Tranquil Birth

What is hypnobirthing all about and how can it help you?
Hypnobirthing utilizes a combination of techniques and philosophies to prepare mothers and their birthing partners to approach their birth without fear and provides them with knowledge, support, and tools for the birth. The ultimate result is that their birth can be a positive and empowering experience.
The subconscious mind is responsible for many of our bodily functions, and it's also the house of our belief systems. When a woman feels fear during childbirth, her body releases stress hormones that trigger the body's "fight or flight" response. This causes muscles to tighten and interferes with the birthing process.
Through a very simple program of self-hypnosis women learn to release emotions tied to fear-based stories and misinformation. Through this process women see birth as a normal, natural and healthy life experience. Women learn to trust that their bodies know how to bring their babies into the world in a calm and gentle way just as nature intended it.
Techniques that you learn through the course will help you achieve a deep state of relaxation, enabling your body to open up without resistance. In this calm state, your body’s natural feel good hormones endorphins and serotonin, will replace the stress hormones. This can relax the uterine muscles and nervous system to the point that you feel less pain – or even no pain at all. You will also have tools to bring yourself back into a calm state, if your birthing takes a different turn to expected or you have difficulties with the intensity experienced.
Your birth partner will learn ways to help you throughout pregnancy and birth. This is very useful for the birth and empowering for the birth partner. Many Hypnobirthing mums comment after birth that they and their birth partner ‘did it together’. Of course, the mother did most of the physical and inward work during the birth – but the effect of having the support of a good birth partner cannot be underestimated.
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