Young Beginnings
What is
A Natural Approach to a Safe, Easier,
More Comfortable Birth
HypnoBirthing® is as much a philosophy as it is a technique. It is a rewarding, relaxing, stress-free method of birthing that is based on the belief that all babies should come into the world gently, in an atmosphere of calm and joy. HypnoBirthing prepares a birthing couple - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually - for an easier, more comfortable and, sometimes, pain-free birth. Through a well-thought-out program of deep relaxation, self-hypnosis, special breathing techniques, visualizations, affirmations, and education, HypnoBirthing® returns to a woman the art of birthing in a way that allows her to summon her natural birthing instincts and to birth her baby safely and with ease.
Simply put, birth is natural, normal and healthy. A healthy woman, carrying a healthy baby, experiencing a healthy pregnancy, and a healthy labor, can expect to experience an instinctive birth. In the absence of special circumstances, families wishing to experience natural, unmedicated, unintervened and undisturbed births should be supported in their decision, and encouraged through care and information to birth their baby calmly, safely, more comfortably, and even joyously without the need for unnecessary intervention.
H Y P N O B I R T H I N G ?
What is the Premise of
H Y P N O B I R T H I N G ?
For most of their lives, women have been inundated with the negative stories of other women’s birth experiences. Everyone - from their mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, and even strangers - wants to tell them the horrors of giving birth. They have been conditioned to believe that excruciating pain is associated with labor; and because of this, women today hold an unprecedented fear of giving birth. This extreme fear causes their bodies to become tense, and that tension prohibits their bodies from easily performing a normal physiological function. The result is exactly what they feared most - a long, painful birth or unnecessary interventions.
Through the HypnoBirthing® program, women can learn to dismiss fear-based stories, misinformation, and birthing myths; and they are helped to see birthing as normal. Women learn to trust that their bodies know how to bring their babies into the world in the calm and gentle way that Nature intended.
H Y P N O B I R T H I N G A D V A N T A G E S
How HypnoBirthing Works
Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during, and after birthing
Reduces, and often eliminates, the need for chemical anesthesia, episiotomy, and other interventions
Lessens fatigue during labor
Shortens the first stage of labor by hours
Reduces risk of pelvic floor damage
Creates an integral role for the birth companion
Promotes special bonding of mother, baby, and birthing partner
Gentle birthing leads to easier postpartum recovery
Returns birthing to the safe, beautiful, peaceful
experience Nature intended
studies show
When a woman feels relaxed, safe, and supported
throughout childbirth there is a :
50% Reduction in the caesarean rate
25% Shorter labor
60% Reduction in epidural requests
40% Reduction in use of pain medications
40% Reduction in forceps delivery
“Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump her lungs to inhale, her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.”
- Virginia D’Orio
