Hypnobirthing Childbirth education class series virtual and IN ORANGE COUNTy
A holistic-minded self-initiated restoration of birth to the primal, positive, peaceful, intelligent process and empowering experience that once was and always has been, where modern and ancestral knowledge meets intuitive and mother-led decision-making.
"All natural birth has a purpose and a plan; who would think of tearing open the chrysalis as the butterfly is emerging? Who would break the shell to pull the chick out?"
Marie F. Mongan
What is hypnobirthing?
"JUST AS A WOMAN'S HEART KNOWS HOW AND WHEN TO PUMP HER HEART, HER LUNGS TO INHALE, HER HAND TO PULL BACK FROM FIRE, SO SHE KNOWS WHEN AND HOW TO GIVE BIRTH"
Hypnobirthing lays an unconscious and conscious foundation of the peaceful vision of birth many want and hope to emerge from. It paves a path of least resistance towards a relaxed body, baby and birth, with the greatest momentum towards this starting in the mind. It is a simple and beautifully created program to bring birthers back to a place where they trust their body and baby to work together in a peaceful and tensionless way.
Hypnobirthing is incredibly intentional, it trains a birther to be able to access a place filled with both relaxation and trust in their body and baby, and that they, together, know what to do best. A relaxed state of full trust happens with ease when the thinking and rational mind not only gets out of the way of the process but also paves a way for grounded trust to take over throughout the birth and through each and every wave.
This sense of peace and grounding trust is something that can be accessed at any point, not just in pregnancy. When learning to access this place and feeling, you will realize it was within you all along. This relationship with oneself can be trained to be easily accessible from the beginning of pregnancy into well into postpartum, which lasts a lifetime.
A metaphor I love to use to explain Hypnobirthing and it's incredibly powerful yet beautifully simple efficiency is to imagine you are hiking to a beautiful and uncultivated prairie. You haven't reached it yet, but are almost there, in the distance you see tall long grass, plants, and trees swaying in the wind. Wildlife sounds all about, dirt, rocks, an incredibly blue sky and clouds scattered about. As you approach the start of the prairies beginning, where the grass brush gets noticeably thicker, you notice path. Like a walk of thousand people before you that conditioned the plants to not grow into this specific winding path leading all the way through and to the other side with ease. Because of the work previously done by the steps taken on this land, now getting across is easier and more accessible than having no path through and needing to get creative to make your way through with much more effort and work. Hypnobirthing is very similar to this. The prairie being labor, and the path being the techniques you learn in this program that you will then continue to practice like feet that continuously walk through the grass laden land until a clear path of little resistance emerges and you can then harness this passage with ease through your labor by eliciting what you have practiced and the newfound knowledge that has allowed you to release into full trust and relaxation. To be able to 'stroll' through your metaphorical prairie labor path with nothing in your way, and a relaxed, grounded and positive previously engraved and fully absorbed embodiment of peace, through any turn your labor may take.
UNIT 1 – SETTING THE STAGE
Introduction to the remarkable HypnoBirthing® philosophy The History of Women and Birthing Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birthing How Nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing. Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos
UNIT 2 - PRE-BIRTH FAMILY BONDING AND PREPARING YOU MIND AND BODY
The remarkable mind of your newborn baby—Prenatal bonding techniques Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques Breathing techniques for labor and birthing Hypnotic relaxation and visualization Selecting the right care provider The Birth companion’s role in birthing Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning
UNIT 3 - SELF-HYPNOSIS VISUALIZATION AND ADVANCED DEEPENING
Preparing Birth Preference Sheets Preparing the Body for Birthing Light Touch Labor Massage Your body working for and with you Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts.
UNIT 4 - OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF CHILDBIRTH
Onset of Labor – Thinning and Opening Phase
Birth explained simply Settling in at the hospital or birthing center Preparing for home birth – or baby’s choice of birth As labor moves along – passing time through labor Hallmarks of labor If labor rests or slows – Companion’s prompts and activities As labor advances – birthing with your baby Protecting the natural birthing experience Birth rehearsal imagery
UNIT 5 - BIRTHING - THE FINAL ACT OF BONDING
Moving into birthing Positions for descent and birthing Breathing baby down to birth Baby moves to the breast Family bonding with your baby
A body, mind and baby, paved with practice, that work together in the way they were intended to for a peaceful birth.
A gentle, relaxed, calm outlook and teachings of birth for the most optimal way of birthing.
Achieve birth fulfillment–awake and alert–in a totally relaxed state of mind and body.
Inclusive of partner support.
Teachings that not only help you see birth in a new light, but a mindset that grows with you past birth and into other aspects of your life.
Because youre body is able to labor smoothly when relaxed, it may shorten labor, and lessen the need for interventions.
HypnoBirthing is a natural form of sensation management, it allows you to remain alert and awake in ways some synthetic labor management do not.
There are no negative side effects, as it utilizes processes already taking place in your mind and body already.
Replace the anticipated support persons support while birthing.
While HypnoBirthing reduces uncomfortable or unwanted sensations (in some cases, completely!), this is not a guarantee, conclusion, or an outcome suggesting anything "worked" rather a wonderful side effect. You will experience birth exactly as you are meant to. Often, reducing tension after learning about the fear, tension, pain cycle, the sensations of labor are gentler then if not haven taken a HypnoBirthing course.
