Class #1 - Setting the Stage - Building a Positive Expectancy
HypnoBirthing® Beginnings
Rationale/Muscle Comparison
How the Uterus Works
What’s Wrong With Labor?
How Fear Affects Labor & the Uterine muscles
History of Women and Birthing
Hypnosis and Deep Relaxation/Creating Positive Birth Outcomes
Psycho-Physical Exercise
HypnoBirthing® Births
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Class #2 - Falling in Love With Your
Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
HypnoBirthing® Births
Prenatal Bonding Techniques
Selecting Caregivers and Birthing Environment
Breathing Techniques
Progressive and Instant Relaxation Techniques
Visualization Techniques
Ultra-Deepening Techniques
Releasing Limiting Thoughts Assignment
Class #3 - Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
HypnoBirthing® Births
Nutrition
Exercise
Birth Preferences
Special Circumstances that Require The Attention of a Caregiver
Achieving A Natural Start of Labor
Prelude to Labor
Your Body Working for You And with You
Releasing Negative Emotions, Fears and Limiting Thoughts
Class #4 - Overview of Childbirth A Labor of Love
HypnoBirthing® Births
Onset of labor—Thinning and Opening Phase
Settling in at the Birth Center/ Hospital/ Home
Birth Companion’s Role
Birth Companion’s Birth Guide
If Labor Stalls or Slows
Birth Companion's Questions for Confident Birthing
As Birthing Advances—Nearing Completion
Birth Rehearsal Imagery
Class #5 - Birthing—Breathing Love, Bringing Life
Birthing Video
Hallmarks as Labor Advances
Positioning and Repositioning
Birth Breathing Reviewed
Birth—The Final Act
Forest Fantasy Metaphor
Birth Rehearsal - Practice
Balloon Trip Release
Birth Explained Simply