What is Hypnobirthing and how can it help me?
Hypnobirthing is perfect for you if...
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You want to have a natural, low-intervention birth but don't really know how you're going to achieve this.
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You are worried about the pain and how you will manage.
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You've been struggling with fear and anxiety about birth, and you don't know how to manage these feelings.
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You're feeling overwhelmed with all the information that is out there, and want someone you can trust to help you learn exactly what you need to know.
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You want more from your Antenatal Classes than just the standard hospital program.
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You want your partner to feel included, and for them to know how to best support you during your labour and birth.
Most of all, you want to feel fully prepared for your labour and birth - to have a mindset and tools that you know will actually work and help you to achieve a calm,
positive and empowering birth!
Hypnobirthing is at it's most basic level a mindset that can be used to approach pregnancy/birth.
Classes are a good mix of practical and theory and will benefit whatever birth you have, whether it be a home, water birth, hospital birth or planned caesarean section. The focus is on achieving the birth that is right for you, whatever the circumstances surrounding your pregnancy and birth.
What will I learn from the course?
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Breathing exercises
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Deep relaxations
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Visualisations
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Very effective work to release fear and build confidence
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Comforting massage
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How the father can be your powerful protector and support
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How your body is designed to give birth with efficiency and comfort
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Knowledge and information about pregnancy and birth that you are unlikely to be told anywhere else
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How ‘the system’ that you find yourself in works, and how to work with it to achieve the best result for you
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A simple practice regime to support you at home
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Understanding how the mind and body work together
Learn about the five Cs of hypnobirthing:
Confidence When you feel confident, you relax and work with your body in the way nature intended.
Control With the knowledge you have, you are enabled to take control of how you give birth.
Choice When you feel in control, the choices you make are the best choices for you and for your baby.
Calm When you feel calm throughout the birth you are relaxed and your mind and body work together in harmony.
Comfort The result is that your body works efficiently and comfortably. A KG Hypnobirthing birth can be the most wonderful and empowering experience of your life.
Benefits for Mum
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Hypnobirthing allows you to work with your body, as nature designed
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Hypnobirthing allows you to experience a calm and comfortable birth
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While using hypnobirthing techniques you are less likely to need pain relief
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You will be in control and alert throughout your birthing
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Hypnobirthing increases your confidence in your own ability to birth naturally
Benefits for Dad
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Builds an understanding of the physical processes involved in birth, thereby helping to understand what mum is experiencing
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Can bring you closer to mum as you practice together
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Gives father a 'real' job during labour, not just a helpless bystander
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The making of a baby is a partnership, the bringing up of the child is a partnership and hypnobirthing fosters partnership during the pregnancy and birth too
Benefits for Baby
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Babies who are born using hypnobirthing show less distress during birth
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Hypnobirthing babies are often very alert after birth
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Hypnobirthing babies are often calmer babies