6-Week Hypnobabies Childbirth Class Series includes:
- Staying healthy and low risk
- Comfort in pregnancy
- Detailed birthing choices
- Creating informed consent
- In-depth nutrition and exercise program
- Avoidance of toxic substances
- Optimal fetal positioning
- Turning a posterior baby
- Stages of labor
- Anatomy and physiology of birth
- Prenatal parenting
- Avoiding back labor with the abdominal lift and tuck
- Baby kick counting
- Belly mapping
- Risks, benefits, and alternatives to common labor interventions
- Birth empowerment skills
- Birth plans & baby plans
- Touring the birth facility
- Doula and midwifery information
- Avoiding induction and cesarean section
- Delayed cord clamping and other baby kindness information
- Using hypnosis for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd stage
- Comprehensive birth preparation and labor support training for birth partners
- Quick reference booklet for “instantly available Hypnobabies information” during labor
- Birthing rehearsals using Hypnobabies techniques in class
- Information on new baby care, breastfeeding/chestfeeding, and postpartum care
Class 1: Introduction to Hypnobabies Childbirth Class
- Hypnobabies’ philosophies and positive mindset
- Pregnancy anatomy and physiology
- Belief systems
- The power of words and their effects
- Understanding the conscious and subconscious mind
- Mind/body connection
- Hypnosis: What it is and isn’t
- Demonstrations of hypnosis
- How fear affects comfort and labor duration
- Fear clearing for childbirth
- Mindfulness for peaceful birthing – Part 1
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 1
- Daily pregnancy affirmations
- Understanding your uterus and how it works
- Creating your “Mental Lightswitch”
- Partner communication exercise and the “Contract of Trust”
Hypnosis Script: “Learning Self-Hypnosis”
Class 2: Staying Healthy and Safe
- Importance of health and safety during pregnancy
- Nutritional guidelines
- Macronutrients and micronutrients
- High protein advantage
- Hydration for two
- Avoidance of harmful substances
- Comfortable prenatal sleeping and resting positions
- Natural comfort measures
- Mindfulness for peaceful birthing – Part 2
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 2
- Stages of labor introduction
- New baby sensitivity and bonding
- Using hypnosis for pregnancy discomforts and health
- Prenatal exercises for easier birth
- Birth partner assistance
Hypnosis Script: “Creating Anesthesia”
Class 3: Your Options in Birthing
- Birth partner’s “Relax and Feel Confident” audio track
- Mindfulness for peaceful birthing – Part 3
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 3
- Making excellent birthing decisions
- Detailed childbirth choices: Risks, benefits, and alternatives
- Informed consent, hospital forms, and your rights
- Positive communication with caregivers
- Creating your dream birth plan
- “Big” babies
- Packing your birth bag
- Touring your place of birth
- Benefits of a professional labor assistant
- Introduction of the abdominal lift and tuck birthing techniques
- Preparation for comfortable pushing
Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth #1 – Birth Hypnosis Tools”
Class 4: The Onset of Labor
- Mindfulness for peaceful birthing – Part 4
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 4
- Guess date and normal length of pregnancy
- Preparing for birthing day
- Signs of labor beginning
- Amniotic membranes breaking – Safe choices
- True vs. “false” labor
- Timing birthing waves (contractions)
- Birth log
- When to go to the birth place
- Automatic comfort and relaxation on the drive and arrival
- Hypno-guardians
- Using hypnosis for comfort during internal exams
- Dilation, effacement, position, and station of baby
- Progress of labor
- Induction techniques: Artificial and natural
- Creating a safe and serene birthing environment
- Nausea elimination
- Optimal fetal positioning
Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth #2 – Deepening Your Hypno-Anesthesia”
Class 5: Birth Partners, Transformation, and Birth
- Birth partners training: Role during pregnancy and birthing
- Assistance from a labor assistant
- Verbal birthing cues and physical comfort techniques
- Change of plans hypnosis script
- Transition stage of labor – “Transformation”
- Hypnosis deepening techniques
- Trusting your body, mind, and baby
- Effective birthing positions
- Benefits and use of the birth ball
- Exhale pushing and avoiding the “ring of fire” with hypnosis
- Safe birthing of the placenta
- Cord traction, Pitocin, postpartum choices
- Review: Membranes releasing, Hypnobabies tools, mental lightswitch, fear clearing
- Avoiding a cesarean section
- Mindfulness for peaceful birthing – Part 5
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 5
Hypnosis Techniques Practice: Full practice of Hypnobabies techniques
Class 6: Birthing Your Baby and Beyond
- In-depth birthing rehearsal using all Hypnobabies techniques
- Practicing cues and techniques together in hypnosis
- Culminating with “giving birth” using Hypno-Anesthesia
- New mother and baby care
- “Becoming Dad” or “Becoming Parent” – Part 6
- Support for the new family during the first 2 weeks postpartum
- Care for the new mother
- Baby kindness
- Normal newborn appearance
- Creating a newborn baby care plan
- Choices for baby’s care: Hospital and home birth procedures
- Bathing and hygiene
- Vaccinations, circumcision, and rooming in
- Breastfeeding/chestfeeding overview
- Breastfeeding and jaundice, latching, non-schedules, laid-back breastfeeding
- Attachment parenting information
Choose a Hypnobabies Class That Works For You
Options:
- Private classes
- Group classes
- Independent home study
Extra Bonuses!
- Home Study Advantage (HSA) Class: Virtual class with a Hypnobabies instructor for review, birth partner training, and birth rehearsal
- Discounts for Doula Services: $400 off for Sacred Health Doula birth services with proof of Hypnobabies course receipt. Additional $200 off for home or birth center clients with promo code: homebirth
- Insurance Reimbursement: Some insurance companies cover the cost of Hypnobabies with CPT code S9436 and diagnosis code Z32.2
When to Start Hypnobabies?
The ideal time to start is at 28-30 weeks. There is a structured schedule to follow for maximum effectiveness, with daily affirmations and weekly hypnosis tracks. An accelerated version is available for those starting later.
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