Hypnobirthing
A helpful and practical course full of top tips for keeping you calm and relaxed throughout your pregnancy and labour.
32 lessons + 5 guided audio sessions + practice manual
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The NowBaby Hypnobirthing Course
NowBaby designed this course to support you to keep calm and relaxed, to breathe and to ‘enjoy’ your birth. It is designed to fill you with knowledge about the birth process, fill you with confidence, eliminate fear and to support you through the intensity of the surges (contractions).
This programme is instructed by Marley Hall (Midwife Marley) who is a leading UK midwife, author, speaker, hypnobirthing expert and mother of 5. The knowledge you will gain from the course will help you to make your own informed decisions about your birth and provide you with a range of tools that you can practice at home in preparation for the day you will meet your baby.
What You Will Learn
The crucial techniques essential to hypnobirthing include guided meditations, visualisations, breathing and several others that you practise at home
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Relaxation Techniques
Master guided meditations, visualisations, and breathing exercises to maintain calm and confidence throughout your labour.
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Birth Physiology
Understand the normal physiology of birth, how your body works, and the role of birth hormones in your experience.
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Body Preparation
Learn how to prepare your body for the big day including diet, exercise, perineal massage and optimal foetal positioning.
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Partner Support
Understand the crucial role of the birth partner and how they can provide effective support throughout labour.
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Informed Decisions
Learn about informed choice and consent, using the B.R.A.I.N acronym to make confident decisions about your birth.
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Birth Environment
Discover how to create the optimal birth environment to support your body’s natural birthing process.
Course Curriculum
32 comprehensive lessons covering everything you need for a positive birth experience
Introduction & Foundations
- Hello & Welcome
- What is Hypnobirthing?
- A Quick Story
- What is a Positive Birth?
Understanding Birth
- Factors That Can Affect The Birth Experience
- Understanding The Mind
- How The Uterus and Cervix Work Together
- Birth Hormones
- Fear, Tension, Pain
- Birth Language
- The Unbendable Arm Exercise
Practical Techniques
- Breathing for Birth
- Visualisations
- The Countdown Visualisation
- Guided Meditations
- Affirmations
- Gentle Touch Massage
- Anchors
Informed Choice
- What is Informed Choice
- What is Informed Consent
- The B.R.A.I.N Acronym
Physical Preparation
- Diet & Exercise
- Perineal Massage
- Optimal Foetal Positioning
Labour & Birth
- The Birth Environment
- Am I in Labour?
- Early Labour
- The Up Stage (established Labour)
- The Down Stage (The Birth Of the Baby)
- Optimal Cord Clamping
For All Types of Birth
Hypnobirthing methods are traditionally used for those who are working towards having an unmedicated natural birth but the truth is, being able to get yourself into a relaxed, calm and confident state during any birth, whether that be an induction, an assisted birth or even a c-section, will have a positive effect on both you and your baby.