A complete childbirth education course, preparing Mom and her birth companion for pregnancy, birth, and baby bonding. It’s a 5 week course, 2.5 hours/week, at Health Solutions in Grand Baie.
Teaches birth education, deep relaxation, self-hypnosis, special breathing techniques, visualization, & affirmations. It prepares the mom to release fear, be more relaxed, have less or even no pain, and birth her baby in a more smooth way as nature intended.
When mom is properly prepared for birthing physically, mentally and emotionally, she can experience the rewards.
The end result is a happy, healthy and calm baby and Mom!
Detailed Class Topics
A Good Birth just needs the right preparation. Setting positive expectations
- HypnoBirthing® origins
- Introduction to principles of self hypnosis
- How to release the fear/tension/pain syndrome
- Why women have pain in labor and how fear affects labor
- The history of women and birthing
- How the uterus works
- How nature perfectly designed a woman’s body to give birth
- Hypnosis and deep relaxation to create positive birth outcomes
- Sleep breathing: for sleep, relaxation, and used at the beginning of labor
- Rainbow Relaxation Hypnosis
Falling in Love with Your Baby & Preparing the Mind & Body
- The remarkable mind of your newborn baby
- Prenatal and postnatal bonding techniques
- Birthing positions
- Slow breathing: extremely helpful throughout labor
- Progressive, instant and deepening hypnosis techniques
- Birth companions learn to put Moms into hypnosis
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Nutrition, the importance of growing healthy, happy babies
- Releasing limiting thoughts exercise
- Depthometer/Glove Relaxation Hypnosis
Creating Your Birth Preferences
- Birth breathing: to bring your baby into the world
- How to avoid episiotomy and tearing
- Preparing birth preferences (birth plan)
- Hospital records and pre-administration registration
- Avoiding breech presentation
- Looking at your due date
- Light touch labor massage
- Avoiding artificial induction of labor
- Making sure your care provider is the right fit for you
- Who will be there when you give birth?
- Fear Release Hypnosis
Birthing – Breathing Love, Bringing Life
- Birth explained simply
- The stages of labor
- How you will know you are in labor
- How to know when it is time go to the hospital
- Special circumstances that require the attention of your caregiver
- Settling in at the hospital, birthing center, or for a home birth
- Birth companion’s role: what to do during labor
- Natural measures for a slow or stalled labor
- Important questions for birth companions to ask care providers
- Birthing phase – breathing baby down
- Who will be there when I get home? What support will I need?
- Birth Rehearsal Hypnosis
- Bonding with your Baby
The end result is a happy, healthy and calm baby and Mom!
