• that a woman’s body is perfectly designed to birth her baby naturally, and
• that fear and tension, which create pain, can be replaced by calm relaxation to make birthing easier and more comfortable.

Hypnobirthing empowers women to trust in and use their body’s natural abilities to bring about a calm and comfortable birth. It teaches women that they don't have to be afraid of birth and, when they trust their bodies, they will relax during, and even enjoy, the physical sensations of childbirth.

With hypnobirthing, mothers can:

• discover that pain does not inevitably accompany labour;
• learn how to release any fears or anxieties they may have about giving birth, and how to overcome any previous traumatic births;  
• experience the joy and magic of birth, including the beautiful physical sensations a truly natural and relaxed birth can bring, and
• most importantly, learn how to be in full control of their baby’s birth.

Hypnobirthing is a natural childbirth antenatal education programme that includes simple and highly effective breathing, self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques. 

According to feedback given by hypnobirthing mothers to the HypnoBirthing Institute, around 70% experience childbirth without any need for medical or surgical intervention. Hypnobirthed babies tend to emerge into the world more alert and calm, with high APGAR scores, and many reportedly feeding and sleeping better than babies who had a medically-assisted birth.

'...The baby was really calm after the birth, and I hardly heard him cry for a week after he was born...'

And for those births that do have special circumstance requiring assistance from medical professionals, hypnobirthing enables birthing mothers and fathers to feel calmer and more confident when deciding to have an assisted birth.

Click here for more details about what you can learn on a hypnobirthing course.