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Why Choose Hypnobirthing?
Why Choose Hypnobirthing in preparation for your pregnancy and birth?
At Swan Hypnotherapy, I believe in taking a holistic approach to your treatment, treating the whole person and not just the issues you have brought with you to concentrate on. This means that I am aware that physiological symptoms can result from psychological distress, and distress can be experienced at varying degree's depending on a persons genetics and life experiences. It is very normal and natural with any birth, whether it is your first or subsequent births you are preparing for, that you are going to feel some apprehension, mild anxiety and/or fear. Every pregnancy is different. I use evidence-based techniques and work with my clients to help them achieve a more positive sense of well-being.
When it comes to hypnobirthing, my approach is to support you and your baby, with your birth partner if you choose, in sessions where we will explore your thoughts, beliefs and plans for the birth that you want to have. The sessions are designed to form a treatment plan with you along side your medical birth plan (not to replace it) that will enhance and encourage a calm, confident and in control you; even if the medical birth plan needs to be adapted at the birth itself. There is absolutely no reason why you cannot still feel calm, confident and in control with the medical staff.
You will go through an assessment process with me first where you can express your plans, your hopes and if need be, your fears and concerns, and I will listen to you and support you by giving your knowledge of hypnobirthing and teaching you hypnosis. My aim is to give you the techniques and tools to take away with you to help you be as relaxed and as calm as possible so that your body can do what it does naturally in the birthing process.; your body is designed to give birth.
Once we have made a plan, we can begin addressing any fears or concerns you have (it is very common for anyone to have anticipation and some concern within this very natural process of pregnancy and inevitable birthing process - you are certainly not alone), coupled with learning relaxation techniques and moving into using hypnosis. Hypnosis will help you manage discomfort and work with your body which reduces any anxieties. The more confident, calm and in control you feel, the more you can bond with your baby and your own natural body rhythm as your pregnancy and baby develop over time. You will then be ready for the birth.
It is well documented that hypnobirthing has wonderful results for women. Research shows that using hypnosis for relaxation and reducing psychological and physical tension has so many benefits, before, during and after birth. Being more relaxed enables a bond to become well established between mother and baby, and between birthing partner and baby, and as you guessed it between mother and birthing partner. Using hypnosis for relaxation significantly reduces anxiety and the detrimental physiological symptoms of anxiety, including muscle tension and a lack of oxytocin than can inhibit the birth canal opening leading to a longer birth and sometimes medical intervention. Oxytocin is necessary in birth to stimulate contractions, open the cervix, release the placenta and minimise blood loss.
( In the process of being formulated due to a change in website , please enquire directly if you would like to know more about my services. You an also find me on the easibirthing website where all of the practitioners who have qualified with easibirthing are listed: https://www.easibirthing.com/find-a-practitioner )
For a confident, calm and in control birth
Hypnobirthing Private Sessions with easibirthing
I use psychotherapy and the easibirthing method of hypnobirthing to support women and their birth partner towards a calmer and more relaxed pregnancy and birth. Learn deep relaxation and self-hypnosis to reduce any anxieties and tension, leaving you calm, confident and in control of your pregnancy and birth.
what to expect from your one-to-one hypnobirthing sessions
1. Assessment & Introductions
How hypnobirthing can work for you. Using hypnobirthing techniques to significantly reduce the cycle of fear-pain-tension which often causes longer birth times.
2. How to work with mind and body
Relaxation techniques - breathing and mind-body awareness. How the muscles work, and how you can work with them to feel calm, relaxed and in control.
3. . Connecting with your birth partner, body and baby in pregnancy and birth.
How you see the role of your birth partner, stages of labour and birth positions.
4. Understanding your body, baby and birth partner in hypnosis
Learning self-hypnosis, visualisation and confidence in your own ability to naturally birth your baby.
5. How to use hypnosis in times of medical intervention
Hypnobirthing techniques are designed to support your pregnancy and birth journey even when medical interventions are necessary - how to work with change, making decisions and still feeling calm, confident and in control, are all key elements of the easibirthing hypnobirthing techniques.
6. Hypnosis and pain - how it can feel like switching pain off
How different parts of the brain are activated in hypnosis, and how other parts 'switch off' so that you can feel more relaxed in mind and body for a tension free birth
7. What happens when baby is born and how to continue using hypnosis
The time immediately after and following baby being born. Self-hypnosis can still be part of your routine - 5 minutes can make so much difference to your approach to self-care and baby
8. Closing session and hypnosis practice
None of the sessions are set in stone and the last one is no different in that respect. This session is designed to bring the content of the previous sessions to a close and bring completion to your hypnobirthing sessions.
Feature: why have Hypnobirthing sessions?
Hypnobirthing with the easibirthing method and the reassurance that you can have the calmer and more confident birth that you want.
Calm, confident and in control...
Hypnobirthing has become very popular over the last two decades. The practices of hypnobirthing techniques by women and their birth partners is not just something people just try now, it is a recognised and professionally accredited practice that women do as a part of their antenatal care, and so many more people are talking about it than ever before.
Hypnobirthing teaches you many things, including how to use your own abilities to create a positive birth experience. Hypnosis itself is a widely accepted approach to positive psychological health and well-being and in pregnancy and birth it is no different. The aim of hypnobirthing is to teach you self-hypnosis and calming techniques that reduce tension and discomfort in your physical body as well as your physiology, so that the natural process of birth can take place without any restriction through tension or fear. It really is as simple as that.
It is understandable that growing a new life and bring that life into the world can be a daunting prospect, even with subsequent pregnancies. The hypnobirthing sessions at my practice aim to provide a homely feel with a professional service, so you can feel reassured that you are receiving the best possible support.
Empowering your pregnancy and birth through experience
A little about my knowledge and experience
I became a hypnotherapist in 2017, I then qualified as a psychotherapist in 2021, and in 2024 I qualified as a hypnobirthing practitioner. By this time, I had been using hypnosis in my private practice for nearly 8 years. I have a BSc degree in psychology and a masters in criminology, and I am now beginning a doctorate in psychology in the next year. Previous to opening my private practice, I worked in supportive roles with Victims Support, Cruse Bereavement Care, the Youth Offending Service and with Circles of Support and Accountability - all supporting people with their mental health and well-being, and in some cases with housing and employment. My professional experience is vast and underpins my integrative therapeutic approach.
I am a mother of two boys - one of 25 and one of 11 years. I have experienced 4 pregnancies in total. If you would like to know more about my personal experience, I would be happy to talk to you in the assessment session when we start. I think it is important that if you want to know what makes me a good therapist then you can ask and I will be happy to share what I am comfortable sharing with you. I believe in an openness where appropriate and understand as a woman that giving brith can be, but does not have to be traumatic. Allowing your body to work naturally, and working with medical professionals can give you an all round positive experience, even if complications occur, you will feel equipped to make the right choice for you.
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