About HypnoBirthing®

The concept of HypnoBirthing® is not new, but rather a 'rebirth' of the philosophy of birthing that existed thousands of years ago. It was recaptured in the work of Dr Grantly Dick-Reid,  who was one of the first obstetricians to  promote natural birthing.  The method teaches you that in the absence of fear and tension, or special medical circumstances, severe pain does not have to be a part of normal labour.

You will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony, as they were designed to, when your body is sufficiently relaxed and you trust birth.

You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free from the resistance that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birth.  When you have your baby with HypnoBirthing^®, you will not be in a trance or a sleep.  You will be able to converse and feel in good spirits, totally relaxed but fully in control.

Awake throughout, you will be aware of your body's surges and your baby's progress but because you will have trained yourself to reach complete relaxation, you will be able to welcome and work with each surge. You will experience birthing in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear that prevents the muscles of your body from functioning as nature intended them to. In this calm state your body's natural relaxant, endorphins, replaces the stress hormones that constrict and cause pain.  Babies who are born using HypnoBirthing® are usually calmer, feed better and are content and settled babies because of the gentle way they are breathed into the world.