HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Education
Calm. Confident. Connected Birth Preparation.
You can prepare for birth with more than checklists, fear, and overwhelming information.
This 5-week HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Education Program helps you and your partner prepare mentally, emotionally, and physically for labor, birth, and the transition into parenthood. You feel walk away feeling calmer, more informed, and more confident as you approach one of the biggest experiences of your life.
Birth Was Never Meant to Begin With Fear
Many expecting parents spend pregnancy:
researching endlessly
worrying about pain
hearing traumatic birth stories
trying to “control” birth
wondering if they’ll be able to handle labor
And despite all the preparation many still feel anxious underneath it all.
HypnoBirthing offers a different approach.
Instead of preparing for birth through fear and tension, you’ll learn how to work with your body, calm your nervous system, and approach birth with greater trust, confidence, and understanding.
Imagine Going Into Birth Feeling:
✔ Calm instead of panicked
✔ Prepared instead of overwhelmed
✔ Connected to your body instead of fighting it
✔ Supported and informed instead of fearful
✔ Like a team with your partner
✔ Confident even if birth takes unexpected turns
That changes the entire experience.
What Is HypnoBirthing®?
HypnoBirthing® is a comprehensive childbirth education program that combines evidence-based birth education, deep relaxation, breathing techniques, self-hypnosis, visualization, nervous system regulation, and partner support tools.
The goal is not perfection. The goal is helping you feel calm, informed, empowered, and emotionally prepared no matter how your birth unfolds.
This class supports: hospital and birth center births, unmedicated and medicated births, and belly births (aka c-section).
What we cover in each class:
UNIT 1
SETTING THE STAGE; DEHYPNOTIZING & BUILDING A POSITIVE EXPECTANCY
Philosophy and Beginnings of HypnoBirhting
History of Women and Birthing
How the Uterus Works in Birthing
What is Wrong with Labor
How Fear Affects Labor
The Origin of Fear and Pain in Labor
The Power of the Mind
The Laws of the Mind and Change
Mind/Body Connection
Psycho-physical Association
Breathing and Relaxation
Building Positive Images of Birth
UNIT 2
FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR BABY; PRE-BIRTHING PARENTING; PREPARING YOUR MIND AND BODY
Pre-Birth, Perinatal, and Postnatal Bonding
Background of Fetology Studies
Selecting Care Providers
Preparing the Mind for Birth
Special Breathing Techniques
Hypnosis Deepening and Visualization
Releasing Fear
Preparing the Body for Birthing
Building a Partnership with Care Providers
UNIT 3
ADVANCED VISUALIZATION AND DEEPENING
Labor and Birthing Visualizations and Deepenings
Turning Breech-Presented Babies
Looking at the “Estimated Due Date”
Avoiding Artificial Induction
Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
How the Body Prepares for Birth
Initiating Labor Naturally
Your Body’s Perfect Design
Releasing Fears & Limiting Thoughts
UNIT 4
OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF CHILDBIRTH
Prelabor Tricksters
The Onset of Labor
Birth Companion’s Support Role
Labor Comforts
Thinning and Opening Phase
Labor Slows or Rests
Misconceptions about Labor
Birth Companion Advocates for Mother and Baby
Hallmarks as Labor Advances
Breathing
Birth Rehearsal Imagery
UNIT 5
BIRTHING; THE FINAL ACT AND BONDING
Mother Nears Completion
Optimal Positioning for Baby in Labor & birth
Positions During Labor, Descent, and Birthing
Birthing Phase, Descent, Birth Breathing
Birth’s Perfect Design
Breathing Through Labor
Breathing with Birth
Breastfeeding
The Magical First Hour
Bonding with Baby
Fourth Trimester
This Class Is Especially Helpful If You:
Feel anxious about birth
Want to avoid fear-based preparation
Are overwhelmed by conflicting information
Want your partner to feel involved and useful
Desire a calmer, more connected birth experience
Want practical tools instead of just information
Want to feel emotionally and mentally (not just physiologically) prepared
What Makes This Experience Different
This is a supportive, deeply educational experience where you learn:
how your body works
how to regulate fear and tension
how to trust yourself more deeply
how to prepare emotionally as well as physically
This is a supportive, deeply educational experience where you learn:
how your body works
how to regulate fear and tension
how to trust yourself more deeply
how to prepare emotionally as well as physically
Parents’s experiences
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"Ivana has been a great teacher during the whole training. She explained with passion and dedication every segment, also makes sure we understand, which I think is very important, she’s also a text away if you have any doubts or concerns! Thank you so much for your labor, and time!"
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"Ivana was so amazing. Very loving and kind in her teachings and her voice. I am 34 weeks now and I feel a lot more confident and ready to deliver my son in a much more mindful and natural way. Thank you, Ivana!"
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"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. She is clearly well-versed and passionate about the work, which radiates when she guides us through each piece of information and exercise. She is a genuine, compassionate, and empathetic person, which is extremely beneficial in easing anxiety and apprehension and leaning into mindful-based practice and connection with body and baby. I feel so incredibly grateful that she became an integral member of my community to prepare for the birth of my baby. I feel knowledgeable, confident, prepared, and at ease through the mindset I was able to strengthen during our time together."