Hypnobabies® Childbirth Education

Hypno-What? Hypnobabies®!

Hypnobabies® teaches somnambulistic hypnosis, which is the hypnosis used when highly allergic patients need life-saving surgeries. Not only does Hypnobabies® teach this level of hypnosis, but it is also a complete childbirth education course so that if you take a Hypnobabies® class, you don’t need any other childbirth education courses!

How Successful Is It?

Very Comfortable Births- 70-75% of birthing people report feeling mostly pressure, tightening, or mild sensations.

Comfortable Until Transition- 15% of birthing people report feeling pressure only until the 10-60 minute transitional period, with mild to intense degrees of sensation thereafter. “very manageable”

Comfortable Until Active Labor- 10%, with mild to intense degrees of sensation thereafter This group can have any number of things that affect their birth experiences; prodromal labor, posterior or asynclitic presentations that do not resolve, other labor complications, emotional issues, lack of support, or they simply did not do their homework! (45 minutes a day) Hypnosis for childbirth won’t help a pregnant person or a couple that is not willing to do the work involved in preparing for their baby’s birth.

All birthing people reported that the Relaxation and Fear Clearing in the Hypnobabies® program were invaluable to them during their labors.

Other Benefits

• Many birthing parents use fewer drugs or no drugs, which means less risk of side effects for you and your baby, due to elimination of the Fear/Tension/Pain Syndrome, and by learning, practicing and using post-hypnotic suggestions.

• Most Hypno-parents have shorter labors since there is less resistance of the birthing muscles when pain and fear are minimized or eliminated.

• Hypno-parents generally have much more energy throughout the first and second stage, due to achieving total relaxation throughout the birthing process.

• The birthing environment is much more calm and peaceful when you, the natural childbirth parent, are comfortable, relaxed, and confident.

• Breech and posterior babies can be turned using hypnosis.

• Blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature can be lowered, and nausea, back, and hip pain eliminated with hypnosis during pregnancy and labor.

• There are fewer interventions for failure to progress and, therefore, fewer complications during labor for our birthing parents and babies.

• As a Hypnobabies® birthing parent, you are easily “deprogrammed” from the usual negativity of childbirth stories and scenarios you may have heard or read during Hypnobabies® classes and by listening to audio CDs which have positive messages and hypnotic suggestions.

• Hypnobabies® automatically allows you to have a much more positive attitude and confidence in birthing. It is truly a gift that you are giving yourself, an amazingly easy way to enjoy your pregnancy more and look forward to your baby’s birth.

Tell Me More!

• Hypnobabies® is a complete six-week course. Each class lasts approximately 3 hours (some run longer, some run shorter) and can accommodate up to 6 birthing families per class.  

• The best time to take a Hypnobabies® course is between 20-30 weeks of pregnancy. Ideally, this time frame will give you plenty of time to practice your skills and get comfortable with self-hypnosis leading up to your birth, but 34 weeks is the latest you can take a class if you haven’t found us until later in pregnancy. 

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