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HypnoBirthing^® Classes

Helen Citrin teaches hypnobirthing classes in South Florida (Miami, Dade County and Broward County). She specializes in offering personalized, one-to-one, intimate hypnobirthing classes in the convenience of your own home or in her home.

The total cost is $400, which includes HypnoBirthing^® - the Mongan Method, two CD's, and informative supplemental material.

For answers to any of your hypnobirthing questions, please contact Helen at:
helen@sacredbirths.com
(954)993-5156

Childbirth Classes for Gentle Birthing
For the Mother-To-Be and her Birthing Companion

Learn Relaxation Techniques so that you can give your baby a welcome that is calm, gentle, and safe.  Achieve birth fulfillment—awake and alert—in a totally relaxed state of mind and body.

We know you have many choices and many decisions to make for your birthing experience. You have choices in selecting your care provider; you have choices in selecting the environment in which you will bring your baby into the world.

Another important choice is that of the childbirth education classes you will choose to prepare for the birth of your baby.

We know you will be happy with your choice of HypnoBirthing!

HypnoBirthing® Classes are taught in a format of five, 2 1/2-hour classes.

If you are nearing your due date, your practitioner can make special arrangements tailored to your individual needs.

What You Will Learn in HypnoBirthing^® Classes

Unit 1: Building A Positive Expectancy

• Introduction to the remarkable HypnoBirthing® philosophy
• The History of Women and Birthing
• Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birth
• How nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to give birth
• How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts
• The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing
• Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos

Unit 2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind and Body

• The remarkable mind of your newborn baby—prenatal bonding techniques
• Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques
• Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
• Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
• Selecting the right care provider
• The birth companion’s role in birthing
• Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Unit 3: Getting Ready to Welcome Your Baby

• Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
• Preparing the body for birthing
• Light Touch Labor Massage
• Your body working for and with you
• Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor
• Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts

Unit 4: Overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love

• Onset of Labor – Thinning and Opening Phase
• Birth explained simply
• Settling in at the hospital or birthing center
• Preparing for home birth – or baby’s choice of birth
• As labor moves along – passing time through labor
• Hallmarks of labor
• If labor rests or slows – Companion’s prompts and activities
• As labor advances – birthing with your baby
• Protecting the natural birthing experience
• Birth rehearsal imagery

Unit 5: Birth – Breathing Love – Bringing Life

• Moving into birthing
• Positions for descent and birthing
• Breathing baby down to birth
• Baby moves to the breast
• Family bonding with your baby