HypnoBirthing ®
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Next course: Courses running regularly both for groups and individual couples. Contact to find out more.
HypnoBirthing® was originally established in the United States by Marie Mongan, who is the founder of The HypnoBirthing® Institute. She originally developed the programme to help with the birth of her daughter. Due to the amazing success many medical professionals as well as hypnotherapists rushed to be trained in the techniques. HypnoBirthing® is now practiced all over the world.
Using the breathing and relaxation techniques we were taught, I was able to get through twelve hours of contractions with absolutely no pain at all. All I could feel was pressure.
— Catherine Jackson, Jersey
Many hypnotherapists offer hypnosis for childbirth and it is possible to reduce the pain of childbirth using hypnosis. HypnoBirthing® however is somewhat different in that it is a complete birth education programme that teaches simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth. HypnoBirthing® is now in its 17th year and the training needed by hypnotherapists in order to deliver it is extensive and thorough.
Whatever kind of birth you're planning, homebirth, hospital or bithing centre, HypnoBirthing® can help:
- Discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour
- Learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth
- Discover and experience the joy and magic of birth
- Put yourself in control
- 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® 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. Just imagine welcoming each surge! Feeling peaceful, relaxing, and even smiling as your baby comes closer to you!
Our community midwives actually said it was one of the easiest first time births that they had seen in twenty years - now that is some recommendation!
Marie Cooksey, Northamptonshire
* Quotes taken from http://www.hypnobirthing.co.uk