Hypnobirthing Australia™ Private Classes

$850 per couple

Currently taught in person or live via Zoom, this complete course is taught at a time and place that suits you. It’s ideal for anyone who can’t make it to a group class, or who wants a more personal educational experience.

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Private Positive Birth Course Outline

UNIT 1 : Creating & Maintaining a Positive Mindset

• Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing

• How our brain is wired to birth

• The role of our caregivers

• The mind/body connection

• What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?

• Our hormones are our friends

• Understanding the physiology behind birthing

• Fear-Tension-Pain syndrome

• Causes of fear and how it affects our labour

• Re-programming the sub-conscious

• Our support team

• Birthing environment

• The language of empowered birthing

• The power of affirmations

UNIT 2 : Our Toolkit for Birth

• Self-hypnosis tracks

• Birth music

• Conditioning with scent

• Hypnotic anchors and triggers

• Releasing endorphins through massage & touch

• Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding

• Visualisations for pregnancy, labour & birthing

• The importance of facial relaxation

• Relaxation Breathing - a skill for life

• Surge Breathing - the best tool ever!

• Techniques to help make your surges more comfortable

• The ‘urge’ to push/bear down - Breathing/Bearing Down

• Instant relaxation techniques

UNIT 3 : Preparation & Choices for Empowered Birthing

• Bonding with baby

• Birth Preferences - communication with your caregivers

• Knowledge is power - common interventions & procedures

• Questions to ask to assist in making informed decisions

• Birth partner as advocate

• ‘Guess Date’ - a normal range of pregnancy

• Inductions - things you’re not always told

• Achieving a natural start to labour

• Maintaining a healthy diet

• Preparing the body - staying active

• Optimising baby’s position

• Breech or posterior - options & positions

• Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts

UNIT 4 : Birth - Bringing It All Together

• What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth

• Signs that labour is starting

• What to expect through labour

• When to call the midwife/go to the hospital

• Accidental home/car birth - what to do!

• Birth partner’s role

• Common procedures

• Using water during labour & birth

• Upright positioning, movement & birth positions

• Special circumstances (Including caesarean birth)

• Fear release

• Vocalisation

• Cord clamping & placenta delivery

• Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time - skin to skin

• What to expect afterwards

• Self-hypnosis - Rehearsal for Birth

• A practice routine - preparation for birth

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Included in Hypnobirthing Australia™ Programs

• An engaging and practical weekend - group courses run from 9.30- 4.30pm with other like-minded expectant parents.

• Online and downloadable resources to accompany the program

• Support via a private facebook group of like-minded hypnobirthing parents and facilitators.

• Rainbow Mist MP3: a guided relaxation using hypnobirthing breathing, guided imagery, visualisations and subconscious prompting to condition your thoughts, release fears and build faith in your own ability to birth.

• Affirmations for beautiful birthing MP3

• Surge of the Sea MP3: a guided relaxation and self- hypnosis for Childbirth

• The Kajabi App allows you to listen to MP3s anywhere anytime or download tracks to listen off- line.

• ‘little book of Hypnobirthing’ ebook: a summary of the hypnobirthing philosophy, mindset and techniques.

• Worksheets: including Cheat Sheets for Acupressure and Birth Partner, Breathing Techniques and Birth Preferences Template.

• Extra Practice Videos: Facial Relaxation, Opening Flower Visualisation, Mini- Hypno Relaxation, Bubble of Comfort and Birth Rehearsal video.

• Comprehensive ‘Extra Reading and Research List’: Knowledge is power so ensure use this to inform yourself to enable you to make the best decision for you (should the need arise).

• Routine for Practice: up to 36 weeks and 36 onwards for a positive and empowering birth.

• Inspiring and empowered Birth Video to demonstrate the hypnobirthing techniques in action.

• Scripts for your partner to read (and/or record):  Bubble of Comfort, Rainbow Mist, Glove of Endorphins & Deepeners and ‘The Journey’- an Additional Fear Release.

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