What is Hypnobirthing?
There is clinical evidence to show that hypnosis in childbirth reduces the discomfort and reduces the need for intervention. Hypnobirthing is a form of hypnotherapy for birth preparation. You come to my course to feel more confident, less fearful and more excited to expereince birth.
Using self and in my case also in person hypnosis, deep relaxation techniques, breathing techniques and visualisations to assist with preparing for your baby’s arrival. It reduces the presence of fear, tension and anxiety around birth. The course provides both you and your birthing partner with the confidence and positivity to navigate your own experience, to exercise your rights and choices and to use the skills learnt to positively birth your baby.
WHAT IS HYPNOBIRTHING BASED ON?
Women being able to calmly and confidently birth their babies, after all women’s bodies and the babies know how to birth
Birth is something a woman does and not something which is done to her
Birth is natural and can be a natural experience BUT the tools aid every birth circumstance
Needless procedures can interrupt the births natural rhythm, we work to exercise our rights and understand our choices but to work with our midwives as a team
Each labour has its own schedule, labour may rest or accelerate. It shouldn’t be manipulated
DOES HYPNOBIRTHING WORK?
YES, it really does work! During labour, your body produces a wonderful natural hormone called oxytocin, we call it the love hormone. Oxytocin is what is released during lovemaking and also this same hormone helps progress your labour (they say what gets baby in, gets baby out!) Stress hormones affect the production of oxytocin and can make your labour longer but, hypnobirthing can help you manage stress hormones, such as adrenalin, and reduce anxiety, which leads to a calmer birth. We give you and your birth partner the skills to cope and tools that will benefit you during labour and birth.
You can use Hypnobirthing however and wherever you give birth – in a hospital, labour ward, theatre, birth centre, or at home. Hypnobirthing can help your birth partner play a more active role during labour and in some case’s as mothers are relaxed it has been shown to make labour shorter and the need for drugs and interventions less likely. If interventions do arise then hypnobirthing is said to help the healing as there is less tension in the muscles and tissues, this in turn aids the bonding process with your baby.
Hypnobirthing also covers the fourth trimester which is the first three months after baby has arrived. We discuss what to expect and how relaxation can also benefit you at this time. Hypnobirthing may benefit you after birth too, with some evidence showing that it can lower the chance of postnatal depression.
If you feel a private 1:1 course or a small group course would be best for you or you would like to discuss the content with me, please contact me here. I would love to work with you! Lets get started!