New course dates added-please scroll down to see them!
When having your baby with HypnoBirthing®, what you will experience is similar to the daydreaming or focusing that occurs when you are engrossed in a book or staring at a fire. You will be able to talk and move about-totally relaxed, but fully in control. You will experience your birthing in an atmosphere of calm and relaxation, without fear and tension that can cause pain. Your body’s natural anaesthesia (endorphins) will replace the stress hormones that cause pain. When its time for your baby to be born, you will be fully awake and involved. Not convinced? Scroll down to watch the amazing You Tube video of a HypnoBirthing® birth filmed by Living TV!
Whether it is your first baby or you want a more positive birth experience than previously experienced, HypnoBirthing® has an amazing effect on the way couples feel about birth and the birth itself. Preparation is the key to a calmer, easy, more comfortable birth, some women even state that they have pain free births! HypnoBirthing® births are safer, the need for intervention is greatly reduced and the experience by mother, baby and birthing partner is a wonderful positive birth.
"My dream is that every woman, everywhere, will know the joy of a safe, satisfying birth for both her baby and herself-one that she will not forget" Marie Mongan, 1999, Director of the HypnoBirthing® Institute and author of the HypnoBirthing® book.
Scroll Down to find out about HypnoBirthing® Courses, Advantages of using Hypnosis, What you will learn and Danielle Cook HypnoBirthing® teacher since 2002.
Have any questions? Fill out the contact form or call Danielle on 0845 644 0692.
This video clip of a HypnoBirthing® mum was recently shown on Living TV (this is part 3; parts 1 and 2 are available on You Tube).
HypnoBirthing® Courses
HypnoBirthing® Courses are 12 ½ hours in total either in a small class held in a relaxing comfortable environment or you could book a private course, which can also take place in your own home. Ideally you should aim to complete the course by 37 weeks. If possible start the course as early as possible, most couples start around 28-32 weeks. However if your already past that don't worry as I have taught mums as late as 39 weeks!
The course costs £180 per couple including the HypnoBirthing® Book for group classes. This includes the Rainbow Relaxation CD, Stephen Halpern's 'Comfort Zone' CD, the HypnoBirthing Book and other course material. Classes are held in Alfreton, Derbyshire (close to junction 28 on the M1, so easily reached from Sheffield, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and beyond). If you prefer to do the course privately in the comfort of your own home, then one-to-one classes may be for you, prices start from £250. If you would like more information or if you would like to sign up for one of the classes, please fill out the contact form or call me (Danielle) on 0845 644 0692.
Current Classes
Advantages of using Hypnosis
- Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during and after birthing.
- Eliminates or greatly reduces the need for chemical painkillers.
- Shortens the first stage of labour by several hours.
- Eliminates fatigue during labour, leaving the mother feeling fresh, awake, and with energy for the actual birthing.
- Eliminates risk of hyperventilation from ‘shallow’ breathing methods.
- Promotes special bonding of mother, baby and birth companion.
- Returns birthing to the beautiful natural experience nature intended.
- Creates a more integral role for birthing companion.
What you will learn
- Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to eliminate the fear and tension that cause long labour and pain, replacing it with confidence, calm and comfort.
- Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during and after birthing.
- Other techniques to produce a shorter, more comfortable labour.
- Why women in other cultures have birthing almost entirely free of discomfort.
- How the mother’s body is designed to work in neuromuscular harmony with throughout labour.
- The creation and control of the body’s own natural anaesthesia.
- The source of the myth that pain must accompany normal birthing.
- Practice in deep relaxation during and between uterine surges.
Danielle Cook-teaching HypnoBirthing® since 2002
People sometimes ask how I know that HypnoBirthing® works-simple, I've done it myself. I was taught by Marie Mongan, founder of the HypnoBirthing® Institute in 2002, since then I have used the techniques for the births of my sons, through this I have gained a deeper understanding of the techniques and how to use them more effectively. Most women that I teach successfully use the HypnoBirthing® techniques and have the birth they plan, however sometimes women do face special circumstances that need medical intervention, but even those that do say they still felt relaxed, clam and in control.
Qualifications:
- Birth Basics Course 2007
- Jacob's Homebirth 25th May 2006 (all 9lbs 4ounce born with no pain -relief!)
- Birth Crisis Workshop with Shelia Kitzinger 2006
- Breastfeeding Essentials Certificate 2004
- Joshua's Birth 20th April 2004
- Certificate in Counselling Skills 2003
- HypnoBirthing® 2002 Taught by Marie Mongan
- Diploma in Hypnotherapy 2001
- Associate Degree in Psychology (USA) 1999
Comments from mothers I have taught
‘It was very calming and natural’
‘Made birth an exciting experience which can be enjoyed and looked forward to’
‘I would definitely do this again and recommend it’