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What’s Included?

  • 5 x 2.5 - 3 Hour Long Class Sessions

  • Physical copy of “HypnoBirthing: A Natural Approach to a Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing” by Marie Mongan

  • Parent Handout Spiral Notebook

  • MP3 Downloads

  • Relaxation Scripts

  • Birth Preference Template

  • Birth Prompts for your Birth Partner

  • Tools and Techniques Not Only for Birth but for Everyday

Unit 1 - Setting the Stage

  • Philosophy and Beginnings of HypnoBirthing®

  • History of Birthing

  • How the Uterus Works in Labor

  • How Fear Affects Labor

  • Origin of Fear and Pain in Labor

  • Power of the Mind

  • Mind/Body Connection

  • Breathing and Relaxation

  • Building Positive Images of Birth

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  • Pre-Birth, Perinatal, and Postnatal Bonding

  • Selecting Care Providers

  • Preparing Mind for Birth

  • Special Breathing Techniques

  • Hypnosis Deepening and Visualization

  • Preparing the Body for Birthing

  • Building a partnership with Care Providers

Unit 2 -Falling in Love with Your Baby

Unit 3 - Advance Visualization and Deepening

  • Labor and Birthing Visualizations and Deepening

  • Looking at “Estimated Due Date”

  • Avoiding Unnecessary Artificial Induction

  • Preparing Birth Preference Sheet

  • How the Body Prepares for Birth

  • Initiating Labor

  • Your Body’s Perfect Design

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  • Releasing Fears and Limiting Thoughts

  • Prelabor Tricksters

  • Onset of Labor

  • Birth Partner’s Support Role

  • Labor Comforts

  • Labor Slows or Rests

  • Misconceptions about Labor

  • Birth Partner Advocating for Mother and Baby

  • Labor Advances

  • Breathing

Unit 4 - Overview and Summery of Childbirth

  • Birth Rehearsal Imagery

  • Optimal Positioning for Baby in Labor & Birth

  • Birthing Phase

  • Birth’s Perfect Design

  • Breathing Through Labor and Birth

  • Breastfeeding

  • Magical First Hour

  • Bonding with Baby

  • Fourth Trimester

Unit 5 - The Final Act and Bonding

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DISCLAIMER: The content of this website is in no way intended to be represented as medical advice nor as a prescription for medical procedures. Always seek the advice of a medical doctor or midwife to answer any health-related or pregnancy-related issues surrounding your pregnancy, labor, delivery of your baby and/or health of your baby.