Hypnobabies Menu

• Hypnobabies Benefits

• How is Hypnobabies different from other hypnosis for childbirth classes?

• Hypnobabies Mission Statement

• What is hypnosis?

• Hypnobabies Classes Overview

• Hypnobabies Course Outline

• How to Enroll

• Hypnobabies Course Materials

• When to Start Hypnobabies

• Hypnobabies Class Schedule

• Pricing Info

What is Hypnobabies®?

The Hypnobabies method of Hypnotic Childbirth, which teaches real medical hypnosis techniques, creates an automatically peaceful, relaxing and more comfortable pregnancy, a calm confident hypno-dad, and an easier, fearless and often pain-free birthing for our hypno-Mom.

Hypnobabies is a complete childbirth education course that also teaches Gerald Kein's famous Painless Childbirth techniques to Hypnobabies mothers so that they can enter hypnosis, deepen it themselves and remain mobile during labor, completely comfortable at all times. Most of our hypno-babies have no drugs in their systems when they are born, and are able to nurse, breathe well and interact with their happy parents immediately.

Why choose a natural, easier birth using Hynobabies? The benefits are many:

• The hypno-mom will use fewer drugs or no drugs, which means less risk of side effects for mother and baby, due to elimination of the Fear/Tension/Pain Syndrome, and using post-hypnotic suggestions.
• Most hypno-mothers have shorter labors since there is less resistance of the birthing muscles when pain and fear are minimized or eliminated.
• The birthing woman generally has much more energy throughout first and second stage, due to a total relaxation throughout the birthing process.
• The birthing environment is much more calm and peaceful when the natural childbirth mother is comfortable.
• Breech and posterior babies can be turned using hypnosis.
• Blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature can be lowered and nausea, back and hip pain eliminated with hypnosis during pregnancy and labor.
• There are fewer interventions for failure to progress and therefore fewer fetal and maternal complications during labor.
• The deep relaxation in Hypnobabies sessions has also helped many a nervous birth partner to enjoy their partner's pregnancy and childbirth, and the skills that the hypno-couple learns for relaxation and hypnosis will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
• Our hypno-couples are "deprogrammed" from the usual negativity of childbirth stories and scenarios they've always heard, by way of training in Hypnobabies classes and audio CDs which have positive messages and hypnotic suggestions. This automatically allows for a positive attitude and much more confidence in birthing.

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How is Hypnobabies different from other hypnosis for childbirth classes?

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

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!

We are not a regular birth hypnosis class.

• Hypnobabies is very detailed 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 Painless Childbirth, which helps teach you how childbirth can easily be so comfortable. This script de-programs them from the usual childbirth horror stories, and is 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 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 that our 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. This is not the case 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 for most it will be very close to it, and this makes all the difference in the world to so many women. Very gratifying!

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Here at Hypnobabies, our Mission is very clear:

Hypnobabies exists, and all of our staff and Instructors work diligently every day, for the following ideals:

• To help every expectant mother prepare for her baby's birth in a way that helps her fully enjoy the rest of her pregnancy in health and peace, so that she eagerly looks forward to her birthing day.
• To help every expectant mother have the easiest, safest and most comfortable childbirth experience she can, allowing her to fully enjoy her birthing, and pass that legacy along to her children, friends and family.
• To educate and support all Birth Partners, so that they too can look forward to and enjoy the birth of their child with confidence, retaining the memory of childbirth as a beautiful, inspiring life event.
• To help babies be born as gently and safely as possible, so that their entrance into our world can be one of joy and wonder, quiet and peace.
• To support our hypno-moms, no matter what their choices are, before, during and after their babies are born. Every mother counts; every pre-nate is loved; every birth is a gift.
• To educate the medical community on the benefits of natural childbirth, how to work with couples who have chosen this wonderful way to give birth, and to respect each birthing woman's choices as she comes to them for prenatal care and birthing assistance.
• To educate the natural childbirth community on the special needs and desires of Hypnobabies birthing couples, towards an easier and more enjoyable experience for all.

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What is hypnosis?

Many people think hypnosis is like the stage hypnosis shows they've seen where people seem to be unable to control themselves, act goofy and provide entertainment for the audience.

In reality, hypnosis is a state of focused concentration where the body and mind relax together. It is a natural state of being in which the body and mind are extremely relaxed while the mind is also highly aware and focused. You have experienced hypnosis while watching a movie, reading an engrossing book, or "automatically" driving yourself home. Your mind was so intensely focused that you weren't consciously aware of other things happening around you because they didn't matter to you at the time.

In Hypnobabies, we feed the subconscious mind positive suggestions and beliefs about childbirth and teach you how to instantly relax physically and mentally so that you can have an easier and more comfortable birth.

