4: An
overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love
• 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
Unit
5:
Birth – Breathing Love - Bringing Life
• Moving into birthing
• Positions for descent and birthing
• Breathing baby down to birth
• Baby moves to the breast
• Family bonding with your baby
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