HypnoBirthing ®, in my opinion, is the gold standard of child birth education.  This lofty position is not based on a plethora of sophisticated complicated techniques or the inclusion of a series of CDs.  Just the opposite is true.   HypnoBirthing ® is based on the very simple premise that a woman’s body is supremely capable of giving birth without intervention of any kind.

It’s true that HypnoBirthing ® is taught in a series of five classes and that expectant mothers receive a text book, two CDs and numerous handouts in addition to viewing HypnoBirthing® birth videos.  It also true that we teach breathing techniques and that we strongly encourage the mothers to practice breathing and listen to their CDs. We also teach self hypnosis and love to have the fathers or a birth companion assist the mom in achieving the deepest trance possible.

 All of this would be superfluous if we didn’t have to dehypnotize our mothers.  Our society is permeated with horrible scare stories about birth.  Tele vision programs show emergency situations where the mother is screaming in agony until she receives peace in a needle also known as an epidural.  Experienced mothers happily share their agonized tales of terror and many celebrity mothers triumphantly announce that they choose a Cesarean Section because of the convenience and to avoid the “pain of vaginal birth.” 

Unfortunately, these deplorable conditions have come to be considered “natural” which is the reason HypnoBirthing® is so very important for the peaceful future of our society.

   HypnoBirthing® mothers learn to accept birth as a natural function of their divine body.  They come to recognize that all women are born with the innate ability to give birth and that interventions are only necessary if there is a medical emergency to mother or to baby.  Another important lesson is that the birthing body naturally produces an amnesiac state which is a naturally induced condition where she can’t even muster the energy to speak.  HypnoBirthing® mothers learn that the most excellent action they can take when the baby chooses to be born is to relax and let her conscious mind get out of the way. 

Once the mother realizes that the real lesson of HypnoBirthing® is NOTHING she’ll be able to graciously allow her birthing body to take over.  As a result her baby will be born as nature intended and the baby will have an excellent start as a peaceful and well balanced human being.