Class Outline
Class One: Introduction to Hypnobabies
Class Two: Staying Healthy and Safe
Class Three: Your Options in Birthing
Class Four: The Onset of Birthing Time
Class Five: Birth Partners, Transformation and Birth
Class Six: Birthing Your Baby and Beyond
An in-depth Birthing Rehearsal using all Hypnobabies Techniques, Birth Balls, Walking, Positional Changes and Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis where our Hypno-Moms and Birth Partners practice their Hypnobabies cues and techniques together, in hypnosis, culminating with “giving birth” using Hypno-Anesthesia.
- Introduction to Hypnobabies’ Philosophies and Positive Mindset
- Pregnancy Anatomy and Physiology
- Belief Systems
- The Power of Words and How They Affect Us
- How Your Mind Works – The Conscious and Subconscious
- The Mind/Body Connection
- What Hypnosis is and is NOT
- Demonstrations of Hypnosis
- How Fear Affects Comfort and Length of Labor
- Fear Clearing for Childbirth
- Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 1
- “Becoming Dad” – Part 1
- The Importance of Daily Pregnancy Affirmations
- The Gifts Your Body Gives You – Your Beautiful Uterus and How it Works
- Creating Your “Mental Lightswitch”
- Partner Communication Exercise and the “Contract of Trust.”
- Hypnosis Script: “Learning Self-Hypnosis.” (Entering hypnosis on your own and controlling all sensations in your body).
Class Two: Staying Healthy and Safe
- Importance of Staying Healthy and Safe in Pregnancy
- Nutritional Guidelines
- The High Protein Advantage
- Eggs, Salt and Calcium in Pregnancy
- Hydration for Two
- Avoidance of Harmful Substances
- Safe and Comfortable Prenatal Sleeping and Resting Positions
- Natural Comfort Measures for Pregnancy
- Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing - Part 2
- "Becoming Dad" - Part 2
- Introduction of the Stages of Labor including the “Baby-Kindness” Stage
- New Baby Sensitivity Through Bonding
- Using Hypnosis for Pregnancy Discomforts and Health
- Prenatal Exercises for an Easier Birth
- Birth Partner Assistance
- Hypnosis Script: “Creating Anesthesia” (Modifying your hypnosis to include Hypno-anesthesia and “Eyes-Open Childbirth Hypnosis”)
Class Three: Your Options in Birthing
- Birth Partner’s “Relax and Feel Confident” audio track
- Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 3
- “Becoming Dad” – Part 3
- The Importance of Making Excellent Birthing Decisions
- The “Big Secrets”
- Detailed Childbirth Choices – Risks, Benefits and Alternatives for Common Procedures
- Getting Informed Consent, Hospital Forms and Your Rights
- Questions for Caregivers – Consumer Issues and Positive Communication
- Creating the Birth Plan of your Dreams
- “Big” Babies
- Packing Your Birth Bag
- Touring Your Place of Birth
- Benefits of a Professional Labor Assistant
- “Hypno-Doulas”
- Introduction of the Abdominal Lift and Tuck Birthing Techniques
- Preparation for Comfortable Pushing
- Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 1 – Birth Hypnosis Tools” (Learning cues for deepening hypnosis and Hypno-anesthesia instantly)
Class Four: The Onset of Birthing Time
- Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 4
- “Becoming Dad” – Part 4
- Your “Guess Date” and Normal Length of Pregnancy
- Preparing for your Birthing Day
- Signs of Birthing Beginning
- Amniotic Membranes Breaking – Your Safe Choices
- True vs. “False” Labor
- How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions)
- Your Birth Log
- When to go to the Birth Place
- Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on “The Drive” and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (if out of your home)
- Hypno-Guardians
- Nurses – the Unsung Heroes
- Using Hypnosis for Comfort During Internal Exams
- Dilation, Effacement, Position and Station of Baby
- The Beautiful Progress of Labor, Including Fast, Average, and Slow or Stalled Labor
- Artificial Induction and Natural Induction Techniques
- Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing Environment
- Nausea Elimination
- Optimum Fetal Positioning
- Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 2 – Deepening Your Hypno-Anesthesia” (Birth Partner Cues for instantly deepening hypnosis and moving anesthesia around to different areas of your body)
Class Five: Birth Partners, Transformation and Birth
- Birth Partner Training- Your Role During Pregnancy and Birthing Reviewed
- How a Labor Assistant Can Help the Hypno-Partner
- 4 Pages of Verbal Birthing Cues
- Physical Comfort Techniques
- The Change of Plans Hypnosis Script.
- Late First Stage Labor – Transition…or “Transformation”
- Hypnosis Deepening techniques
- Trusting in Your Body, Your Mind and your Baby
- Protecting the Hypno-Mom!
- Effective Positions for Birthing
- Benefits and Use of the Birth Ball
- Exhale Pushing and Avoiding the “Ring of Fire” with Hypnosis
- Safe Birthing of the Placenta
- Cord Traction, Pitocin, Post-Partum Choices
- Review: Membranes Releasing, Hypnobabies Tools, Using Your Mental Lightswitch, Fear Clearing for Childbirth
- Avoiding a Cesarean Section
- Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 5
- “Becoming Dad” – Part 5 Hypnosis techniques practice: Using Hypnobabies in the Moment! Full practice of our Hypnobabies Lightswitch techniques, Peace cue, Release cue, Birth Partner’s cues, and Moving Hypno-Anesthesia around Your Body
Class Six: Birthing Your Baby and Beyond
An in-depth Birthing Rehearsal using all Hypnobabies Techniques, Birth Balls, Walking, Positional Changes and Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis where our Hypno-Moms and Birth Partners practice their Hypnobabies cues and techniques together, in hypnosis, culminating with “giving birth” using Hypno-Anesthesia.
- “Becoming a Parent/Dad” – Part 6
- Support for the New Family during the First 2 Weeks Postpartum
- Care for the New Mother
- Baby Kindness
- Normal Newborn Appearance
- Creating a Newborn Baby Care Plan
- Choices for Baby’s Care including Hospital and Homebirth Newborn Procedures
- Bathing … or Not?
- Vaccinations, Circumcision and Rooming In
- Breastfeeding: An Overview
- Breastfeeding and Jaundice, Latching, Non-Schedules, Laid-Back Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Resources, Attachment Parenting Information, and much more!