With HypnoBirthing®, you'll discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour.You'll learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births. HypnoBirthing® doesn't mean you'll be in a trance or asleep. Rather, you'll be able to chat, and be in good spirits - totally relaxed, but fully in control. Just imagine feeling peaceful, relaxed...and even smiling as your baby comes closer to you!
HypnoBirthing® allows you to experience birth in an atmosphere of calm
relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the birthing muscles of your body from functioning as Nature intended them to.

What does HypnoBirthing® involve                                                The “Mongan Method” of HypnoBirthing® teaches techniques for safe and more comfortable birthing through guided imagery, visualisation and special breathing exercises. HypnoBirthing® combines childbirth education with empowering self-hypnosis, returning to women their right to call upon their natural birthing instincts, creating one of the most memorable experiences of their lives.

The self-hypnosis taught will allow you to experience deep relaxation. You will not be tranced-out or asleep, on the contrary you will be fully in control, conversant and totally relaxed throughout the birth experience. In this calm, relaxed state your body’s natural anaesthesia (endorphins) is released, replacing the stress hormones that cause muscle tension and pain.

The special techniques taught ensure that the mother-to-be is both psychologically and physically prepared for the birth experience. The birth companion plays a vitally important role in the birthing and is totally involved in the process throughout, allowing the mother-to-be to feel totally supported before, during and after the birth experience.

As well as experiencing a stress free, relaxed birth experience, many mothers also report experiencing a shorter pain free labour.

The advantages of

• HypnoBirthing dramatically reduces the discomfort felt during labour as women are encouraged to work with their body, not against it.
• HypnoBirthing® reduces and often eliminates the need for chemical anaesthesia, episiotomy, and other interventions, such as inductions and Caesarean sections.
• It lessens fatigue during labour, leaving the mother feeling fresh, awake and energised as she brings her baby into the world.
• It shortens the first stage of labour, in which the cervix thins and dilates, by several hours and allows the birthing mother to use the natural pulsations of her body to breathe her baby down to the crowning stage, rather than pushing for long, exhausting periods of time.
• It reduces the risk of pelvic-floor damage.
• It encourages bonding between the baby, mother and father/birth companion, before, during and after birth.
• It almost entirely eliminates postnatal discomfort and 'baby blues'.
• Birth is returned to the safe, beautiful, peaceful experience nature intended.