HypnoBirthing
My dream is that every woman, everywhere, will know the joy of a truly safe, comfortable and satisfying birthing for herself and her baby.
Marie F. Mongan founder of HypnoBirthing ®
For most of their lives, most women have been inundated with the negative stories of other women’s birth experiences. Everyone, from their family and friends to the TV and media, wants to tell them the horrors of giving birth. They have been conditioned to believe that excruciating pain is associated with birth; and because of this, women today are fearful or even terrified of giving birth. This extreme fear causes their bodies to become tense, and that tension often prevents them from easily performing the normal, physiological function of birth. The result? Exactly what they feared most - long, painful, disappointing birthings.
There are many advantages to using the HypnoBirthing® techniques during childbirth including: women feel more in control of their birthing experience; the need for chemical pain relief is reduced or even eliminated which can mean a quicker recovery after birth; labour can be shortened; techniques ensure good oxygen flow to the placenta reducing the risk of the baby becoming stressed during birth.
The HypnoBirthing® programme incorporates a mixture of self-hypnosis, relaxation and birth breathing techniques with education about the normal physiological processes of childbirth. With understanding comes confidence and women learn to trust in their body’s ability to birth their baby in the calm and gentle manner that nature intended.
Nicky is a fully qualified HypnoBirthing® practitioner happy to teach the programme to existing clients and other mums to be. The programme consists of four sessions approximately two and a half to three hours long (although a fifth can be added if needed) and incorporates both instruction and practical work so that you can perfect the relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques.
The course costs £275 per couple (or £200 if you are already a full care package client of DCIM). In addition to personal tuition you will receive a copy of the Marie Mongan HypnoBirthing® Book; the official HypnoBirthing® CD of Rainbow Relaxation and birth affirmations; a CD of relaxing birth music and scripts to allow you and your birthing partner to practice the relaxations learnt in class.