How is Hypnobabies different from other Childbirth Hypnosis programs?
In Hypnobabies, our objectives are: to help our pregnant couples bond with their baby in utero, teach them how to stay healthy and low-risk and be an excellent consumer, trust in their bodies, minds and babies, and become self-reliant and confident about birthing their way; unmedicated, safely and in comfort. We overcome negative belief systems and programming, get them in touch with their own bodies, help them guide themselves through their own excellent birth experience and give them skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.
We are not a regular birth hypnosis class! Hypnobabies is very detailed and successful, uses medical hypnotic anesthesia techniques, from Master Hypnotist Gerald Kein’s amazing Painless Childbirth Program, as opposed to simple visualization and imagery, and contains the same kinds of hypnotic scripts used by people who undergo surgery with hypnosis as their only anesthetic. We also *fully* train our Birth Partners by giving them their own Birth Partner’s hypnosis CD, and their own detailed Birth Partner’s Guide Booklet for labor, which allows them to fully grasp their role in the preparation for baby’s birth as well as many tools for assisting our Hypno-mom during her birthing. This is unique to Hypnobabies and we are very proud of this feature since it is so beneficial to our Hypno-moms and dads.
Hypnobabies classes also provide excellent and *complete* childbirth education, lacking in most birth hypnosis programs. Providing this *complete childbirth education* ensures that our wonderful students will not have to take other natural childbirth classes whose philosophy is so different that it negates what they have learned in Hypnobabies. “Pain management and coping skills” are actually opposite of what is learned in Hypnobabies; we teach Pain Elimination by using real step-by-step hypno-anesthesia that works so well women can use it for internal exams, IV/hep-lock insertion if needed, perineal massage, crowning, sciatica and much more. Since we use real medical hypnotic techniques, addressing the mind, body, and spirit of both mother and baby, our success rate is wonderful.
Long before they ever step foot in their first Hypnobabies class, our Hypno-moms get to meet their baby and bond with him/her by listening to a CD called Your Special Place, and the second track is Comfortable Childbirth, which helps teach them how childbirth can easily be so comfortable, right from the very first contraction. (Deprogramming them from the usual childbirth horror stories, and written by Gerald Kein.) They go on to easily learn our Hypnobabies Techniques in class, bringing their Birth Partner into the preparation, and also how to use hypnosis for many other things: nausea elimination, back and hip pain, insomnia, pre-term labor, pre-term bleeding, perineal massage, internal exams, turning a breech, etc.
One main difference is that our Hypnobabies students participate in a hypnosis script each week in class and then have that *same script to work with* for reinforcement during the next week, which makes a huge difference when programming the inner mind for success. It is called “compounding” in the world of hypnosis, is necessary for hypnotic suggestions to be retained by the woman’s subconscious, and many other birth hypnosis programs do not have it.
In addition, Hypnobabies requires that their Certified Instructors have a trained background in both Childbirth and Hypnosis before becoming trained in Hypnobabies, so that all childbirth questions and concerns from each Hypno-couple can be addressed, hypnotic depth can be assessed, and problems such as resistance and abreaction can easily be dealt with. Our Certified Hypnobabies Instructors have each had an in-depth interview with me before being accepted into our Hypnobabies Instructor Training Program, to make sure that she will be an asset to her community and our Hypnobabies team, and that teaching Hypnobabies is right for her. In short, she must be a “Birth Junkie”, dedicated to providing excellent support and education to her future students and women in general, as well as working towards positive change for childbirth in her own community.
Hypnobabies also has “Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis”, which allows our Hypno-moms to easily walk and talk and move around freely in labor, while still deeply in hypnosis, and remain very relaxed, fully present, aware and in touch with her body and baby and *completely comfortable while doing so*. Other programs rely on complete immobility for focus and concentration.
We also do Birthing Rehearsals in class #6 so that our Hypno-moms can experience using their Hypnobabies techniques while in hypnosis in class, which is invaluable, and also shows the Birth Partner hands-on exactly how to use his/her cues and assistance. What a confidence builder!
In our Hypnobabies Birth Visualization exercise, our Hypno-couples enjoy mentally entering labor, practicing their comfortable birthing techniques and giving birth easily and in a very detailed and personal way. This “mental birthing rehearsal” is very important to the process of easy and comfortable birthing and is done many times until their Hypno-baby is born, helping program the subconscious mind to produce exactly what the couple wants. Athletes and public speakers of all kinds do this to prepare for their own “Big Day” with great success, and so do our Hypno-moms!
Class Schedule and Fee
Next class series:
Wednesday March 14th – April 18th from 6-9pm
Class space is limited to 5 couples
Group Class: $295
Special price of only $195 for a limited time!!