Unique Benefits of taking a Hypnobabies Class:

 

How is our Hypnobabies Childbirth Class different from other Childbirth Hypnosis programs?

We are asked many times what is the difference between Hypnobabies and other natural childbirth or hypno-birthing

programs, and on this page we answer that question by telling you what we do well without disparaging any other

particular group. Other natural childbirth courses have excellent programs and benefits that have helped many

women have better, more relaxed births. We recognize that and celebrate them and what they do every day for

birthing women! Below the following article are unsolicited quotes from some of our Hypnobabies

Hypno-Moms who have taken another kind of childbirth course first, and then gone on to enjoy their

Hypnobabies program and birth experience. They were happy to share their experiences with you,

to encourage and support you on your hypno-journey!

In Hypnobabies, our objectives are to help our pregnant couples bond with their baby in utero, teach you how to

stay healthy and low-risk and be an excellent consumer, trust in your body, mind and baby, as well as

become self-reliant and confident about birthing your own way; unmedicated, safely and in comfort.

We overcome negative belief systems and programming, get you in touch with your own beautiful

pregnant body, guide you through your own excellent birth experience and give you skills that

you will use for the rest of your life. Birth Partners are brought into the preparation process and

have their own hypnotic relaxation cues, as well as a special role to play

as they await the birth of the precious newborn with our Hypno-mom. Since

we use real medical hypnosis techniques, addressing the mind, body, and spirit

of both Mother and Baby, our success rate is wonderful and very gratifying!

Hypnobabies is not a typical "hypno-birthing" class.

Hypnobabies is very comprehensive and successful, uses medical hypnotic anesthesia techniques, from

Gerald Kein's amazing Painless Childbirth program, as opposed to simple visualization and imagery,

and contains the same kinds of hypnotic scripts used by people who undergo surgery

with hypnosis as their only anesthetic.

We also *fully* train our Birth Partners by giving them their own Birth Partner’s hypnosis CD for a calm and

confident attitude towards pregnancy and childbirth, and their own detailed Birth Partner's Guide booklet

for labor, which allows them to fully grasp their role in the preparation for baby’s birth as well as easily helping the Hypno-Mom during birthing. This is unique to Hypnobabies and we are very proud of this feature.

Hypnobabies can also be very successfully used by Single Mothers or those whose partners will not be

participating in their birth preparation process. All of our hypno-anesthesia techniques can be easily

learned, practiced and used alone, or with a Birth Partner or doula.

Hypnobabies classes also provide excellent and Complete Childbirth Education, lacking in most birth

hypnosis programs. Providing this *Complete Childbirth Education* ensures that our wonderful students

will not have to take other natural childbirth classes whose philosophy is so different that it negates

what they have learned in our birth hypnosis class. "Pain management and coping skills"

are actually opposite of what is learned in Hypnobabies; we teach

Pain Elimination by using real hypno-anesthesia.

Long before they ever step foot in their first Hypnobabies class, our Hypno-moms get to meet their baby

and bond with him/her in a CD called Your Special Place, and the second track is Easy, Comfortable

Childbirth, which helps teach you how childbirth can easily be so comfortable. (de-programming

them from the usual childbirth horror stories, and written by Gerald Kein.) Each Hypno-Mom is

able to learn deep relaxation and hypnosis skills for several weeks (or months!) before

Hypnobabies Class even starts. This makes it much easier to learn her Hypnobabies

Hypno-anesthesia Techniques in each class, bringing the Birth Partner into the

preparation, (if they have one) and also how to use hypnosis for many other things:

nausea elimination, back and hip pain, insomnia, pre-term labor, pre-term

bleeding, perineal massage, internal exams, turning a breech, etc.

One main difference is that our students participate in a hypnosis script each week in class

and then have that *same script to work with* for reinforcement during the next week,

which makes a huge difference when programming the inner mind for success.

It is called "compounding" in the world of hypnosis, is necessary for hypnotic

suggestions to be retained by the woman's subconscious, and many

other birth hypnosis programs do not have it.

Hypnobabies also has "Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis", which allows each wonderful

Hypno-mom to walk and talk and move around freely yet remain very relaxed, fully present,

aware and in touch with her body and baby and 'completely comfortable while doing so'.

Other programs rely on complete immobility for focus and concentration, which can

severely impede the progress of labor and the descent and positioning

of the baby. An upright, "Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis mommy

means a faster and easier birthing!

We also do Hypnobabies Birthing Rehearsals in class #6 so that our Hypno-moms can

experience using their actual Hypnobabies techniques and many different labor positions

'while in hypnosis in class' which is invaluable, and also shows the Birth Partner

hands-on exactly how to use his/her cues and assistance. What a confidence builder,

and is unique to Hypnobabies!

