Gentle Voice Prenatal Support

• Introduction to Hypnobabies’ Philosophies and Positive Mindset

• Pregnancy Anatomy and Physiology

• Belief Systems

• The Power of Words and How They Affect Us

• How Your Mind Works – The Conscious and Subconscious

• The Mind/Body Connection

• What Hypnosis is and is NOT

• Demonstrations of Hypnosis

• How Fear Affects Comfort and Length of Labor

• Fear Clearing for Childbirth

• Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 1

• “Becoming Dad” – Part 1

• The Importance of Daily Pregnancy Affirmations

• The Gifts Your Body Gives You – Your Beautiful Uterus and How it Works

• Creating Your “Mental Lightswitch”

• Partner Communication Exercise and the “Contract of Trust”.

Hypnosis Script: “Learning Self-Hypnosis”. (Entering hypnosis on your own and controlling all sensations in your body.)

• Importance of Staying Healthy and Safe in Pregnancy

• Nutritional Guidelines

• The High Protein Advantage

•  Eggs, Salt and Calcium in Pregnancy

•  Hydration for Two

•  Avoidance of Harmful Substances

•  Safe and Comfortable Prenatal Sleeping and Resting Positions

• Natural Comfort Measures for Pregnancy

• Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing - Part 2

• "Becoming Dad" - Part 2

• Introduction of the Stages of Labor including the “Baby-Kindness” Stage

• New Baby Sensitivity Through Bonding

• Using Hypnosis for Pregnancy Discomforts and Health

• Prenatal Exercises for an Easier Birth

• Birth Partner Assistance

Hypnosis Script: “Creating Anesthesia” (Modifying your hypnosis to include Hypno-anesthesia and “Eyes-Open Childbirth Hypnosis”)

• Birth Partner’s “Relax and Feel Confident” audio track

• Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 3

• “Becoming Dad” – Part 3

• The Importance of Making Excellent Birthing Decisions

• The “Big Secrets”

• Detailed Childbirth Choices – Risks, Benefits and Alternatives for Common Procedures

• Getting Informed Consent, Hospital Forms and Your Rights

• Questions for Caregivers – Consumer Issues and Positive Communication

• Creating the Birth Plan of your Dreams

• “Big” Babies

• Packing Your Birth Bag

• Touring Your Place of Birth

• Benefits of a Professional Labor Assistant

• “Hypno-Doulas”

• Introduction of the Abdominal Lift and Tuck Birthing Techniques

• Preparation for Comfortable Pushing

Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 1 – Birth Hypnosis Tools”  (Learning cues for deepening hypnosis and Hypno-anesthesia instantly)

• Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 4

• “Becoming Dad” – Part 4

• Your “Guess Date” and Normal Length of Pregnancy

• Preparing for your Birthing Day

• Signs of Birthing Beginning

• Amniotic Membranes Breaking – Your Safe Choices

• True vs. “False” Labor

• How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions)

• Your Birth Log

• When to go to the Birth Place

• Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on “The Drive” and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (if out of your home)

• Hypno-Guardians

• Nurses – the Unsung Heroes

• Using Hypnosis for Comfort During Internal Exams

• Dilation, Effacement, Position and Station of Baby

• The Beautiful Progress of Labor, Including Fast, Average, and Slow or Stalled Labor

• Artificial Induction and Natural Induction Techniques

• Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing Environment

• Nausea Elimination

• Optimum Fetal Positioning

Hypnosis Script: “Hypnotic Childbirth # 2 – Deepening Your Hypno-Anesthesia”  (Birth Partner Cues for instantly deepening hypnosis and moving anesthesia around to different areas of your body)

• Birth Partner Training- Your Role During Pregnancy and Birthing Reviewed

  • How a Labor Assistant Can Help the Hypno-Partner

  • 4 Pages of Verbal Birthing Cues

  • Physical Comfort Techniques

  • The Change of Plans Hypnosis Script.

• Late First Stage Labor – Transition…or “Transformation”

• Hypnosis Deepening techniques

• Trusting in Your Body, Your Mind and your Baby

• Protecting the Hypno-Mom!

• Effective Positions for Birthing

• Benefits and Use of the Birth Ball

• Exhale Pushing and Avoiding the “Ring of Fire” with Hypnosis

• Safe Birthing of the Placenta

• Cord Traction, Pitocin, Post-Partum Choices

• Review: Membranes Releasing, Hypnobabies Tools, Using Your Mental Lightswitch, Fear Clearing for Childbirth

• Avoiding a Cesarean Section

• Mindfulness for Peaceful Birthing – Part 5

• “Becoming Dad” – Part 5

Hypnosis techniques practice: Using Hypnobabies in the Moment! Full practice of our Hypnobabies Lightswitch techniques, Peace cue, Release cue, Birth Partner’s cues, and Moving Hypno-Anesthesia around Your Body

An in-depth Birthing Rehearsal using all Hypnobabies Techniques, Birth Balls, Walking, Positional Changes and Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis where our Hypno-Moms and Birth Partners practice their Hypnobabies cues and techniques together, in hypnosis, culminating with “giving birth” using Hypno-Anesthesia.

• “Becoming a Parent/Dad” – Part 6

• Support for the New Family during the First 2 Weeks Postpartum

• Care for the New Mother

• Baby Kindness

• Normal Newborn Appearance

• Creating a Newborn Baby Care Plan

• Choices for Baby’s Care including Hospital and Homebirth Newborn Procedures

• Bathing … or Not?

• Vaccinations, Circumcision and Rooming In

• Breastfeeding, an Overview

• Breastfeeding and Jaundice, Latching, Non-Schedules, Laid-Back Breastfeeding

• BF Resources, Attachment Parenting Information, and much more!