Barnsley HypnoBirthing
www.barnsleyhypnobirthing.co.uk
What is HypnoBirthing®?
HypnoBirthing® is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free 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 learn how to call upon your body’s own natural relaxant and thus lessen, or even eliminate, discomfort and the need for medication. When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth, her body is free to function in the well-designed manner that Nature intended.
You will be fascinated as you learn of HypnoBirthing® mothers, awake, alert and in good humour as they experience the kind of gentle birth that you, too, can know when you are free of the fear that causes pain and tension.
Through self-hypnosis, special breathing, and visualisation, HypnoBirthing® teaches you to release any false impressions regarding labour and birth, how to trust your body and work with it, as well as how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to pain-causing fear and tense muscles.
HypnoBirthing® will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts. With HypnoBirthing®, you will not be in a trance or a sleep state. You will be aware and fully in control, but profoundly relaxed.
What are the advantages of HypnoBirthing®
- Teaches deep levels of relaxation to eliminate the fear that causes tension and, thus, pain
- Greatly reduces and often eliminates the need for chemical painkillers and drugs
- Shortens the first phase of labour
- Leaves mother alert, fresh, awake and with energy
- Helps keep oxygen supplied to baby during birthing
- Reduces the need for an episiotomy
- Reduces and often eliminates fatigue during labour
- Empowers parents with techniques to achieve a gentle, calm birth for themselves and their baby
- Gives the birthing companion an integral role in the birthing
- Embraces the concept of pre-birth parenting
- Teaches breathing techniques that allow a woman to gently breathe her baby into the world without the violence of hard physical pushing
Why is HypnoBirthing® so good?
The HypnoBirthing® course will teach you the following:
- Breathing techniques that actually help the birth (and it's not the panting that most people think they have to do
- How to massively reduce the need for any medication at all
- How to reduce your risk of needing an episiotomy during birth
- How to be confident and informed when dealing with medical staff - when to question, what to ask... and when it's time to let them take charge
- How to release any fears you might have about childbirth
- How to bring about your own easy start of labour with these simple, natural techniques, if you go beyond your "estimated due date"
- Most importantly, you'll know how to relax and stay calm and in control regardless of what's happening around you
HypnoBirthing® is a structured yet informal class that teaches about the physical and emotional aspects of pregnancy and birth. You'll learn why your body does what it does as well as how.
Myths about hypnosis
Unfortunately television and stage shows have given many people a negative image of hypnosis (people acting like a chicken, eating raw onions like apples, etc). I reality, hypnosis cannot override your natural instincts and reactions; nobody can make you do anything you don’t really want to. Hypnosis is simply a form of deep relaxation – something you will be in control of at all times
For further information about the history of HypnoBirthing®, and stories of HypnoBirthing® in the news, please visit the UK HypnoBirthing site www.hypnobirthing.co.uk
