Hypnobabies Six Week Course Outline
 Class1:
Introduction to Hypnobabies:
Introduction
to Hypnobabies’ Philosophies and Positive Mindset;
Pregnancy Anatomy and Physiology; Belief Systems;
The Power of Words and How They Affect Us; How Your
Mind Works – The Conscious and Subconscious; The
Mind/Body Connection; What Hypnosis is and is NOT;
Demonstrations of Hypnosis; How Fear Affects Comfort
and Length of Labor; Fear Clearing for Childbirth;
The Importance of Daily Birthing Affirmations; The
Gifts Your Body Gives You – Your Beautiful Uterus
and How it Works; Creating Your “Mental Lightswitch”.
Partner Communication Exercise and the “Contract of
Trust”.
Hypnosis Script: “Learning Self-Hypnosis”.
(Entering hypnosis on your own and controlling all
sensations in your body.)
Class 2: Staying
Healthy and Low Risk:
Importance
of Diet in Pregnancy; Nutritional Guidelines; The
High Protein Advantage; Eggs, Salt and Calcium in
Pregnancy; Drinking Water for Two; Avoidance of
Harmful Substances; Safe and Comfortable Prenatal
Sleeping and Resting Positions; Natural Comfort
Measures for Pregnancy; Introduction of the Stages
of Labor including the “Baby-Kindness” Stage; New
Baby Sensitivity Through Bonding; Using Hypnosis for
Pregnancy Discomforts and Health; Prenatal Exercises
for Birth; Birth Partner Assistance.
Hypnosis Script: “Creating Anesthesia”.
(Modifying your hypnosis to include Hypno-anesthesia
and “Eyes-Open Childbirth Hypnosis”.)
Class 3: Your
Options in Birthing:
Birth
Partner’s “Relax and Feel Confident” CD; The
Importance of Making Excellent Birthing Decisions;
the “Big Secrets”. Detailed Childbirth Choices –
Risks, Benefits and Alternatives for Common
Procedures; Getting Informed Consent, Hospital Forms
and Your Rights; Questions for Caregivers -
Consumer Issues and Positive Communication; Creating
the Birth Plan of your Dreams; “Big” Babies; Packing
Your Birth Bag; Touring Your Place of Birth;
Benefits of a Professional Labor Assistant;
“Hypno-Doulas”; Introduction of the book “Back Labor
NO More”.
Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 1 – Birth
Hypnosis Tools”. (Learning cues for deepening
hypnosis and anesthesia instantly.)
Class 4: The Onset
of Labor:
Your “Guess
Date” and Normal Length of Pregnancy; Preparing for
your Birthing Day; Signs of Birthing Beginning;
Amniotic Membranes Breaking – Your Safe Choices;
True vs. “False” Labor; How to Time Your Birthing
Waves (contractions); Your Birth Log; When to go to
the Birth Place; Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on
“The Drive” and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (if
out of your home; Hypno-Guardians; Nurses – the
Unsung Heroes; Using Hypnosis for Comfort During
Internal Exams; Dilation, Effacement, Position and
Station of Baby; The Beautiful Progress of Labor,
Including Fast , Average and Slow or Stalled Labor;
Artificial Induction and Natural Induction
Techniques; Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing
Environment; Nausea Elimination; Optimum Fetal
Positioning.
Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 2 -
Deepening Your Hypno-Anesthesia.” (Birth Partner
Cues for instantly deepening hypnosis and moving
anesthesia around to different areas of your body.)
Class 5: Birth
Partners, Transformation and Birth:
Birth Partners
Training: Your Role During Pregnancy and Birthing
Reviewed; How a Labor Assistant Can Help the
Hypno-Partner; 4 Pages of Verbal Birthing Cues;
Physical Comfort Techniques; the Change of Plans
Hypnosis Script.
Late First Stage
Labor - Transition…or “Transformation”; Hypnosis
Deepening techniques; Trusting in Your Body, Your
Mind and your Baby; Protecting the Hypno-Mom!;
Effective Positions for Birthing; Benefits and Use
of the Birth Ball; Exhale Pushing and Avoiding the
“Ring of Fire” with Hypnosis; Safe Birthing of the
Placenta; Cord Traction, Pitocin, Post-Partum
Choices. Review: Membranes Releasing, Hypnobabies
Tools, Using Your Mental Lightswitch, Fear Clearing
for Childbirth; Avoiding a Cesarean Section.
Hypnosis
practice:
Using Hypnobabies in The Moment! Full
practice of our Hypnobabies Lightswitch techniques,
Peace cue, Release cue, Birth Partner’s cues, and
Moving Hypno-Anesthesia Around Your Body.
Class # 6:
Birthing Your Baby and Beyond:
Hypnosis Script:
“Visualize (Create!) Your Birth”
(a mental practice
of labor and birthing that creates your childbirth
experience for you exactly as you desire it to be.)
Followed by our
In-depth Birthing Rehearsal
using all
Hypnobabies Techniques, Birth Balls, Walking,
Positional Changes and Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis
where our Hypno-Moms and Birth Partners practice
their Hypnobabies cues and techniques together, in
hypnosis, culminating with “giving birth” using
Hypno-Anesthesia.
New Baby Care:
Baby Kindness, Apgar Scores, Normal Newborn
Appearance, and Choices for Baby’s Care including
Hospital and Homebirth Newborn Procedures,
Bathing..or Not?, Vaccinations, Circumcision and
Rooming In. A Good Start with Breastfeeding,
Latching, Non-Schedules, BF Resources, Attachment
Parenting Information, Slings and Carriers, and much
more!
Text for this page is adapted from the
Hypnobabies Network website,
www.hypnobabies.com. |
