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Learn easy natural childbirth at
"The Hypnobirthing Centre"
For an easier, safer, and more comfortable child-birth
Hypnobirth Courses in delightful locations in and around London.
You and your baby are special. Childbirth should be a memorable moment in your life – and one you want to remember. With the help of hypnotherapy for birth and our hypnobirth classes, the birth of your baby can be a more comfortable, calm, relaxed, natural and rewarding experience, and one where you are in control and you need less intervention from others.
You deserve special care as you make this exciting and unique journey with positive anticipation and confidence.
Our Hypnobirthing courses teach you – and your husband or birthing partner - the techniques to achieve this; all the antenatal training you need.
Katharine was originally trained in the 'Mongan Method' by Marie Mongan, the founder of this established and respected method. However because of her considerable experience of teaching mothers in the UK, she has refined her methods to be more supportive of their needs, and now works independently from the American Hypnobirthing Institute.
How did Hypnobirthing Start?
Probably the person accredited with the origin of the term Hypnobirthing is Michelle Leclaire O'Neill in 1987 [www.leclairemethod.com], who authored books on the subject including "Hypnobirthing the Original Method". Her work was based partly on previous research be English obstetrician Dr. Grantly Dick Reid.
Other people instrumental in the spread of Hypnobirthing include Marie Mongan who founded The US based Hypnobirthing Institute, and Michel Odent who did a great deal in the 1970s to promote the cause of homebirthing, and the use of birthing pools.
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70% of hypnobirthing births are unmedicated*
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Katharine teaches Hypnobirthing at London Hospitals
Katharine is very proud to have been selected as the Hypnobirthing teacher for the new courses in London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - to be held starting soon in the Kensington Wing. She also teaches Hypnobirthing classes at St Thomas's Hospital on the South Bank.
Hypnobirthing Lecture at Bournemouth University
Katharine has been invited to lecture at Bournemouth University on HB at a training day for the student midwives in the south and southwest of England. They were fascinated at having the rationale explained to them about this new way of assisting a mother to have an empowering experience of birth and, as a result, many of them have asked to attend Katharine's classes so they can find out more about it and be more supportive to the women in their care.
At your class you will learn to combine relaxation and breathing techniques effectively, and to work with your body so that you always stay in control of your own childbirth process.
As you would expect, the Hypnobirthing courses are relaxed and enjoyable and provide you with support and confidence up to and beyond the birth of your baby. Your husband or birthing partner plays a key role throughout your pregnancy and child birth. Throughout the hypnosis for birth course we will show them how to give you the support you need to make your labour and delivery a loving, shared experience.
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Hypnosis |
Non-Hypnosis |
| Pain relief medication# |
22% |
55% |
Length of labour#
(First time mothers) |
6.21 hrs |
9.28 hrs |
| (# UK studies) |
| Pain relief medication** |
15% |
70% |
| Epidural** |
20% |
70% |
| Inductions** |
20% |
40% |
| C-Sections** |
15.5% |
32% |
| (** Statistics from the American HypnoBirthing Institute 2008) |
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Please don't take our word for it. Why not take a look at the childbirth experiences of some of our previous childbirth hypnotherapy clients to see the amazing impact that hypnosis for birth can have on your special day.
In principle it's more important to do the course early and have plenty of time to practice so that the techniques become second nature (rather than having it fresh in your memory) - any time in the second trimester is ideal - so do book in good time as courses often get fully booked nearer the time. Having said this, I've taught a mother who gave birth two days later, and it worked perfectly well.
The Centre runs Hypnobirth Courses throughout the London area. See below for some of our locations.
The benefits for your Baby
You decide to do Hypnobirthing for a more comfortable and often pain free birth, because that's what it does. But the greater significance in the long term is the effect it has on your baby.
If the birth is calm, gentle and drug free for you, it's also calm, gentle and drug free for your baby, so this little person arrives in the world alert, and with a mother who is alert and ready to receive it lovingly and attentively, That first relationship it forms is the blueprint for every other relationship throughout its life. This will have an effect not only on your baby as it grows and develops, but also on every other relationship it forms which will affect everyone it meets, and the significance of this can't be over-estimated.
Also, because Hypnobirthing babies have no trauma to recover from, they tend to be more calm, serene and content. From the reports I get, they also seem to thrive better, sleep better, and develop quicker. It sometimes seems miraculous, but actually that's how it's designed to be, and what we have come to consider as the norm is an aberration that we have developed over time.
Please view: course dates, times and booking information below.
Book your Hypnobirth course here!
Feel free to browse the childbirth stories to see the amazing positive impact that hypnotherapy in labour can have on the birth of your baby. View: Hypnotherapy Birth Testimonials.
"Your Hypnosis for Birth course was invaluable in allowing me to keep calm throughout. The experience of being there to see her birth was just magical for us both and we enjoyed a relaxing time afterwards drinking tea and eating toast, bonding with the baby."
*Statistic from the American Hypnobirthing Institute in 2007 |
As a gift from me, I'll send you some Katharine Botanicals Stretch Mark Lotion when you book on to a Hypnobirthing course. Katharine Botanicals Stretchmark Lotion contains collagen and helps to keep the skin supple and flexible as your baby grows.