Also unique to Hypnobabies is our very successful Hypnobabies Birth Visualization, in

which you can mentally and emotionally practice entering labor, experience your

comfortable birthing techniques and give birth easily and in a very detailed and personal way.

This “mental birthing rehearsal” is very important to the process of easy and comfortable

birthing and is done many times until your Hypno-baby is born, helping program the

subconscious mind to produce exactly the kind of birthing you want. Athletes like

Tiger Woods and public speakers of all kinds do this to prepare

with great success, and so do our Hypno-moms!

Our students also never have to guess how to make a cohesive 'plan for birthing' using their

Hypnobabies techniques; our program is very clear and concise and includes a

Quick Reference Guide for each birthing couple to use during their labor. We also include

our wonderful Birth Guide CD which keeps our Hypno-mom deeply in hypnosis with constant

hypnotic relaxation and anesthesia suggestions for both the first stage of labor, and the

pushing phase (NO “Ring of Fire”) as well as “positive birth team” hypnosis throughout.

Birth Professionals are shocked at how completely relaxed and physically comfortable

our Hypno-moms are, how easily they are able to move around and

communicate and still be deeply hypnotized, and how “in control”

they are of their bodies, minds and emotions. Our Hypnobabies

students tell us thatour Birth Guide CD is "Pure Gold!"

At Hypnobabies we require that our Certified Hypnobabies Instructors have a trained background

in Childbirth and 50 hours of Hypnosis training before becoming trained as a Hypnobabies

Instructor, so that *all* childbirth questions and concerns from each Hypno-couple can be

addressed, hypnotic depth can be assessed, and problems such as resistance and

abreaction can easily be dealt with. Not so with other programs.

Our Hypnobabies Instructors are always available for help before, during and after your Hypno-baby

is born, and we also have a free Hypnobabies Yahoo e-mail group for our Hypno-moms to

join for support and encouragement after your Hypnobabies class has ended, so that you can

enjoy a community where others are using Hypnosis for Childbirth as well. We

have daily tips and suggestions, childbirth hypnosis birth stories and a

great deal of camaraderie.

Other programs have shorter and simpler childbirth hypnosis classes (8 - 10 hours of instruction

as opposed to our 18) and may contain some excellent hypno-tools for birthing, but none contain the

amount of information, in depth hypno-anesthesia, training, practice and support of Hypnobabies.

All elements have been carefully designed to work together and the results are amazing

even to ME. Not all of our Hypno-moms will have a completely pain-free birthing,

yet formost it will be very close to it, and this makes all the difference in the

world to so many women. Very gratifying!

Below are unsolicited quotes from some of our Hypnobabies Hypno-Moms who have taken

another kind of childbirth course first, and then gone on to enjoy their

Hypnobabies program and birth experience.

Mom # 1

This is an easy one for me. I used a regular hypnobirthing program for my first birth and have

chosen to use Hypnobabies for this one (guess date 02/28/06). With the hypnobirthing

I did notfeel as prepared and as confident as I do with this one. Hypnobabies is so much

more indepth and comprehensive that it makes all the difference to me. I feel so much more

confident in my choices, more prepared to deal with the unexpected and a stronger resolve

that things will happen the way that I want them to and not what the Docs want. My

birth is not to be convenient for them but all about me and my baby’s health. This

pregnancy I have made a lot of major choices like switching to a midwife at 4

months, going to a natural birthing center unit, hiring a doula, and

laying out specifically what I want to happen. It is nice to feel

empowered by the program simply because I know what me

options are. I didn't get that with the hypnobirthing one and that is

something I feel pretty strong about. Hypnobabies (the staff

and program) havebeen so supportive of me that

I could not have asked for anything more.

Bright Blessings to you!!! Blair

(Blair had a challenging Pitocin induced birth, but did it comfortably with Hypnobabies!)

Mom # 2

I did research on Hyp-birth when I was doing my own comparison shopping before my second birth.

What I discovered was that Hypbirth includes ONLY the CDs, and if I remember correctly a video

explaining how to use them. There is no childbirth information at all, so you need to go elsewhere

to get all the information you need to be fully informed on how to have as safe and healthy a

pregnancy and birth as possible. As for the hypnosis, like Hypnobabies, Hypbirth does

include a way for women to enter hypnosis very quickly, which is good. But unlike

Hypnobabies, Hyp-birth does NOT teach a way to remain deeply in hypnosis and

very comfortable while remaining upright and mobile. Which means that many

women probably need to remain in bed to be deeply relaxed if

things get intense for them at any point.

That is what happened to me while using regular hypnobirthing, (for my first birth) and

the result was a much longer birth than I likely would have had if I had been able to

remain upright and mobile, as I did with my Hypnobabies birth. That was one of the

main reasons I knew Hypnobabies was the best choice for me, and it really came in

handy during my second birthing. In fact, I walked very calmly into the

birthing center at full dilation. That's something I never

could have done in my first birthing.

