The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme is a modern, fun and empowering course that focuses on The Right Birth on the Day. The tools and techniques you will learn on the course to calm your mind and body will be useful throughout your whole life, not just during pregnancy and birth. It will be some of the best money you’ve ever spent.
I will provide you with the opportunity to create a positive mindset about birth, whilst building up your ability to make sure that everything that happens on the day (and beforehand) is the right course of action for you to take.
I am the best person to teach you this course firstly because I know how well it can work! I have experienced wonderfully positive and empowering births with both my children using The Wise Hippo techniques. I only have positive memories. I also have a First Class degree (French and English: the University of Liverpool) and several years of dedicated teaching experience prior to teaching The Wise Hippo. I am incredibly passionate and dedicated to delivering the right education to empower and prepare pregnant couples to achieve the right birth on the day.
The course is taught over 4 two hour classes:
CLASS 1: CONFIDENT
- You and your Birth Partner will lay a great foundation upon which to grow in confidence.
- Start getting rid of those negative beliefs you may have about birth.
- Get comfortable with what we mean by hypnosis. There are no swinging watches and getting you to cluck like a chicken we promise.
- Learn the physiology of birth so you can let go of worrying about how all of that stuff works. The science part is fascinating!
- Understand how the mind interprets PAIN… so that you can learn how to manage and control it.
- Take charge of your thoughts so that you can enjoy your pregnancy and look forward to your birth, rather than feeling anxious and worried.
CLASS 2: CALM
- Learn how to become an expert in relaxation so that you can feel calm, relaxed and in control in the run-up to and during your baby’s birth.
- Discover how to use your breath during the different stages of labour to enable your body to maximise its production of a natural cocktail of hormones. They will have you riding high for weeks after your baby’s birth!
- Learn how to distract your mind away from your body so that you can distance yourself from any powerful sensations.
- Learn and practise anchors of relaxation that you can use any time you need to boost those natural hormones or bring yourself back to a relaxed state.
- Feel confident in the fact that your partner is learning how to use all of these tools and techniques with you, so that they can help you really effectively on the day.
CLASS 3: CONSIDER
It’s your birth so take the time to consider what is important to you:
- Where you want to give birth.
- What you can do to make your birthing environment a safe and comfortable space.
- Who you want to be with you.
- Natural nudges of encouragement to get labour started.
- These are just some of the considerations you will be exploring, so that you can plan in detail for the birth you want.
- Experience a powerful fear release session so that you can look forward to your baby’s birth.
CLASS 4: CELEBRATE
- Bringing it all together so that you feel ready for labour and birth
- Your birth partner will fully understand how best to support you on the day.
- Learn the power of Soothing Strokes; a simple but extremely effective form of light touch massage to stimulate endorphins, your body’s natural pain relief.
- Use your B.R.A.I.N.S. for a quick way to consider your options if need be.
- Learn and practise the best birthing positions to support an easier more comfortable birth.
- Learn birth humming to help avoid unnecessary forced pushing.
- Walk through your labour and birth from it getting started to holding your baby in your arms and how what you have been learning fits in with that.
All this plus a wealth of tips, tricks and hacks for making your pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn a really enjoyable experience!
More information about The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme can be found at http://www.thewisehippo.com
If you would like to receive a link to a taster video of my online classes, please email me at [email protected]