HypnoBirthing will not put you to sleep or in to an unconscious state for your labor, rather, it is a self induced trance like state to welcome in labor for all that it is, a relaxed state that helps further along labor calmly. The state that you practice is not a place you can get stuck in. It can be described as day dreaming, or that first bit of relaxation when you lay down for bed. It is light and comfortable, perfect for letting your body and baby take charge.
HypnoBirthing will not guarantee the birth outcome you are hoping for, but it does help support it, as it aligns you to be able to understand birth in a way that reduces fear, which allows your body to work well, reducing the chance of unwanted outcomes as if releases all of the things in your unconscious mind that aren't helpful towards the birth of your dreams.
Because your mind has been trained to naturally flow to this state of relaxation through sensation, you are already primed to use what you have learned.
HypnoBirthing will give you the education, knowledge and confidence needed to go on you have an optimistic and positive birthing experience.
HypnoBirthing will give you the tools necessary to support a physiological birth in whatever setting you choose to birth in, and the unique qualities of these settings.
HypnoBirthing will give you a beautiful runway to help you take off into the best birth experience meant for you and your baby.
HypnoBirthing will help foster and grow, through support and knowledge, a well rounded understanding of the process of birth and what to look forward to throughout the entire process.
At the end of this series with all of the newfound techniques you will have learned, you will walk away with not only a newfound mindset on birth, but also a newfound mindset on life
Because of the nature of this series, its best to begin around the 20-24th week of your pregnancy. The earlier the better (think back to that prairie journey and path!) but with that being said, it is never too late. The more times traveled down the same path of techniques that promote a way of thinking towards peace, trust and a grounded and relaxed mind and body, the clearer and easier it is to bring yourself back to this way of being, regardless of the outside circumstances. The mind works in a similar way that can be found in nature, to create this soon to be effortless path of least resistance, practicing the techniques to help absorb what has been laid consciously and unconsciously helps to emboss the way through.
each series includes:
- Learning spiral booklet to be able to refer to both in class and at home
- HypnoBirthing Audios
- HypnoBirthing The Marie Mongan Method Book
- Series of 5 weekly 2.5 - 3 hour sessions where we discuss a preplanned outlined set of topics to help you understand how to have a calm, grounded, positive, fearless birth. (We schedule 6 classes to be able to have a just in case class for life's unexpected happenings. More than likely the sixth scheduled slot will not be used) but please make sure you are available all six dates.
- Time after each class to discuss any questions, teachings or thoughts that you would like clarification on
Please be aware that in the event I am called to a birth, a fellow qualified and trained substitute Hypnobirthing teacher may be arranged to take over teaching that specific class, if available.
Please keep in mind that this series is a tailored class to fit each of the preplanned topics into five separate classes. Being able to 'make up' a class will not be possible due to the personal nature and limits of the group as well as its five part structure. Should an emergency arise please reach out to see if there are any possible alternate arrangements that can be made to get you up to speed for the information that was missed
This practitioner is affiliated with the HypnoBirthing® Institute and is certified and authorized to teach the complete Hypnobirthing Program. HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method
Is Hypnobirthing right for me?
Ultimately, like every other decision revolving around your pregnancy and birth, the decision is yours, feel your way through this choice and commitment making processes and in the meantime, hopefully some more information can help you find some more clarity as to whether this series is right for you in your unique journey.
So, you're going to be giving birth.
If this is you, then in short, absolutely, HypnoBirthing is for you!
A really amazing benefit from the techniques and information you will be learning in this class is that they don't just apply to birth, they can be applied to so much more, but in this class we will be going over relaxation and sensation management techniques, we will be learning the what's, the how's, the when's, the whys and all about birth and it's physiological natural processes and the fear, tension, pan cycle, how it can affect your birth greatly, how to use this cycle to help vs. harm your birth and so much more.
We have all seen the movies and shows where the birther is fearful, writhing around, bright red from full body tension, incredibly distressed and very vocal about her level of uncomfortability, wishing to do away with every sensation coming her way.
What if I told you that birth does not happen to you, but actually IS you. What if I told you because it is a process from you that is you, that is cannot be greater than you? What if I told you birth does not have to equal pain, and that pain does not have to equal suffering. What if I told you that you can actually enjoy your birth and be prepared for any turn it takes, bringing you a positive experience throughout? Would you believe me?
During this series you will learn about the fear tension cycle, how it is directly related to the level of negative sensations experienced during labor. We work together with knowledge, wisdom and participation to get educated about all things birth and then positively reframe it so that you can easily and effortlessly accept the intensity of birth and surrender to its experience. Allowing your body to do the work it was born to do. Your birth does not need to be movie like, it can be a relaxing, comfortable, incredible birthing experience filled with ease, peace, relaxation, enjoyment and calmness. It does not take luck to have a great birth. It takes education, knowledge, trust, surrender, and a specifically curated, hand selected team and birth setting.
Taking this course will ease you towards the calm birth you've envisioned for yourself full of knowledge, empowerment and relaxation.
If this sounds like the birthing experience you want to have, you've aligned yourself perfectly with the course thats going to take you on the path to get there.
Classes are taught in a five class format, with each classes duration being roughly 2.5 hours
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