For more information on hypnosis, visit the hypnosis page on the Hypnobabies website. 

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Hypnobabies Classes Overview

Hypnobabies is a very successful 6 week complete childbirth education course using Gerald Kein's Painless Childbirth techniques instead of simple relaxation, breathing, or guided imagery. This allows our hypno-moms to employ “Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis”, easily remaining deeply in hypnosis while walking, talking, and changing positions. Using the Hypnobabies "Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis", Hypnobabies moms are as mobile as they would like to be during childbirth. We are famous for much shorter, easier, and more comfortable labors, making childbirth the joyful experience it was meant to be.

You’ll use your Hypnobabies Workbook, CDs, and hypnosis scripts to train your inner mind that contractions in labor will be felt only as pressure, tightening, pushing, pulling and normal baby movement sensations. You’ll be fully in tune with your baby during the birthing process. You'll be as aware as you’d like to be, easily able to communicate and be in charge of your own birth experience.

Hypnobabies uses the same kind of hypnosis techniques that people employ when preparing for surgery without any medication, which is called hypno-anesthesia. Our classes also teach our Hypnobabies Birth Partners how to fully support our hypno-moms, although Hypnobabies can also be used very successfully by single mothers.

Including a very comprehensive childbirth education curriculum also ensures that our hypno-moms remain deeply committed to their Hypnobabies training, since they need not go anywhere else for childbirth education. Other natural childbirth classes are wonderful but many teach “pain-coping” and “pain-management”, which is directly in opposition to Hypnobabies” “pain-elimination” techniques. For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Hypnobabies website.

Although not every woman will have a completely pain-free unmedicated birthing experience, many of our hypno-moms do and our success rate is about 70%, far above any other childbirth method, which is very gratifying! Please see our Course Outline below for more information.

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Hypnobabies Course Outline

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Hypnobabies Course Materials

Hypnobabies students receive quite a lot of materials so that they have everything they need in order to prepare for their hypnotic childbirth experience. The breadth and depth of the Hypnobabies course materials is one aspect that makes this program so successful.

The following materials are included in your course fee:

• Hypnobabies workbook
• 7 CDs for the hypno-mom (7 recorded scripts, 3 tracks of music, and two affirmation tracks)
• 1 CD for the Birth Partner
• The Hypnobabies Quick Reference Guide for Labor
• The Birth Partner's Guide
• A detailed hand-out about back labor and the Belly Lift Technique based on the book Back Labor No More
• 5 Hypnobabies scripts on paper
• A Perineal Massage Booklet and Other Handouts

A Full List of Hypnobabies Tracks for Mothers:

CD 1 (received as soon as you sign up so that you can start practicing before class even starts!)

1. Special Place
2. Painless Childbirth

CD 2 (received at Class 1)

1. Relaxation Music 1
2. Relaxation Music 2
3. Relaxation Music 3

CD 3 (received at Class 1)

1. Fear Release
2. Deepening

CD 4 (received at Class 1)

1. Birthing Day Affirmations
2. Pregnancy Affirmations

CD 5 (received at Class 1)

1. Birth Guide: Easy First Stage
2. Birth Guide: Pushing Baby Out

CD 6 (received at Class 5)

1. Hypnotic Childbirth #1
2. Hypnotic Childbirth #2

CD 7 (received at Class 6)

1. Visualize Your Birth

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How to Enroll

Hypnobabies group classes are held in Provo only five minutes off of I-15 and 1 min. off of State St./Hwy 89. Classes meet for three hours, six weeks in a row (18 hours of class). Please consult the Group Class Schedule for current class dates.

Think you might want to take a Hypnobabies class? Wonderful! Contact me via telephone so that we can discuss whether or not Hypnobabies is a good fit for you. Alternatively, you may email me with your name, phone number, and a great time to call you back and I will call you. I must speak with each prospective student on the phone prior to enrollment.

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When to Start Hypnobabies

Here is a chart (opens in a new window) that will help you figure out an optimal time to start your Hypnobabies studies.

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Class Schedule

My current class schedule is posted here. Please note that classes tend to fill up a month or more in advance. I recommend that you contact me by your 20th week of pregnancy in order to have the greatest selection of class dates and to ensure that you can reserve a spot. I update the schedule as students enroll.

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Pricing Info

Price information for my Hypnobabies classes can be found here.

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Text for this page is adapted from the Hypnobabies Network website, www.hypnobabies.com.

Articles to Read

• What makes Hypnobabies different from other hypnosis birthing classes?

• My explanation of the differences between HypnoBirthing® and Hypnobabies as an instructor of both methods.

• Factors that impact the effectiveness of hypnotic childbirth