Your baby’s Birth Day is the most important day of its life; you need to prepare well for it.

HypnoBirthing® is a technique for acheiving a stress-free, relaxing, and fulfilling method of birthing. This amazing programme teaches you, along with your birthing companion, the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. You will be taught how to call on your body's own natural endorphins and natural relaxant resulting in a reduction or elimination of discomfort and the need for medication. When a woman is correctly prepared for birthing, with the body and mind in harmony, nature can function as it was designed to do as it does with all animal mothers in nature.

With Hypnobirthing you will be profoundly relaxed, however, you will be fully aware and in control. This programme will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts. The key techniques are; reaching a state of deep relaxation by using self-hypnosis and deepening techniques; breathing techniques and visualisation.

Advantages of Hypnobirthing®

• More relaxed and enjoyable pregnancy
• Reduces and often eliminates the need for medication
• You are taught deep levels of relaxation to eliminate the fear which causes tension, resulting in pain.
• Gives you control.
• Shortens labour.
• Reduces the need for episiotomy.
• Reduces and frequently eliminates fatigue during labour.
• Gives parents techniques to acheive a gentle and calm birth for themselves and their baby.
• Helps keep the baby supplied with oxygen during birthing.
• Natural ways to bring about labour without artificial induction.
• Breathing techniques are taught to allow the woman to gently breathe her baby into the world without the violence of hard physical pushing.
• Embraces the idea of pre-birth parenting
• The birthing partner is given an important role in the birthing.
• Leaves the mother awake, fresh, alert and with energy.
• Returns childbirth to a beautiful, natural positive experience.
• Babies are calmer at birth, more content and feed better

 
HypnoBirthing® Class Options.

• Classes in your own home - This involves 4 or 5 sessions for you and your birth companion. It is important that both attend each class.
• Group classes - Held in Watford on a weekday evening for up to 6 women and their partners/birth companions. 4 sessions on a weekly basis with a follow up 5th class a few weeks later as required. 

 
When to start the classes - The 5th or 6th month of the pregnancy if possible. Ideally the earlier the better. However, even if you leave starting till the last few week of your pregnancy, Hypnobirthing is still very effective. An intense course can be arranged by request.

Email info@reflexologyandhealing.co.uk
Phone 07956 100580