Course Content:

Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth Program

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Day 1, Unit 1: Creating and Maintaining a Positive Mindset

  • Creating and Maintaining a Positive Mindset

  • Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing

  • Causes of Fear (including history) and how it affects our labour

  • The role of our caregivers

  • Mind/Body connection

  • What is hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?

  • Fear-Tension- Pain Syndrome

  • My amazing uterus-understanding the physiology behind birthing

  • Our hormones are our friends

  • Re-programming the subconscious

  • Birthing Environment

  • The language for empowered birthing

  • Introducing our toolkit for birthing

  • The Power of Affirmations

 
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Day 1, Unit 2: Choices, Knowledge and Tools for Empowered Birthing

  • Conditioning techniques for birth

  • Hypnosis tracks, birth music, aromatherapy

  • Releasing endorphins through touch

  • Choices in maternity care

  • Maintaining a healthy diet

  • Staying Active - exercise during pregnancy

  • Tips for Optimal Foetal Positioning

  • The importance of facial relaxation

  • Relaxation Breathing - a skill for life

  • Surge Breathing - the best tool ever!

  • The ‘urge’ to push/bear down – breathing down

 
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Day 2, Unit 3: Preparing the Mind and Body for Birth

  • Visualisations for pregnancy and birth

  • Pre-Birth bonding

  • Bonding with baby at birth

  • 'Guess date’ - a normal range of pregnancy

  • Inductions - things you’re not always told

  • Achieving a natural start to labour

  • Instant relaxation techniques

  • Self-hypnosis techniques to practice alone

  • Using triggers, anchors, suggestion, self hypnosis during pregnancy & birth

  • Hypnosis/Relaxation Scripts; Prompts for partners

 
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Day 2, Unit 4: Birth – Bringing it all Together

  • Birth Preferences – the importance of open communication with your caregivers

  • Special circumstances

  • Membranes Releasing

  • Questions to help you make good decisions

  • Birth companion as advocate

  • Your rights as a child bearing woman

  • Breech or Posterior – options; positions

  • Hypnosis for releasing fears

  • What to expect through labour and birth

  • When to call the midwife/go to the hospital

  • Birthing Positions

  • The birth partner’s role

  • Cord clamping and placenta delivery

  • Undisturbed bonding/breastfeeding time – skin to skin

  • Hypnosis – Rehearsal for Birth