Basically, even though Hyp-birth includes much more in depth hypnosis techniques

than regular hypnobirthing, it still didn't have the two things I found to be missing

during my first birth. Namely, a complete childbirth education (so I could

understand all my options in the rare case that complications arose, and discuss

them intelligently with my caregiver - plus use natural alternatives avoid to

medicalintervention, when possible) and a way to remain calm and

comfortable while upright during the more intense parts of the birth.

Even though I looked into Hyp-birth while preparing for my second birth,

I had discovered during my first birth that I needed more birthing

information than I had learned through my hypnobirthing classes,

so choosing a program that didn't include ANY childbirth information

wasn't a good fit for me. And once I found out that it didn't specifically

teach "mobile" hypnosis skills, my decision was clear. I ordered

Hypnobabies and had a fabulous, fully informed, pain-free

and mobile birth, just as I hoped I would!

-Susan

Mom # 3:

I took a hypnobirthcourse when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and ended up not really using

any of the techniques for a variety of reasons. For one thing (the big one), I was never really sold on

the idea that it would actually work. There weren't that many recorded scripts to listen to; my

"birth partner" was supposed to supplement those by reading other scripts to me, but DH lost

interest in the whole project pretty quickly and was always "too tired" to go over

anything with me (which made me frustrated and angry); I found the instructions

for the breathing exercises to be confusing and never got the hang of the exercises

themselves; and the book itself, while it has good information,

isn't laid out in a very helpful format.

By the time I got induced, I had pretty much lost interest in going natural. I got an epi when

things got ouchy, and gave birth to a lovely little girl. Not a bad experience by any means,

but I decided this time around that I'd like to have more control

and more options than the first time around.

I haven't actually birthed using the Hypnobabies course yet, but I have SO much

more faith in it than in hypnobirthing. The week-by-week (and in the maintenance

phase, day-by-day) schedule is VERY easy to follow. There are more CD

scripts to listen to covering more topics. DH is still not very interested

(not negative, just not willing to prepare in any way), but I feel like

it doesn't matter nearly as much as I have so much more information

available to me--plus I've hired a doula who is really interested in

hypnosis, so she'll be there to help me out when needed.

I started doing the course at about 5 months and have followed it pretty faithfully. It's basically

really relaxing and enjoyable, so it hasn't been a chore to do it. And I've been sleeping

better than I did with my first pregnancy, so that alone is worth it! Another big plus

has been reading all the wonderful birth stories here, which have given me

much more confidence than I had with my first pregnancy and birth.

So that's my two cents! Have faith in yourself!

Sarah

Mom # 4:

I took a basic hypnobirthing class with my first child. I found the class empowering, and it enabled me to relax.

However, they did not teach us anything but how to relax. I never really felt like I was deeply in hypnosis.

During the birth I was relaxed but I did end up asking for narcotics. At the time I

knew very little about pain medication.

With my second pregnancy I used the Hypnobabies program and it was amazing. I was deeply in hypnosis,

and there are so many wonderful scripts. There is also SO much information on staying healthy and low risk,

as well as choices in childbirth. It was so great I flew across country to become an instructor!! :o)

I definitely recommend the Hypnobabies program.

Rose Quintilian, HCHI

Mom # 5

I took a private hypnobirthing class with my hypnodoula. I was not happy with the material or the tapes

(only 2 come with class). My hypnodoula was great and she supplemented the material some, but not

enough for me to become comfortable and confident in hypnosis. I then found the Hypnobabies

course and ordered it and switched to it. My doula worked with me to learn the new cues and

changes and she thought it was great too. If you take a hypnobirthing course, make sure the

person truly has a background in hypnosis and is not just a childbirth person who learned

hypnosis via hypnobirthing training. Mine was a truly certified hypnotherapist

and childbirth educator with strong backgrounds in both. Otherwise you don't really

get the benefit of having a one on one work with hypnotherapist.

I personally preferred the Hypnobabies and would choose it again. I love my hypnodoula, but I

did not care for the hypnobirthing material. The book doesn't explain everything - leaves a

lot of holes to be filled in by class instructor and they only give you two tapes which

don't really help that much in my opinion. The rainbow relaxation helps you

relax but doesn't really give a lot of post hypnotic suggestions and doesn't

really prepare you near as well as the Hypnobabies CDs. The Hypnobabies

course is so much more complete than hypnobirthing, although a few people might

find their simpler approach preferable, most people don't. The extra scripts in the Hypnobabies

keeps you from becoming bored listening to same thing all the time and gives you

much more tools and scripts to work with.

I had my DS with Hypnobabies in December and it went very well and I did not have

pain, although I was uncomfortable at times from the pressure and

tightening which was sometimes much more than I expected.

Sandy