HypnoBirthing is a simple program of self-hypnosis and education in which women learn to release emotions tied to fear-based stories and misinformation, and they are helped to see birth as normal. They learn to trust that their bodies know how to bring their babies into the world in a calm and gentle way that nature intended.
Advantages of HypnoBirthing include but are not limited to: greatly reducing and often eliminating the need for chemical painkillers, drugs or episiotomy, shortening the first phase of labor; therefore reducing and often eliminating fatigue during labor-leaving mother alert, fresh, awake and with energy, helping keep oxygen supplied to the baby during birthing, and empowering parents with techniques to achieve a gentle, calm birth for themselves and their baby, while giving the birthing companion an integral role in the birthing process.