I am certified to teach the Positive Birth Program both face to face in Western Sydney and Online. The program is taught over 12 hours on two separate days. I currently run face to face classes in North Parramatta.

Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes prepare you with the knowledge, confidence and tools you need to birth calmly and regardless of how your baby enters this world – be it naturally or via caesarean, home birth, hospital birth or water birth.

As a thank you, each couple will have access to exclusive promo codes, a gift to take home and a session to go through your birth plan.

COURSE OUTLINE

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COURSE OUTLINE ●

Unit 1: Creating & maintaining a positive mindset

  • Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing

  • How our brain is wired to birth

  • The role of our caregivers

  • Mind/body connection

  • What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?

  • Our hormones are our friends

  • My amazing uterus – understanding the physiology behind birthing

  • Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome

  • Causes of Fear (including history) and how it affects our labour

  • Re-programming the Subconscious

  • The language for empowered birthing

  • The power of affirmations

  • Birthing environment

Unit 2: Our toolkit for birth

  • Self-hypnosis tracks

  • Birth music

  • Conditioning with scent

  • Hypnotic anchors and triggers

  • Releasing endorphins through massage and touch

  • Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding

  • Visualisations for pregnancy, labour & birthing

  • The importance of facial relaxation

  • Relaxation Breathing – a skill for life

  • Surge Breathing – the best tool ever!

  • Techniques to help make your surges more comfortable

  • The ‘urge’ to push/bear down – Breathing/Bearing down

Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing

  • Bonding with baby

  • Choices in maternity care

  • Birth Preferences – having open communication with your caregivers

  • Knowledge is power – researching common interventions and procedures

  • Questions to ask, to assist in making informed decisions

  • Birth partner as advocate

  • ‘Guess date’ – a normal range of pregnancy

  • Inductions – things you’re not always told

  • Achieving a natural start to labour

  • Maintaining a healthy diet

  • Preparing the body – staying active

  • Optimising baby’s position

  • Breech or Posterior – options & positions

  • Instant relaxation techniques

  • Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts

Unit 4: Birth – bringing it all together

  • What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth

  • Signs that labour is starting

  • What to expect through labour (membranes releasing etc)

  • When to call the midwife/go to the hospital

  • Accidental home/car birth – what to do!

  • Birth partner’s role

  • Common procedures

  • Using water during labour and birth

  • Upright positioning, movement and birth positions

  • Special circumstances (including caesarean birth)

  • Fear release

  • Vocalisation

  • Cord clamping & placenta delivery

  • Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time – skin to skin

  • What to expect afterwards

  • Self-hypnosis – Rehearsal for Birth

  • A practice routine – preparation for birth!

PRIVATE COURSES

$750.00 ($600.00 for existing doula clients)
The complete course content is taught from the comfort of your own home, at a time and place that suits you.

GROUP COURSES

$500.00 ($350.00 for existing doula clients)
The 12 hour course is taught from our beautiful, local venue over two consecutive weekends. For more details and available group class dates contact us via email, phone or check out my socials.

Jannali A - September 2023

“As a first time mum I was petrified of labour/giving birth. Ciara has provided so much information for everything you may experience during labour and how to make it personal and enjoyable for myself. I have learnt so much from her, she has allowed me to make the best informed decisions around my birth plan and I feel a lot calmer, more open minded and prepared/excited for labour. Ciara is kind, caring and very passionate about helping expecting mothers, I cannot recommend her enough!!”