Hypnobirthing Australia™
 'The Positive Birth Program' 

The ‘positive Birth Program’ by Hypnobirthing Australia™ is a birth educational course, as the name says, the main goal of the program is to support birthing mothers to have a positive birth experience.

The program offers tools and techniques we can use to condition our mind to be calm and positive throughout pregnancy and birth. 

The mind or our subconscious has a big impact on our physiological reactions, if we are in a calm and deep relaxed state, our bodies can produce all the wonderful birthing hormones and can instinctively birth without disruptions. 

 

So how can the ‘Positive birth Program’ help us to get into a calm and positive headspace for birth?

The course has four outlines, one of these outlines is all about tools we can use for labour to help our mind and body to be calm and relaxed. One of these tools is self-hypnosis, but don’t get me wrong it is not the show hypnosis you might think of. It is about reaching our subconscious through a deep relaxed state to condition out mind to trust our bodies and to take away any fear relating to birth.

 

Another important outline is about knowledge, we need to understand how our bodies work so we can work together with our bodies and support our bodies to get the desired outcome of a positive birthing experience.

In addition to this knowledge will help us feel empowered to make informed decisions before and during labour.

 

The third outline of the course is about support; throughout the course we will talk about the role of our birthing partners and caregivers and the best way we can utilise their support for labour and the best way they can support the birthing mother.

 

The last outline is all about preparation, this is a very important part of the course. In comparison, would you prepare and practice for a marathon or would you just try and wing it? 

I bet the best outcome comes with preparation, and it’s the same for birthing, we need to practice the tools that we feel the most comfortable with and practice relaxing strategies to work closer to our goal of a positive birth experience.