Are you looking forward to the birth of your little one? As women are progress through their trimesters they then find that antenatal courses focus on all their fears surrounding birth -  the pain, duration and all the various possible interventions. Epidurals are discussed as a matter of course and if we say we want a natural birth we can feel like we are being crazy. 

How did this happen? Surely our bodies are designed to be able to birth successefully? Our expectations and fear have stopped us believing and realising that we are perfectly designed to birth calmly and confidently. 

If you choose to follow the hypnobirthing route you will not regret it! Whether you birth in a hospital, a birthing centre or at home it is so empowering to start the journey into parenthood with a calm approach, feeling confident and in control of the situation.

With a course of sessions concetrating on hypnobirthing we will look at the history of midwifery, and how we have ended up in the our current situation of over medicalised births. We will look at what happens to our bodies in each stage of the birthing process and understand what is happening and why.

Then we will focus on the outcome you want, a comfortable, calm birth with you in control. We will do this by practising deep relaxation, visualisation and hypnosis. In between sessions and right up to the birth you will listen to a CD at night which will train you to hypnotise yourself, so at the time, you automatically shut out the world and become at one with the process. You will learn to trust that your body knows what it is doing and will do it well. 

Fertility issues are steadily rising. If medical reasons for infertility have been ruled out then hypnotherapy can really help by lowering any stress or anxiety levels and by using positive thinking and hypnosis and work towards your desired outcome.