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HypnoBirthing Course Outline:
What to Expect

This five-week HypnoBirthing® programme is taught privately, with the content adapted to fit four weekly classes of two and a half hours. Each session builds on the last, giving you the knowledge, techniques and mindset to create the birth experience you want. Sessions take place in your own home in Ealing and the surrounding area, or online

UPCOMING COURSES

  • Week 1: Building a positive birth expectancy

    We begin by exploring the philosophy behind HypnoBirthing® and how your mindset shapes your experience of birth.

    - Philosophy and beginnings of HypnoBirthing®

    - History of women and birthing

    - How the uterus works in birthing

    - What’s wrong with labour

    - How fear affects labour

    - The origin of fear and pain in labour

    - The power of the mind

    - The Laws of the Mind and Change

    - Mind/body connection

    - Psycho-physical association

    - Breathing and relaxation

    - Building positive images of birth

  • Week 2: Parental bonding, preparing your mind & body

    In week two, we focus on the deep connection between mind and body, and how nurturing that connection from pregnancy onwards supports a smoother birth.

    - Pre-birth, perinatal and postnatal bonding

    - Background of fetology studies

    - Selecting care providers

    - Preparing the mind for birth

    - Special breathing techniques

    - Hypnosis deepening and visualisation

    - Releasing fear

    - Preparing the body for birthing

    - Building a partnership with care providers

  • Week 3: Advanced visualisation & deepening

    This session deepens your practice, with advanced visualisation techniques and practical preparation for the final stages of pregnancy.

    - Labour and birthing visualisations and deepenings

    - Turning breech-presented babies

    - Looking at the “Estimated Due Date”

    - Avoiding artificial induction

    - Preparing birth preferences

    - How the body prepares for birth

    - Initiating labour naturally

    - Your body’s perfect design

    - Releasing fears & limiting thoughts

  • Week 4: Overview & summary of birth

    Week four gives you and your birth companion a thorough understanding of the stages of labour, so you feel informed, prepared and in control.

    - Pre-labour tricksters

    - The onset of labour

    - Birth companion’s support role

    - Labour comforts

    - Thinning and opening phase

    - Labour slows or rests

    - Misconceptions about labour

    - Birth companion advocates for Mother and Baby

    - Hallmarks as labour advances

    - Breathing

    - Birth rehearsal imagery

  • Week 5: Birthing, bonding & breastfeeding

    In our final session, we focus on the birth itself and the precious time immediately afterwards — from optimal positioning to the magical first hour with your baby.

    - Mother nears completion

    - Optimal positioning for baby in labour & birth

    - Positions during labour, descent and birthing

    - Birthing phase, descent, birth breathing

    - Birth’s perfect design

    - Breathing through labour

    - Breathing with birth

    - Breastfeeding

    - The magical first hour

    - Bonding with baby

    - Fourth Trimester

Ready to begin?

The HypnoBirthing® course is taught on a 1:1 basis, in your own home or online.

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