~The HypnoBirthing^® Premise~   

For most of their lives, women have been inundated with the negative stories of other women’s birth experiences.

Everyone, from their mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, and even strangers, wants to tell them the horrors of

giving birth. They have been conditioned to believe that excruciating pain is associated with birth; and because of this,

women today hold an unprecedented fear of giving birth. This extreme fear causes their bodies to become tense,

and that tension often prevents them from easily performing the normal, physiological function of birth.

The result?—exactly what they feared most--long, painful, disappointing birthing.

 

People who are drawn to HypnoBirthing have long been searching for a way that helps women give birth as calmly, safely,

and gently as possible. Until HypnoBirthing^® was founded, it seemed almost  unattainable.

 

Through a very simple program of self-hypnosis and education, women learn to release emotions tied to fear-based

stories and misinformation, and they are helped to see birth as normal. They learn to trust that their bodies know

how to bring their babies into the world in the calm and gentle way that Nature intended.

"Returning birthing to a calm, beautiful and peaceful experience"

 Founder :

Marie “Mickey” Mongan, founder of HypnoBirthing^®, is an award-winning therapist with over 30 years’ experience

in counselling and teaching on the college level and in the private sector. She holds several awards in hypnotherapy,

including the National Guild of Hypnotists President’s Award and the coveted Charles Tebbetts Award.  In 2005,

she became the first woman ever to receive the Guild’s highest honour, the Rexford L. North Award.

 

Early in her career, she was named one of five outstanding educational leaders in New Hampshire. And, in 1992,

she taught in Moscow as a diplomat for the Bridges for Peace Foundation.

 

She is the mother of four adult children, born in the mid-‘50s and early ‘60s, using the theories on which

HypnoBirthing is based.

Her widely acclaimed book, HypnoBirthing^® The Mongan Method, is the textbook used in HypnoBirthing^® classes.

HypnoBirthing® is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing.

This amazing program teaches you, along with your birthing companion, the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner.

You will learn how to call upon your body’s own natural relaxant and thus lessen, or even eliminate, discomfort and the need for medication.

When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth and when mind and body are in harmony, Nature is free to function in the same

well-designed manner that it does with all animal mothers in Nature. You will be fascinated as you view HypnoBirthing® films, showing

labouring mothers, awake, alert and in good humour as they experience the kind of gentle birth that you, too, can know when you are free

of the fear that causes pain and tension. Through self-hypnosis, special breathing, and visualization, HypnoBirthing® teaches you to release

all prior programming about birth, how to trust your body and work with it, as well as how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to

pain-causing fear and unyielding muscles. HypnoBirthing® will teach you the art of using your own natural birthing instincts. With

HypnoBirthing®, you will not be in a trance or a sleep state. You will be aware and fully in control, but profoundly relaxed.

~HypnoBirthing® Advantages~

• Teaches deep levels of relaxation to eliminate the fear that causes tension and, thus, pain
• Greatly reduces and often eliminates the need for chemical painkillers and drugs
• Shortens the first phase of labour
• Leaves mother alert, fresh, awake and with energy
• Helps keep oxygen supplied to baby during birthing
• Reduces the need for an episiotomy
• Reduces and often eliminates fatigue during labour
• Empowers parents with techniques to achieve a gentle, calm birth for themselves and their baby
• Gives the birthing companion an integral role in the birthing
•  Embraces the concept of pre-birth parenting
• Teaches breathing techniques that allow a woman to gently breathe her baby into the world without the violence of hard, physical pushing.

~What People Are Saying~

“I love the philosophy; I love the instructor’s teaching manner. Thanks to

HypnoBirthing®, and the support I received, my baby’s birth was wonderful. I was

confident and free of fear.” –Kristin Miranda, NH

“HypnoBirthing® has changed the way I practice obstetrics.” -Dr. Jeffrey Segil, FACOG, NH

 

“Outstanding! Easy-to-learn relaxation and breathing patterns guided me through afive- hour, pain-free labour. I will treasure the experience forever!” -Kim Sweers, FL

 

“Wonderful! I tell everyone that it is the only way…my doctor is so impressed!”    -Katharine Oliver, NC

 

“My baby’s birth was the most amazing experience. I love this program and am

deeply led to teach it.”    -AliciaWatson, CO

  The Mongan Method

  For more information                                                                                                                         
  http://www.hypnobirthing.com/                 
  http://www.hypnobirthing.com/birthing_stories_2.htm
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  http://www.hypnobirthing.com/US_Outcomes_Summary_2007.pdf
          
Affiliated with the HypnoBirthing Institute

“The Gold Standard of Birthing with Hypnosis.”

Helping women to develop the art and joy of rediscovering

their natural birthing instinct

             Five  2 ½ hour Classes

The cost of a HypnoBirthing course includes:

1. 5 x 2.5 hour consultation with a qualified Hypnotherapist and HypnoBirthing Practitioner.
2. A copy of the HypnoBirthing - The Mongan Method book.
3. Two relaxation CDs that accompany the course.
4. A comprehensive folder containing all accompanying handouts and material.
5. Email and phone support.

HypnoBirthing Course Type	Cost
Group	$450
Individual	$600