Hypnobirthing
Employees benefit from:
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reducing stress and anxiety during pregnancy
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engaging in bespoke sessions to best fit their needs
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facing the birth of their child with calm and confidence
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ensuring they have the easiest birth possible
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reducing their chances of post natal depression
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having a skilled, experienced therapist who always flexes around their timetable and follows the latest in scientific research and developments
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Offering this service to employees provides a proactive, measurable way of supporting employees in alignment with the employer's own well being strategy.
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Topics
- ​Understanding the stages of labour and birth process
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​Understanding the pain fear cycle.
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Managing negative thoughts
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​Breathing techniques for each stage of labour
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Visualisation for calm relaxation
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Self Hypnosis for deep, total relaxation
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Pain management
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CBT approach to managing the "what ifs"
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Learn to relax the mind and the body
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What can the birth partner do to support
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Pain fear cycle and how to overcome it​​
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Additionally work to alleviate underlying fears or phobias such as Tokophobia (fear of birth), fear of hospitals etc.
The Research
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Yulizawati et al (2023) Hypnobirthing is useful in overcoming anxiety during pregnancy.​
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Uldal et al (2023) participants experienced an empowered birth because of the knowledge, coping strategies and mental training they gained from hypnobirth classes.
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Atis & Rathfisch (2018) found reduced reports of fear and pain.
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Adams et al (2012) found hypnobirthers had shorter labours.
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Werner etal ( 2013) analysis indicated hypnosis helped mother have "better"births.