What is HypnoBirthing?

HypnoBirthing is a childbirth method. It is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for birthing.

HypnoBirthing is the gold standard of birthing with hypnosis.
HypnoBirthing is a unique childbirth education program teaching a mother the fundamentals of creating the best that nature and science have to offer to bring her baby into the world. The basic tenet of the program is that childbirth is a normal, natural and healthy function for women.

Giving birth is not a medical procedure, it is a natural process.
HypnoBirthing is a simple, straightforward program, thoughtfully developed over the years to remind women of the simplicity of birth itself. Just as the majority of birthing women do not need interventions and procedures for safe and healthy birth, they do not need a complex set of exercises and scripts to prepare themselves for a peaceful, calm and comfortable birthing. The birthing body and the baby know just what to do.

Birthing is a celebration of life
HypnoBirthing is designed to teach women to trust in nature’s way of birth and to relax and let their bodies do what is needed. By practicing a few key techniques, mothers program their minds and condition their bodies to birth easily. When it comes to programming and conditioning, variety is not necessary a good thing. Repetition is what gets the best result.

HypnoBirthing empowers women

HypnoBirthing offers the advantages of:

- Creating and building pre-natal bonding between parents and baby.
- Creating an integral role for the father/birth companion during pregnancy and birth.
- Shortening the first stage of labour considerably.
- Reducing the need for an episiotomy.
- Fostering a quicker post-natal recovery.

In a HypnoBirthing class you and your partner will learn:

- The history of women and birthing.
- Why and how to have an easier, more comfortable and safer birthing.
- How nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth.
- How to assist rather than resist the natural birthing instincts.
- Prenatal bonding techniques and the remarkable mind of your baby.
- Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques.
- Breathing techniques for labour and birthing.
- Hypnotic relaxation and visualisation.
- How to select the right care provider.
- The birth’s companion (father…) role in birthing.
- Preparing your body for birthing.
- Preparing birth preference sheets.
- Light touch massage.
- Your body working for and with you.
- Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural state of labour.
- Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts.
- The onset of labour: thinning and opening phases.
- Hallmarks of labour.
- Birth explained simply.
- Settling in at the hospital/birthing centre.
- As labour moves along…
- If labour rests or slows…
- Protecting the natural birthing experience.
- Birth rehearsal imagery.
- Moving into birthing.
- Positions for descent and birthing.
- Breathing baby down to birth.
- Baby moves to breast, bonding with your baby as a family.
You will watch DVD’s showing stress free, happy, wonderful births.

HypnoBirthing teaches skills for life
The course/tuition in HypnoBirthing includes the Mongan book and CD, the rainbow relaxation CD and a portfolio with handouts for education and practice.
The course consists of 5 weekly sessions of 2 ½ hours each for you and your partner (or your chosen birth companion).
Courses are offered for couples, individually or in groups (no more than 3 couples).
Group classes are held in Doncaster East on Saturdays from 10am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm.
The best time to attend the course is between 25 to 28 weeks into the pregnancy although more advanced times can be considered.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT MICHELINE DAUBIGNARD BY PHONE OR EMAIL

Mobile 0412 724 020 Email mdaubignard@bigpond.com enquiry@isiscounselling.com.au

The fear of childbirth
The statistics say that 6 to 10% of women experience intense fear causing dysfunction, and 20 to 25% experience moderate fear associated with intense worry; the fear of pain, death and physical injury being the major causes of distress as well as horrible childbirth stories told by family, friends and the media.
Fear causes the arteries leading to the uterus to constrict and become tense, creating pain. In the absence of fear, the muscles relax and become pliable, and the cervix is able to naturally thin and open as the body pulsates rhythmically and expels the baby with ease.

Fear can also be experienced by fathers and by care givers and medical staff who are therefore likely to follow strict policies and medical establishment protocol (in case of litigation) rather than letting the mother take the lead of her own experience.
In addressing the subject of fear in childbirth and working at releasing the fear, HypnoBirthing offers an understanding and compassionate support, and restores the woman’s trust in herself and in her body so she can take control and be deservingly respected.
In reducing fear HypnoBirthing allows birthing to be what it should be: a fulfilling, spiritual, rewarding and unique experience.

HypnoBirthing can be beneficial to a woman who has special circumstances
or who must have a C section.

HypnoBirthing is beneficial in many ways in case of special circumstances or the need for a C section.

- Prenatal bonding encourages a positive connection between mother and her unborn baby, being consciously aware of the moment and engaging in the present.
- The breathing techniques help to slow the body down and facilitate the body to take the anaesthesia easily. The deep breathing technique brings relaxation and a more effective use of hypnosis. It is also a quick way to calm oneself and to be consciously present in the moment without stress. This is a simple and effective tool for parenting, breast feeding and… life.
- The rainbow relaxation CD specifically created for the Mum to relax and use her natural expulsive reflexes, is also a great help to relax before, during and after surgery. It helps to recover easier and quicker and hopefully with little or no pain at all. This CD is also a wonderful tool for every stage of parenting and everyday life.
- The releasing of fear included in HypnoBirthing empowers parents and makes them calm and confident in any situation.
- The educational side of HypnoBirthing encourages parents to ask questions before making their own choices in matter of birthing. It teaches parents to investigate their options and learn as much as possible when faced with special circumstances or a surgical birth.
- Hypnotherapy helps reduce anxiety before and after surgery therefore promoting healing and a speedy recovery.

“It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labour without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go further. We must understand that childbirth is fundamentally a spiritual as well as a physical achievement… The birth of a child is the ultimate perfection of human love.” Grantly Dick-Read 1953