What is HypnoBirthing®?
HypnoBirthing® is as much of a philosophy as it is a technique. It was developed by Marie Mongan and is based on the belief that women can experience birth through their own natural birthing instincts-serenely, comfortably, with dignity, and with as little medical intervention as possible.
The concept of HypnoBirthing® is not new, but rather a "rebirth" of the philosophy of birthing as it existed thousands of years ago and as it was recaptured in the work of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, an English obstetrician, who first forwarded the concept of natural birthing in the 1920s. The method teaches you that in the absence of fear and tension, severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labor.
You will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony--as they were designed to--when your body is sufficiently relaxed. You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free of the resistance that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birthing.
When you have your baby with HypnoBirthing®, you will not be in a trance or a sleep. What you will experience is similar to the daydreaming or focusing that occurs when you are engrossed in a book or a movie or staring into a fire.
You will be conversant and in good spirits--totally relaxed, but fully in control. Awake throughout, you will be aware of your body's surges; but because you will have trained yourself to reach complete relaxation, you will be able to determine the degree to which you will feel the surges. You will experience birthing in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the muscles of your body from functioning as nature intended them to. In this calm state your body's natural anesthesia, endorphins, replaces the stress hormones that constrict and cause pain.
In HypnoBirthing® you will learn how to:
- Release fear and anxiety so they will not affect you during labor
- Enter a deeply relaxed and focused state
- Eliminate or greatly reduce need for chemical painkillers by using your body's own natural anesthesia.
- Shorten labor working in neuromuscular harmony with nature throughout labor.
- Eliminate fatigue during labor, so you are fresh, awake, and full of energy for actual birthing.
- Have a more rapid postnatal recovery.
Benefits of HypnoBirthing®:
- Labor is more comfortable and often shorter
- There is less need for medical intervention
- Babies are calmer and better sleepers
- Mothers recover quicker and easier physically
- Mothers are happier and much less likely to suffer from post partum depression
- Birth becomes a special bonding experience between mother, father and baby
Who should take HypnoBirthing® classes:
- Couples desiring a calm, comfortable natural birth
- Anyone who feels anxiety or fear about giving birth
- Women who have had a previous birth that was difficult, painful, scary or involved unwanted medical intervention.
- Women planning a vaginal birth after a c-section
Parent Testimonials.
What people are saying about HypnoBirthing
”HypnoBirthing® gave me the most priceless gift — that of fearless childbirth”
”...I wasn't in the least exhausted or worn out as I was from the other, more tiring breathing that I used with my first baby.
In hypnosis, I set myself up to feel just the pressure and it worked. Throughout the entire birthing, that's the most that I did feel and with
not a drop of anesthesia."
”My parents saw the video of my birthing and they could not believe that I was even in labor”
”Nothing can describe the beauty of our birthing experience with HypnoBirthing® Program. I never dreamed after having two
children with the other method that I could have that easy a labor”
”I've been delivering babies for twenty years, and I've never seen anything like this method. It's just incredible” OB-GYN Physician
”It's beautiful! This is the way all babies should come into the world.” Labor & Delivery Nurse
”How could I believe when I had gone through not one, but two long and excruciating labors? I was petrified. Then I found HypnoBirthing®. This birth took 4-1/2 hours. I was relaxed and comfortable all the way. It was wonderful!”
”I kept telling myself all I would feel is pressure-and it works! That's all I did feel. What a difference from my first labor!”
”I read of the advantages of self-hypnosis and relaxation in a magazine and set out to find a program that could teach me the method. I'm so happy I found HypnoBirthing®! This was our first baby, and my active labor was only three hours from start to end. We were thrilled.”
What people are saying about Alice's Classes.
”It helped me in many ways with my third delivery-I was reassured, felt more confident and relaxed during the
experience thanks to your help! I loved the entire process-I only wish I could have started earlier!!!”
— Lourdes
”Alice's class helped us both - especially being first time parents - to
understand how to relax during the pregnancy as well as during our son's
birth. Alice took a personal interest in us during and after the class,
wanting
to be sure we were receiving useful information and understood how to apply
it”.
— Jack
HypnoBirthing Classes
Five 2-1/2 hour classes
(one or two day courses also available)
Group classes: $275 per couple
Individual instruction: $400 per couple
Included in cost:
HypnoBirthing Book, 2 relaxation tapes, class notes
Your health insurer may provide reimbursement and an itemized receipt is provided.
ADDITIONAL VALUE:
Class participants and their immediate family receive 25% off all individual sessions to address any additional issues. This offer extends from the period of class beginning to one month after baby is born.
Offered: TBA, call for details. Both private and group classes.
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