The Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes educate mothers and birth partners about the process of labour and birth, understanding hormonal and body changes and how to create spaces to support your physical and emotional wellbeing.
A 'toolkit' of methods to replace anxiety and fear with a calm, confident mindset include education about non-pharmacological techniques of breathing, massage, acupressure, affirmations, self-hynosis and the use of water, along with education about pharmacological pain relief such as epidurals.
The classes increase self-belief, informed decision making and control over what resources work for you in collaboration with your midwife/doctor. Your birth partner will understand how to best give support and to feel calm themselves. You will have access to exclusive audio soundtracks, eBooks, online resources and videos.
A 'toolkit' of methods to replace anxiety and fear with a calm, confident mindset include education about non-pharmacological techniques of breathing, massage, acupressure, affirmations, self-hynosis and the use of water, along with education about pharmacological pain relief such as epidurals.
The classes increase self-belief, informed decision making and control over what resources work for you in collaboration with your midwife/doctor. Your birth partner will understand how to best give support and to feel calm themselves. You will have access to exclusive audio soundtracks, eBooks, online resources and videos.
Unit 1
Creating & Maintaining a Positive Mind
Creating & Maintaining a Positive Mind
- Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing
- How our brain is wired to birth
- The role of our caregivers
- Mind/body connection
- What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?
- Our hormones are our friends
- My amazing uterus – understanding the physiology behind birthing
- Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome
- Causes of Fear (including history) and how it affects our labour
- Re-programming the Subconscious
- The language for empowered birthing
- The power of affirmations
- Birthing environment
Unit 2
Our Toolkit for Birth
Our Toolkit for Birth
- Self-hypnosis tracks
- Birth music
- Conditioning with scent
- Hypnotic anchors and triggers
- Releasing endorphins through massage and touch
- Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding
- Visualisations for pregnancy, labour & birthing
- The importance of facial relaxation
- Relaxation Breathing – a skill for life
- Surge Breathing – the best tool ever!
- Techniques to help make your surges more comfortable
- The ‘urge’ to push/bear down – Breathing/Bearing down
Unit 3
Preparation and Choices for Empowered Birthing
Preparation and Choices for Empowered Birthing
- Birth Preferences – having open communication with your caregivers
- Knowledge is power – researching common interventions and procedures
- Questions to ask, to assist in making informed decisions
- Birth partner as advocate
- ‘Guess date’ – a normal range of pregnancy
- Inductions – things you’re not always told
- Achieving a natural start to labour
- Maintaining a healthy diet
- Preparing the body – staying active
- Optimising baby’s position
- Breech or Posterior – options & positions
- Instant relaxation techniques
- Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts
Unit 4
Birth - Bringing it All Together
Birth - Bringing it All Together
- What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth
- Signs that labour is starting
- What to expect through labour (membranes releasing etc)
- When to call the midwife/go to the hospital
- Accidental home/car birth – what to do!
- Birth partner’s role
- Common procedures
- Using water during labour and birth
- Upright positioning, movement and birth positions
- Special circumstances (including caesarean birth)
- Fear release
- Vocalisation
- Cord clamping & placenta delivery
- Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time – skin to skin
- What to expect afterwards
- Self-hypnosis – Rehearsal for Birth
- A practice routine – preparation for birth!
