HypnoBirthing® is a childbirth method that teaches you how to use hypnosis to empower your natural birthing instincts. With your mind and body working in harmony, you and your birthing companion create a birthing environment that is calm, serene, and joyful.

Expectant mothers want and deserve to welcome their children into our world in a safe and loving environment. The revolutionary Mongan Method of HypnoBirthing® breaks the chain reaction of fear, tension, and pain without invasive procedures or chemicals. We work with expectant parents, doulas, and obstetricians to take the trauma out of giving birth.

You will be aware, relaxed, and in total control throughout your HypnoBirthing® experience.   You will learn relaxation techniques to eliminate fear, tension, and pain.   You will learn how to call upon your body's own natural endorphins to enjoy an easier, more peaceful birthing.   HypnoBirthing® returns birthing to the safe and beautiful experience that it was intended to be.

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HypnoBirthing®, founded by Marie F. Mongan in 1989, is more than just a technique for experiencing relaxed and stress-free childbirth. It incorporates the wisdom of birthing philosophies developed over thousands of years, and rediscovered by Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, the legendary English obstetrician who first advocated "natural childbirth" in the 1920s. The Mongan Method teaches you that in the absence of fear and tension, serious pain is not a normal part of childbirth.

With our training you will come to understand how your birthing muscles were designed to work in perfect harmony when your body is sufficiently relaxed. You will learn how to achieve true relaxation, free from the resistance that fear would have created, and how to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birth.

When your child is born with HypnoBirthing®, you will be awake and alert in a fully relaxed state of mind. You will not be asleep or in a trance. You will be conversant and in good spirits - totally relaxed, but in complete control. You will experience birthing in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that would otherwise block your muscles from functioning freely and naturally. In this calm state, your body's natural anesthesia, endorphins, replaces the stress related hormones that cause constriction and pain. HypnoBirthing® helps you to release all fears about childbirth. You will learn how to trust your body and to work with it.

• Why women in other cultures give birth comfortably and without stress.
• The source of the myth that childbirth has to be a painful process.
• How your body is naturally designed to conceive, nurture, and birth your baby easily and comfortably.
• Natural ways to give birth without artificial, chemical induction.
• How to use relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to create a calm, comfortable birthing environment.
• Specific breathing techniques to use during and between contractions or "surges".
• Techniques of deep relaxation to help you eliminate the fear-tension-pain syndrome.
• How to use your birthing instincts to bring your baby into the world in a way that most mirrors nature.

The Advantages Birthing duration is shortened by several hours. The risk of hyperventilation from "shallow" breathing methods is eliminated. The birthing companion is an integral part of the HypnoBirthing¨ process rather than an onlooker. Bonding occurs much more rapidly. Fatigue is eliminated, leaving the mother fresh and relaxed to enjoy the precious moments after birth of meeting her child. The need for invasive procedures such as chemical inductions, episiotomies and epidurals is dramatically reduced. Postnatal recovery is more rapid. HypnoBirthing babies are happier and sleep better.

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Class fee: $275 per couple.
Includes: Four class sessions, text book, relaxation CD and several informational handouts.
Call 713-269-1710 to register or for questions.