What you will learn in the HypnoBirthing course
Let's have a look at what a Calm Waves HypnoBirthing course includes:
Unit 1: Building A Positive Expectancy
• The History of Women and Birthing
• How your body is designed to birth - looking at the uterus muscles
• Our expectations of birth - where do they come from
• How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts
• How words and language can impact the way we feel about birth
• Pain during labour and how to reframe and change your mindset
• The power of hormones - looking at the autonomic nervous system, fight or flight response
• What is hypnosis and how can we use it to prepare for birth
• Creating a positive birth mindset
• Visualising gentle births by watching beautiful birthing videos (in every session)
Unit 2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
• Hormones for birth - how your environment can help or hinder
• Prenatal bonding techniques
• Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques
• 3 x breathing techniques for pregnancy, labour and birth (and beyond!)
• What is instinctive pushing and birth breathing in the 2nd stage of birth
• How visualisations work
• Positive affirmations for birth
• Selecting the right care provider for you, midwives, doctors & doulas - your options
• Choosing where to give birth - your options
• The benefits of making a birth plan, how to make one & looking at examples & templates
• Light touch massage as a comfort measure
Unit 3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
• Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts - fear release hypnosis
• Preparing your body for birthing with nutrition and exercise
• Benefits of perineal massage
• Visualisations for preparing for birth and during birth
• Relaxation and deepening exercises & hypnosis
• Looking at your estimated due date and what it really means
• Options for induction - what are the possible medical ways to start birth
• Looking at ways to encourage a natural start to birth
Unit 4: An overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love
• How to use anchors for birthing
• Ultimate deepening hypnosis using anchors
• Birth partner's deepening hypnosis using anchors
• Birth explained simply - looking at the stages of birth & what to expect
• When to call your midwife, what happens in a triage
• Settling in at the hospital or birthing centre (or at home if having a home birth)
• Preparing for home birth
• How to cope with challenges when moving from home to hospital
• What are comfort measures, let's have a look at all your options
• Building your 'birth nest' - looking at possible 'triggers & glimmers'
• Birth partner's role - a guide for them, tips & ideas on how to support, affirmations for partner
• If birth rests or slows down – what can you do
• Making informed decisions - using your BRAIN - looking at evidence-based resources
• Dealing with unexpected situations - brainstorming
Unit 5: Birth – Breathing Love – Bringing Life
• Moving from stage to stage during birth
• Birth rehearsal imagery hypnosis
• Baby's position - what is breech position, how to encourage a head down position
• Spinning Babies techniques
• Baby's journey through your pelvis, how your baby navigates with twists and turns & how you can help
• Birth positions
• Giving birth in water - birth pool
• What is a rebozo and how you can use it during pregnancy and birth
• How is baby monitored during birth, know your options
• C-sections & assisted birthing - when is it necessary and what are your options
• Breathing baby down to birth - your baby's journey in the 2nd stage
• Benefits of skin-to-skin
• Birthing your placenta - your options
• Optimal cord clamping, the benefits of waiting
• What to expect in the first hour after birth
• Family bonding with your baby
• Breastfeeding tips & baby care
• Hypnosis to prepare for birth
• Postnatal period - how to plan for your postpartum