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We provide a uniquely Australian hypnobirthing childbirth education course, that draws on the teachings of many natural birthing advocates throughout history and the world. Melissa Spilsted has developed this course ensuring it is the most up-to-date Australian hypnobirthing course available.  

Course Outline

Unit 1: Creating and maintaining a positive mindset

Unit 1: Creating and maintaining a positive mindset

Unit 1: Creating and maintaining a positive mindset

  • Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing
  • How our brain is wired to birth
  • The role of our caregivers
  • Mind/body connection
  • What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?
  • Our hormones are our friends
  • My amazing uterus - understanding the physiology being birthing
  • Fear-Tension-Pain syndrome
  • Causes of fear (including history) and how it affects labour
  • Re-programming the subconscious
  • Our support team
  • Birthing environment
  • The language for empowered birthing 
  • The power of affirmations

Unit 2: Our toolkit for birth

Unit 1: Creating and maintaining a positive mindset

Unit 1: Creating and maintaining a positive mindset

  • Self-hypnosis tracks
  • Birth music
  • Conditioning with scent
  • Hypnotic anchors and triggers
  • Releasing endorphins through massage and touch
  • Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding
  • Visualisations for pregnancy, labour and birthing
  • The importance of facial relaxation
  • Relaxation Breathing - a skill for life
  • Surge Breathing - the best tool ever!
  • Techniques to help you make your surges more comfortable
  • The 'urge' to push/bear down - Breathing/Bearing down
  • Instant relaxation techniques

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

  • Bonding with baby
  • Birth preferences - having open communication with your caregivers
  • Knowledge is power - researching common interventions and procedures
  • Questions to ask to assist in making informed decisions
  • Birth partner as advocate
  • 'Guess date' -  a normal range of pregnancy
  • Inductions - things you're not always told
  • Achieving a natural start to labour
  • Maintaining a healthy diet
  • Preparing the body - staying active
  • Optimising baby's position 
  • Breech or Posterior - options and positions
  • Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts

Unit 4: Birth - brining it all together

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

  • What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth
  • Signs that labour is starting
  • What to expect through labour
  • When to call the midwife /go to the hospital
  • Accidental home/car birth - what to do!
  • Birth partners role
  • Common procedures
  • Using water during labour and birth
  • Upright positioning, movement and birth positions
  • Special circumstances (including caesarean birth)
  • Fear release
  • Vocalisation
  • Cord clamping & placenta delivery
  • Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time - skin to skin
  • What to expect afterwards
  • Self-hypnosis - Rehearsal for Birth
  • A practice routine - preparation for birth!

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