• Are you feeling slightly anxious about your forthcoming delivery.
• Have you heard horror stories about pregnancy and birthing from friends and family.
• Have you ever wondered why people always concentrate on the negative things regarding their labour and birth.

Well I am here to change all that with the help of Hypnosis. Clinical research and experience shows that confident, relaxed and positive mothers have better birth outcomes. 

What is HypnoBirth?

HypnoBirth is a complete birth education programme, that teaches simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth.

HypnoBirth is much more than just self hypnosis or hypnotherapy for childbirth.

With HypnoBirth, you'll discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour

You'll learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth, and how
to overcome previous traumatic births

HypnoBirth lets you discover and experience the joy and magic of birth - rather than the horrific ordeal everyone else seems hell-bent on telling you about

Most importantly, you'll learn how to put yourself back in control of your birth - rather than blindly turning your birthing experience over to your doctor or midwife.

HypnoBirth doesn't mean you'll be in a trance or a sleep. Rather, you'll be able to chat, and be and in good spirits - totally relaxed, but fully in control. You'll always be aware of what is happening to you, and around you.

HypnoBirth doesn't require any particular belief system, or prior experience. Some of our mums (and especially their husbands!) have been very sceptical at first - until they experience it for themselves. In fact, the more sceptical they are to start with, the more evangelical they are when they discover the power of HypnoBirth.

Just imagine welcoming each ripple (medically known as a contraction)! Feeling peaceful... relaxing... and even smiling as your baby comes closer to you!

In short, HypnoBirth allows you to experience birth in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the birthing muscles of your body from functioning as Nature intended them to. With HypnoBirth these are some of the things that you will learn.

• Breathing techniques that actually help the birth (and it's not the panting that most people think they have to do. Think about it - why would anyone want to hyperventilate during labour?)
• How to massively reduce the need for any medication at all
• How to reduce your risk of needing an episiotomy during birth with a stunningly simple massage technique
• How to be confident and informed when dealing with the medical staff - when to question, what to ask...and when it's time to let them take charge
• How to release any fears you might have about childbirth...regardless of where they come from
• How to bring about your own easy start of labour with these simple, natural techniques, if you go beyond your "estimated due date"
• Most importantly, you'll know how to relax and stay calm and in control - regardless of what's happening around you

HypnoBirth is designed as a structured but informal class format that teaches about the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of birth. You'll learn why your body does what it does, as well as how.

What you'll learn through HypnoBirth is how you can confidently approach a safe, easier and more comfortable natural birth.

We can't promise you a pain free birth - no one can - but we can promise you a much, much more comfortable and relaxed birth than you would have had otherwise.

Does it help the baby too?
Yes. We find that babies born using Hypnosis tend to be calmer, feed better, sleep better and experience less trauma, because they are gently and calmly breathed into the world at their own pace. Scientific research has also shown that the babies usually have higher apgar scores as well (a measure of how well your baby is doing immediately after the birth, and then five minutes later).

Finally - something useful for the dad to do! Instead of your husband or partner being a helpless onlooker, they become a central part of the birthing process, helping you to stay calm and focussed on the techniques you've been taught. As a result, the fathers feel proud to have been able to help, and to be an active part of the birth.Imagine how close that makes them feel to you and the baby! 

If you have no birth partner this is also fine, there is no reason why the process cannot work aswell when there is just one person as when there is two.