All About Hypnbirthing
What is hypnobirthing?
Okay folks, it’s time to dispel those myths and all that hearsay – despite the name hypnobirthing is less about swinging pendulums and stage hypnosis and more about learning how to embrace a natural state of mind which relaxes breath, body and baby allowing you to have the right birth on the day.
We’ve all grown up watching births on TV shrouded in fear, peppered with screams and mamas laying legs akimbo. It’s time to turn those negative thoughts and preconceived notions of birth on their head. Hypnobirthing will equip you with life-changing tools and techniques to transition you and your birth partner into thinking positively about labour and birth – any birth, from home to hospital, c-section to water birth.
Who doesn’t want a calm and confident birth? Hypnobirthing allows us to understand how our marvellous bodies equip themselves for motherhood; how relaxation is the antidote for fear; the importance of breathwork, bonding and birth visualisation and how you and your birth partner have the right to own your birth on the day, your way from setting to science and how best to handle special circumstances.
Is it suitable for all births?
Yes – hypnobirthing is suitable for all types of birth. Hypnobirthing isn’t focused on having one specific type of birth, it’s all about preparing for a positive experience no matter what birth arises on the day, be it vaginal, induced or caesarean birth. Our courses explore the types, physiology and physical preparations for birth, how to manage medical interventions and techniques for labour and birth.
The ‘hypno’ part of hypnobirthing
This is often the most confusing part of hypnobirthing. We often get asked ‘will I get hypnotised?’, in short, the answer is no. The ‘hypno’ part of hypnobirthing is simply all about enjoying a deep state of relaxation. You’ll learn through breathwork, visualisation and self-hypnosis how to ease your way into a calm and relaxed mindset ensuring your body and baby feel completely relaxed. You’ll be fully in control and conscious at all times.
Benefits of hypnobirthing include…
Positive and prepared pregnancy
Calm and relaxed birth experience
Shorter first stage labour
Increased chance of having a natural birth
Fully in control of your birthing experience
Lessen the need for medical interventions
Birth partner is informed & plays integral role in birthing
Improved recovery after birth
A relaxed birth encourages more relaxed behaviour in baby
Strong bond between parents and baby from bump to birthday
What will hypnobirthing teach me?
REWIND
We rewind time to explore how childbirth has changed across the centuries and how brilliant our bodies truly are when it comes to birthing babies. From the science to the subconscious, physiology of birth to primal positions.
REFRAME
The mind is a magnificent tool and hypnobirthing allows us to explore how we can reset, repeat and reform new ways of thinking. As we let go of fear and negative impact of others, we welcome a reframed, positive mindset believing that birth is a normal, natural event.
RELAX
Quite simply this is the ‘hypno’ part of hypnobirthing. Through breathwork, visulisations, sound and anchors you’ll learn how to easily ebb into a deep state of relaxation ensuring your calm, relaxed and in control during and after birth.
ROLES
We’re in this together. The strength and support of your birth partner throughout pregnancy, birth and beyond is very much valued in hypnobirthing. Through simple nurturing, supporting relaxation techniques and understanding signs of labour, having a partner who is just as informed as you are will make for a calm, relaxed and supported birth.
RIGHTS
A positive birth is one where the you will share a birth story which is driven by decisions which were yours. Whether plot twists and turns arise on the day, you’ll feel empowered by knowing that each decision you made was informed, instinctive and most importantly owned by you and your birth partner.
Birth Story & The Wise Hippo
Having learnt, lived and loved the process of hypnobirthing with The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme, founder Nicola has selected it as the chosen teaching programme at Birth Story. The Wise Hippo approach not only teaches you how to relax emotionally and physically but will also show you how how to plan for a feeling of success no matter what path your birthing takes.
Focussing on having The Right Birth on the Day provides you with the opportunity to create a positive mind-set about birth, resulting in higher chances of having the birth you wish. As lessons progress you’ll learn how your body and baby work at their best if you learn how to be calm, relaxed and remain in control during labour. Through practice and preparation, you’ll have the tools to remain emotionally in control should any curve balls arise. You’ll also be equipped to ask all of the right questions of your medical caregivers, so that you fully understand all of the decisions that you make. In turn you’ll look back on your baby’s birth no matter how it turns out on the day and know it was right for you and your baby.
Imagine coming away from your birth experience with a positive birth story to share with others including your own child when the time comes.