What is HypnoBirthing®?

HypnoBirthing® is a complete birth education programme, that teaches simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth. HypnoBirthing® provides the missing link that allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing.

HypnoBirthing® teaches you how to use your mind to relax your body. When your mind and body are relaxed, you eliminate fear. Without fear, there is no tension in your muscles. Without tension, there is no pain!

You will learn proven techniques for achieving a deeply relaxed state of mind and body using guided imagery, visualization, and special breathing techniques. You will learn how to work with, not against, your body.

HypnoBirthing® is much more than just self hypnosis or hypnotherapy for childbirth.

• With HypnoBirthing®, you’ll discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour
• You’ll learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births
• HypnoBirthing® lets you discover and experience the joy and magic of birth - rather than the horrific ordeal everyone else seems hell-bent on telling you about

HypnoBirthing® doesn’t mean you’ll be in a trance or a sleep. Rather, you’ll be able to chat, and be and in good spirits - totally relaxed, but fully in control. You’ll always be aware of what is happening to you, and around you.

In this course, you will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony–as they were designed to–when your body is sufficiently relaxed. You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free of the resistance that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birthing.

HypnoBirthing® Advantages:

• Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during and after birthing.
• Eliminates or greatly reduces the need for chemical painkillers.
• Shortens the first stage of labor by several hours.
• Eliminates fatigue during labor, leaving mother fresh, awake, and with energy for actual birthing.
• Eliminates risk or hyperventilation from “shallow” breathing methods.
• Promotes special bonding of mother, baby, and birthing companion.
• Fosters more rapid postnatal recovery.
• Returns birthing to the beautiful, peaceful experience as Nature intended.

If you are interested in attending the HypnoBirthing® class in Malaysia, check out the following:

HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Education Group Class - Mar 09

Date: 14, 21, 28 March, 4, 11 April 2009
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Puchong
Fee: RM560 per couple, inclusive of the HypnoBirthing® textbook, Rainbow CD & handouts

Below is the class outline:

UNIT #1: Building A Positive Expectancy
*Introduction
*HypnoBirthing®
*Rationale for comfortable birth
*How the Uterus Works
*What’s Wrong with Labor?
*How Fear Affects Labor
*Origin of Pain Concept
*Hypnosis and Deep Relaxation/Creating Positive Birth Outcomes
*HypnoBirthing® videos of labor & birth

UNIT #2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
*HypnoBirthing® Stories - 3 and 4
*Prenatal Bonding Techniques
*Relaxation and Visualization for birthing
*Rapid and instant relaxation techniques
*Breathing techniques for birthing
*Progressive, Instant, and Deepening Techniques
*Hypnotic Relaxation and Visualizations

UNIT #3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
*Looking at your estimated due date
*Making hospital, home or birthing center plans
*Preparing the Body for Birthing
*Light touch birthing massage
*Birth Stories Videos 5 and 6
*Preparing your birth preferences sheets
*When Baby is Ready
*Avoiding Artificial Induction of Labor
*Your Body Working for You And with You
*Releasing Negative Emotions, Fears and Limiting Thoughts

UNIT #4: Overview of Childbirth–A Labor of Love
*Birth Stories Video 7 and 8
*Onset of Labor–Thinning and Opening Phase
*Arriving at the Hospital
*As Labor Moves along|
*Birth Companion’s Role
*If Labor rests or slows
*Protecting the Natural Birthing Experience
*As Birthing advances–Nearing Completion
*Birth Rehearsal Imagery

UNIT# 5: Birthing–Breathing Love, Bringing Life
*Birthing Video
*Mother Nears Completion–thinning and opening phase ends
*Birth Explained Simply
*Breathing Baby Down
*Birth of the placenta
*Bonding with your baby
*Forest Fantasy Metaphor

For more info, please visit: http://www.hypnobirthing.com.my/