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Testimonials

"Taking your class entirely changed the way I view being pregnant and how I feel about the birthing process!" --Juli, MBB Student, 2nd Time Mom

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HypnoBirthing is a complete childbirth
education course (an alternative to Lamaze/Bradley/Hospital classes) and philosophy, that focuses on preparing parents for gentle birth. Parents will learn proven techniques of deep relaxation, visualization, and self-hypnosis, designed to help moms achieve a more comfortable birth. HypnoBirthing encourages a calm, peaceful, and natural pregnancy, birth, and bonding experience for families.
HypnoBirthing has been extremely effective for mothers who had a prolonged, painful, or otherwise negative birth experience the first time and are having a second baby, and for first-time mothers who have intense fear of giving birth.

According to a major study comparing 802 American HypnoBirthing moms to the 2006 Listening to Mothers II survey by the Maternity Center Association, and the 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, HypnoBirthing moms have (Click here to read the study for yourself.):

  • 50% fewer caesareans

  • 50% fewer preterm births

  • 85% fewer low birth weight babies

  • 70% fewer epidurals

  • 50% fewer labor inductions

  • 50% lower synthetic Oxytocin use

  • More satisfying birth memories

All HypnoBirthing® Classes are taught in a format of five weekly 2 1/2 hour classes. Classes offered by MBB include the textbook, two relaxation CDs, several handouts, and an individual session with me (instructor) to address any specific  individual birthing issues. Classe size is limited to five couples.

HypnoBirthing Childbirth Preparation benefits:

  • Teaches you to eliminate the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome before, during and after labor
  • Eliminates the need for chemical anesthesia in most cases
  • Shortens the first stage of labor by several hours
  • Eliminates fatigue during labor
  • Brings together the mother, baby, and birthing companion in a wonderful
    pre-natal bonding experience
  • Invites the birthing companion to be an integral part of the birthing, not an onlooker or coach
  • Postnatal recovery is rapid & easier
  • Birthing is returned to the beautiful & peaceful experience that nature intended

What you will learn:

  • Techniques for safe, shorter, and more comfortable birthing through guided imagery, visualization, and special breathing
  • Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to eliminate the fear and tension that cause long labor and pain, replacing it with confidence, calm & comfort
  • An understanding of the body’s natural process during labor in order to be able to create your own natural anesthesia and work with your body instead of against it
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currently on hold
until further notice.

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born 9/4/08
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