HypnoBirthing – The Mongan Method – teaches women and there partners to deeply relax about their birth. Women are made to give birth, their bodies open and gently birth without any need for stress or anxiety. We should breath with each surge and know that each surge is a gift bringing us closer to our babies.

HypnoBirthing changes family’s perspective about birth, by using positive language- changing contractions to surges, we tell women not to push but to breath her baby down, we tell women to let go of fears and only listen to happy baby stories. HypnoBirthing is taught over a series of 5 classes, each one deepening the family’s ability to relax, by the end of the class a 45 minute self-hypnosis session will feel like 10 minutes. We teach women to listen to their bodies, expanding their lungs with each deep breath and focus on washing away stress and anxiety. The idea is that when a woman walks into their birthing room with no idea how to birth, she is scared and overwhelmed, stalling her pregnancy resulting in Failure to Progress, but the body is feeling Fear Tension Pain. The mother wants to protect her baby and stops her labor because she is unsure, and is not safe in her mind, we prepare the mind for the birth so that the body can open up and have beautiful joyful birth. We prepare the partner to be able to relieve stress, in the jaw, the shoulders or the hands, we teach them to be aware and helpful, we empower the partner to speak softly to the mother and speak thoughtfully to the doctor, we teach the partner how to set the tone of the room to make it feel warm and safe so that the mother can birth in comfort and stay calm. HypnoBirthing is for every mom, whether you are high risk or having your second natural homebirth, because overall it teaches families to make informed decisions about there bodies and babies. And if we can listen to our bodies while we are pregnant, then we can use the same calming tools to gently lull our baby to sleep.

Whether we believe it or not fear is a large factor to becoming a new mom. We will never be the same after the birth of our baby. Our brains will never think the same, we are no longer alone, we are a part of another human being, caring for them in every which way. So we must examine that and explore our heart before we walk into our birthing room, because fear can change our point of view so drastically that it stops us in our tracks. Think of the fear of heights, or bugs- imagine someone with some sort of fear, what is there reaction? Freeze, run away, scream, panic- but why, what is the rational thought behind it? What will happen if that person walks across a steel grate- the thought is I will fall through- but it is possible? Or the daddy long leg spider that wonders pass a person, can that spider actually cause you any harm? The rational mind is no longer working, fear is shutting down the body causing it to go into a panic.

Now imagine that you have aimlessly wondered down your path during pregnancy, dutifully going to every appointment, the nursery is beautifully decorated and everything seems to be in place. But your rational mind is starting to fill with fears, about your birth, about breastfeeding, about caring for another human being, being solely responsible for another life. What if you yourself experience a birth trauma, or listened and watched every TLC Birth Story thinking that this may help you prepare. What if you are unsure of what it will feel like to be in labor? If these thoughts have wandered through your brain, what will your body do when you actually go into labor? Will you run away, will you scream, will you freeze and clench your body?

Now imagine that you have faced that spider, that grate in the sidewalk and walked passed it because you faced your fear, you rationalized that there is nothing to be afraid of. HypnoBirthing allows both parents to face that fear about birth and parenting, allowing you to rationalize that this is what your body is suppose to do. Muscles working in harmony, a wave moving over your body allowing the baby to descend, the cervix to open, gently moving your baby closer to you and your partner. Breathing slowly and evenly, allowing your mind to float through the process with no resistances which would cause stress and pain. Birth can be joyful and loving, it can be as you imagined. I see time and time again when women do this course and release there fears about birth and concentrate about how there birth will look like, how it will feel, how long will they hold on to there baby before it is birthed, what part of the day it will be birthed and over and over again I see it come true. How confident the mother feels that she is in control of her body, in control and willing to open up and enjoy the wave. Imagine if you were so confident in your body before you gave birth that you welcomed it without any fear what so ever.

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I teach HypnoBirthing in CT.  I love sitting with new couples with that very powerful and hopeful look in there eyes. They come to Hypnobirthing because they hear wonderful reviews but mostly I believe they come because something inside that mother feels strong and capable, that she wants the best for her baby and her body. She feels healthy and happy and knows that she is not sick- and the hospital makes us feel sick, but pregnancy is not an illness it is gift that we should enjoy. I teach parents to smile and relax, enjoy the changes in her body. Learn to accept that a woman is strong and capable, that her body is made to give birth.