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HypnoBirthing® Class - Outline

Annandale and Glenorie (Dural)

HypnoBirthing book by Marie Mongan

Childbirth Classes for Gentle,
Calm Birthing

Learn relaxation techniques and give your baby a welcome that is calm, gentle, and safe.
Achieve a fulfilling birth. Remain calm, awake and alert, in a relaxed state of mind and body.

HypnoBirthing® Classes are usually taught in a format of four, 3-hour evening classes.
If you are very close to your full term, there are weekend classes available, or we can make special arrangements for individual classes; with you.

HypnoBirthing® Class Outline:


UNIT #1: Building A Positive Expectation:
  • Introduction
  • Rationale for Comfortable Birth
  • How the Uterus Works
  • What's Wrong with Labor?
    • How Fear Affects Labor
    • Origin of Pain Concept
  • Hypnosis and Deep Relaxation/Creating Positive Birth Outcomes
  • HypnoBirthing® Stories DVD
UNIT #2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
  • Pre-birth Parenting Techniques - Bonding
  • Relaxation and Visualisation for Birthing
  • Rapid and Instant Relaxation Techniques
  • Breathing Techniques for Labor and Birthing
  • Progressive, Instant, and Deepening Techniques
  • Hypnotic Relaxation and Visualisations
  • HypnoBirthing® Stories DVD
UNIT #3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
  • Looking at Your Estimated Due Date
  • Making Hospital, Home or Birth Centre Plans
  • Preparing your Birth Preference Sheets
  • Preparing the Body for Birthing
  • Your Body Working for You And with You
  • Light Touch Birthing Massage
  • Deepening Techniques - Glove Anaesthesia - Anchoring
  • When Baby is Ready
  • Avoiding Artificial Induction of Labor
  • Releasing Negative Emotions, Fears and Limiting Thoughts
  • HypnoBirthing® Stories DVD
UNIT #4: Overview of Childbirth - A Labor of Love
  • Onset of Labor - Thinning and Opening Phase
  • Arriving At The Hospital
  • As Labor Moves Along
  • Birth Partner's Role
  • If Labor Rests or Slows
  • Positions for Labor and Birthing
  • Protecting the Natural Birthing Experience
  • As Birthing Advances - Nearing Completion
  • Birth Rehearsal Imagery - affirmations
UNIT# 5: Birthing - Breathing Love, Bringing Life
  • Mother Nears Completion - Thinning and Opening Phase Ends
  • Birth Explained Simply
  • Breathing Baby Down - Birth breathing method
  • Birth of the Placenta
  • Family Bonding
  • Forest Fantasy Metaphor
  • Water Birth DVD - Birth Into Being



Meditation CDs Available

Childbirth Cds

Meditation CDs

Hypnosis CDs
Childbirth Meditation CDs - help mother and baby to have a calm and tranquil birth

Healing meditation CDs - for the ultimate relaxation and aid in self healing techniques Hypnosis CDs - transform habit or addiction, transform to non-smoking, transform chronic pain to comfort, self-doubt to self-confidence

Sydney Wellbeing Centre

Katherine Ferris
PSH Therapist Dip PSH
BodyMind Psychotherapist
Clinical Hypnotherapist MAHA
Certified HypnoBirthing Educator CHBE
Central Enquiries
Clinical Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis Benefits - Sydney Wellbeing Centre - hypnotherapy
Phone: 02 9652 1818
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