COURSE
OUTLINE
UNIT I
Discovering and embracing HypnoBirthing®
for
easier, more comfortable birthing
- The HypnoBirthing®
philosophy
- Background of
HypnoBirthing®
- HypnoBirthing® films
of labor and birth
- Exploding the myth of
pain in labor - Uterine surges/waves - muscle response
- What's wrong with labor
- Why it hurts; why it doesn't have to
- The origin of a pain
concept that is no longer valid -- a look at other
cultures
- How fear affects the
length and discomfort of labor
- How the mind determines
the body's response - class exercises
- Introduction to
principles of hypnosis and self-hypnosis for birthing
UNIT II
Prenatal Bonding -- Preparing Your Mind and Body for Birthing
- HypnoBirthing® film
- Prenatal bonding -
discussion and exercises
- A Mother's Conversation
with Her Unborn Child
- A Father's Script
- Rainbow Relaxation tape
and script
- Breathing for labor:
Sleep Breathing, Slow Breathing, Birth Breathing
- Rapid progressive
relaxation/deepening techniques for labor
- Visualizations for
labor
UNIT
III Getting ready to welcome your baby
- HypnoBirthing®
film/testimonials
- Stretching inner thigh
muscles
- The nutrition your body
and baby need
- Avoiding episiotomy -
perineal massage - favorable labor positions
- Light touch massage
- Preparing your birth
plan
- Making hospital, home,
or birthing center plans
- Looking at your
estimated due date
- How to achieve a
natural onset of labor, free of drugs or intervention
UNIT IV
Understanding the simplicity of the birthing miracle
- HypnoBirthing®
film/testimonials
- How your body works
with you and for you
- Settling in at the
hospital
- The two phases of labor
- opening/thinning and birthing
- Special circumstances
- Early signals and
hallmarks of labor
- The birthing
companion's integral role in labor - prompt sheet
- How labor proceeds
- Releasing limiting
emotions and fears
UNIT V
Birthing -- Breathing love; bringing life
- HypnoBirthing®
film/testimonials
- Comfort measures
through labor
- Meeting a slowed or
stalled labor
- Birth breathing for
smooth birthing - Breathing your baby down to birth
(review)
- Meeting, feeding, and
bonding with baby - birthing of the placenta
- The fourth trimester
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