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Essential Hypnobirthing & Confident Birth Course

A private, 6 hour course, for subsequent pregnancies and those attending pre-recorded or broader coverage courses elsewhere.

​The Essentials Course is a condensed version of the complete course which requires the participants to have experience or be undertaking some additional birth education and encourages further practise in the form of reading/watching/listening outside the course.

 

Before the course I will send you a short introduction video and a few exercises to complete to lay some foundations for you ahead of our time together.

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I typically run for couples who have either had a baby before, booked onto an NCT course OR done an online course.

Within the Essentials course, I cover:

 

  • What makes a positive birth experience

  • How the Mind Works

  • Positive Input

  • Physiology of the Birthing Body

  • Hormones of Labour

  • Birthing like other Mammals

  • Breathing for Birth

  • Visualisations

  • Relaxations

  • Positive Affirmations

  • Birth Boards

  • Anchors

  • The Power of Language

  • Positive Affirmations

  • Light touch massage

  • Navigating your care within the NHS

  • Looking out for unnecessary hypnobirthing derailers

  • Decision Making

  • Birth Partners Role 

  • Your Labour timeline (where Hypnobirthing fits in)

  • Discussion on Birth Plans

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You will also be provided with resources and links to help you get up to speed on:

  • Preparing Your Body for Birth, 

  • Further Massage Techniques, 

  • Inductions, 

  • C-Sections, 

  • Instrumental Birth, 

  • Choosing your Place of Birth, 

  • Medical Pain Relief and Further Comfort Measures, 

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When

Private Essentials courses are conducted over one full day or two half-day sessions, Mon - Fri between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm, 

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Where

Private Essentials courses take place either online or in the comfort of *your own home or mine in my office/snug (complete with wood-burning stove for the winter).

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*I am delighted to travel to you and distances of up to 5 miles from my home in Bentworth (as calculated on google maps) are included in the fee. Thereafter, I charge 45p per mile each way.

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The Essentials Course Session Content

Logic of Hypnobirthing​

  • What makes a positive birth experience

  • How the Mind Works

  • Positive Input

  • Physiology of the Birthing Body

  • Hormones of Labour

  • Birthing like other Mammals

Tools & Techniques

  • Breathing for Birth

  • Visualisations

  • Relaxations

  • Positive Affirmations

  • Birth Boards

  • Anchors

  • The Power of Language

  • Positive Affirmations

  • Light Touch Massage

Navigating your Care

  • Navigating your care within the maternity system

  • Decision Making

  • B.R.A.I.N.S.

  • Re-routing your Birth Journey

The Birth

  • Birth Partners Role

  • Labour Timeline

  • Your Birth Proposal/Plan

  • The Importance of Practice

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How much does the Essentials Course cost?

Private Course: £260* per mother and birthing partner**

**please contact me to discuss the attendance of additional birthing partners

 

What you get:

  • The Full Hypnobirthing & Confident Birth Course

  • The Hampshire Birthing Course Companion

  • The KG Hypnobirthing Book by Katahrine Graves

  • Four Hypnobirthing MP3's which you can enjoy as soon as you have booked your place.

  • Ongoing support throughout your pregnancy and following your birth via phone, email and in person if possible.

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To find out more about future group course dates or booking a private course, please contact me.

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