What is Hypnobirthing and why would I do it?
The Little Birth Company course is a full antental programme, designed with you, your baby and the family unit in mind. Parents who have completed a Hypnobirthing course will leave with the tools to help them towards a calm and positive birth experience. And being able to make empowered, informed decisions about what is right for you and your baby. Whilst learning the basics of the miracle that is birth, you will also learn various, simple techniques including deep relaxation, breathing and visualisation which will help you to enter the final weeks of pregnancy and birth with the absence of fear and a new found confidence in what your body was designed to do.
What are the benefits of Hypnobirthing?
The Little Birth Company course is a full antental programme, designed with you, your baby and the family unit in mind. Parents who have completed a Hypnobirthing course will leave with the tools to help them towards a calm and positive birth experience. And being able to make empowered, informed decisions about what is right for you and your baby. Whilst learning the basics of the miracle that is birth, you will also learn various, simple techniques including deep relaxation, breathing and visualisation which will help you to enter the final weeks of pregnancy and birth with the absence of fear and a new found confidence in what your body was designed to do.
What are the benefits of Hypnobirthing?
- Positive and empowering birth experiences
- A more comfortable birth- some Hypnobirthing Mothers experience pain free labours
- You will feel in control of your birth and able to stay calm whichever turn your birth journey may take
- Knowledge which will help you to understand the options available to you and what the implications of your choices are
- Hypnobirthing labours are often shorter
- There is a decreased chance of interventions or drugs being used
- Babies are born more alert and with less trauma due to a calm, drug free labour
- Your birth partner is taught of the huge importance of their role in your birth- they learn how best to help and support you and your baby from pregnancy, through labour and birth
A brief history of Hypnobirthing |
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The ideas behind Hypnobirthing have been around for some time, starting with the work of obstetrician Dr. Grantly Dick Read early in the 20th century. After a long career he published the book 'Childbirth Without Fear' which explained his findings that pain in childbirth is unnecessary and is a product of fear and tension. When we are fearful our bodies tense up, blood flow is restricted to certain parts of the body and muscles are therefore unable to do their jobs easily and painlessly. This theory was further looked at by many practitioners and in 1989 a US woman Marie Mongan came up with Hypnobirthing after using the techniques when birthing her children calmly and painlessly.
