RELATIONSHIP CENTERED PREPARATION FOR BIRTH AND PARENTHOOD BEGINNING IN PREGNANCY

Prepare for your baby - not only the birth.

Prenatal Bonding (BA), HypnoBirthing, and individualized support to help you strengthen trust in yourself, develop familiarity with your baby during pregnancy, and prepare emotionally and practically for labor, birth, and early parenthood.

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Available in person at Be Hive Vienna, Virginia, and virtually.

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THE PREPARATION MOST COUPLES NEVER RECEIVE

Most expectant parents prepare for birth. Very few are helped to prepare for the transition into parenthood.

As soon as you find out you’re pregnant, life quickly fills with appointments, decisions, classes, and lists. Yet underneath all that preparation, you may still wonder:

Will I know what my baby needs?

Why don’t I feel as connected as I expected?

How will I trust myself when there is no perfect answer?

These questions reveal an important gap. Most pregnancy preparation focuses on what to know, buy, and do. Far less attention is given to developing self-trust, becoming familiar with your baby, and preparing emotionally for parenthood.

This is not about forcing connection or expecting perfect intuition. It is about having the time and support to notice, learn, and allow familiarity to grow so birth can feel less like a jolt and more like transition you feel more prepared to enter.

My Mission

Changing how we prepare families for parenthood

We have become very good at preparing expectant parents for the logistics of having a baby. But parenthood is not only a collection of skills to master. It is also the gradual process of becoming attentive and responsive to your baby, something no checklist or set of generic instructions can fully teach.

My work exists to give this part of pregnancy the attention it deserves.

Through Prenatal Bonding (BA), Hypnobirthing, Nurture Neuroscience, and individualized support, I help families prepare not only for labor and newborn care, but for the emotional and relational transition into parenthood - beginning during pregnancy

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Hi there!

I’M IVANA.

Pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood can bring fear, stress, uncertainty, and an overwhelming amount of information. You deserve support that helps you feel calmer, reconnect with yourself, and become more emotionally prepared for the transition ahead.

Drawing on my training as a health and wellness coach, I combine meditation, hypnosis, coaching, and education to support maternal emotional wellbeing.

Our work together helps you strengthen trust in yourself so you can move through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood with greater calm, connection, and confidence.

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  • "What a wonderful experience with an incredible instructor! Ivana’s hypnobirthing class was engaging, informative & critical in making my third birth be the amazing, empowering natural birth experience I had always hoped for. Even as third-time parents, my husband and I truly enjoyed the classes and learned SO MUCH... even the hospital staff asked us where we learned our birthing techniques!"

    —Laura

  • "If you're going to be a first-time mom, you definitely want Ivana in your circle. The HypnoBirthing tools I learned in her class helped me to have more control over the outcome of my labor and birth experience (which is miraculous!). The HB method can be a lot of information to take in, but Ivana helps you to focus on the most important pieces and gives you the confidence to be true to yourself and what you want for your experience."

    — Amy

  • "Ivana is a fantastic hypnobirthing instructor who truly embodies her teachings. She balances discussion of standard course material with tailoring the lessons to the needs of the person/group... which is extremely beneficial in easing anxiety and apprehension and leaning into mindful-based practice and connection with body and baby.

    — Rachel

  • " I really want to thank you again for all of the help, it was a completely different experience compared to my first (I had a spinal headache due to the misplaced epidural). I'm so happy that everything went perfectly."

    — Pammy

  • "My birthing experience was far from the hypnobirthing minimal medical intervention one we wanted, but I am so grateful for the class and everything I learned and was able to put into practice during the experience. I remained mentally strong during everything in what was a very stressful situation, and I’m proud of myself for my ability to keep going and surrender to my body when it wasn’t going my way."

    — Chelsea