KGHypnobirthing

Course Content

Session 1 - The Logic of KGH:​

• Introduction to hypnotherapy

• Introduction to hypnobirthing

• Worries & what you want to achieve

• The power of the mind & language

• Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

• Other Mammals & instinct

• Physiology of birth

• Practical exercise

• Relaxation 

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Session 2 – Techniques:

• Breathing & visualisations

• Relaxations & practical exercise

• Physical Aspects of Pregnancy

• The most usual position for birth

• Back to Back babies

• Breech Babies

• Caesarean birth

• Seeding the microbiome

• Pelvic Floor Exercises

• Perineal Massage

• Preventing Tearing

• Positions for Birth

• Statements for an Empowered Birth (affirmations)

• Books and AIMS

• Robyn’s Birth

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Session 3 – Before Birth:​​

• Due Dates

• Stress

• NICE Guidelines on Induction of Labour

• ‘Natural’ Induction

• Am I “Allowed”?

• B.R.A.I.N.S

• Empowering Questions

• Midwives and Obstetricians

• Hospital protocols

• Taking responsibility for birth

• Onset of Labour

• Fear release: Confidence and Power

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Session 4 – Your Birth

• Where to give birth: home / birth centre / consultant unit

• Rates of intervention in different settings

• Comfort Measures

• Note to midwife

• Birth Partners

• Early Labour

• Established Labour

• Extra things to help you relax

• Breathing and Visualisations

• Developing Life Relaxation

• MP3s and CDs

• Birth Proposal

• Information and Practice

• Birth Report – Diana’s Birth

• Birth story - Nancy & Sid

• Story for Childbirth - The River Script

• Conclusion

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