Become Informed On Routine Ultrasound in Pregnancy Ultrasound is used during pregnancy to check the baby's development and to help pick up any abnormalities. Ultrasounds are only necessary if there is a medical concern. As noted above, ultrasounds enable your...
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How To Massage Your Perineum and Why It Is Important
Protecting Your Perineum For Birth With Perineal Massage This is a pretty hot topic for most women approaching their birthing day. We are all aiming to experience birth without trauma to this area, but there are some great recommendations to assist you to prepare your...
Keeping Private, Safe and Unobserved in Birth
Optimising Your Birthing Environment During HypnoBirthing classes you will learn about the powerful hormones at work during labour and birth – Oxytocin (the hormone of love), Endorphins (your body’s natural pain killers), Catecholamines (your survival hormones,...
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Nutrition
Nutrition in Pregnancy – what you need to know. Pregnancy is often the time where we pay the most attention to our nutrition. But what do we need to focus on? Generally speaking, different coloured foods provide different nutrients. Eating a wide variety of fruits,...
The One List You Can’t Do Without In Pregnancy
We Want to Share a Secret Pregnancy List with you! The Only One You'll Need! As mothers-to-be we are bombarded by lists in pregnancy. Hospital appointments What you can’t eat Exercise you should be doing Supplements you need to take What to buy for the baby Names for...
Common Breastfeeding Questions Answered
We were delighted to have Lactation Consultant and Breastfeeding Expert, Naomi Hull answering some common breastfeeding questions from our very own community at our Ask the Expert Segment recently. We have put all the questions and answers into an easy to read blog...
Are HypnoBirthing Classes Worth It?
Are HypnoBirthing classes worth it or can I learn it myself at home? This is a question that pops up all the time from pregnant women interested in HypnoBirthing classes. It may stem from the cost of the course, the time required or the location of the classes. Here...
What if I decide on care “outside the norm”?
Not Everyone is Looking for the Same Care Your ideal plan for pregnancy and birth, may not be the 'stock standard' care that is offered to most women. Is that okay? Are you able to request care that is 'outside the norm'? Of course, but many couples are not aware that...
Positive HypnoBirthing of Jaxon Howard Emery
A Magical Beginning for Our Beautiful Son Jaxon Prior to becoming pregnant I held a deep fear that I would not be able to handle the pain of natural childbirth. I simultaneously held a deep desire to bring my child into the world in a peaceful and healthful way; the...
3 Ways Doulas Help Dads At Birth
Doulas aren’t just for mums and babies – they’re for dads and partners, too! Darren Mattock from 'Becoming Dad' shares his insight into a Dad's perspective on hiring a doula. Let’s talk just dads in this post and make it all about dads, as that’s my area of experience...
HypnoBirthing Midwife Shares Her Empowering Home Birth Story
Inspiring Midwife Uses the HypnoBirthing Techniques for her Home Birth After Only a Few Weeks of Practice! Penita is a dedicated independent midwife from South Australia that has been supporting women in birth for many years. In September 2016 Penita attended the...
Raising A New Generation of Strong Women
Best Selling Author, Katrina Zaslavsky Shares her Tips on Raising Strong, Empowered Women! We are so thrilled that author and birth advocate, Katrina Zaslavsky has dropped by to share some of her truths and wisdom about growing strong women, and where it all starts....
Birth of Sasha Rose
We used all the tools we learnt in our HypnoBirthing course! Sasha Rose was born at Buderim Hospital, QLD on 27 sept 2016 We prepared in every way to welcome our little miracle into the world! Rainbow Relaxation, breathing practice and birth affirmations had become...
How Affirmations Help Your Mindset in Pregnancy
Affirmations not only influence our mindset, but can have a profound impact on our pregnancy and birth outcome. To realise just how important affirmations are in pregnancy, and how it can influence our mindset, it is important to realise that affirmations are, “…every...
Benefits of using HypnoBirthing & Yoga in pregnancy and preparing for birth
Movement and positions like those taught in yoga have been passed down for centuries to help women prepare for birth. Many women are now using Yoga in conjunction with HypnoBirthing to strengthen their bodies and increase their physical and mental stamina. The...
First Time Dad Feels Confident with HypnoBirthing
Dad's can feel confident & Play a Major Role on this Important Day. Hi, my name is Kenny Spring, a first time dad and huge advocate of the HypnoBirthing approach. During my partner's pregnancy I watched her grow more confident with the concept of...
More informative and practical than the hospital classes.
I Understood What My Role Was! I have to admit I was sceptical about attending HypnoBirthing classes. My wife had told me it’s what she wanted to do and it didn’t seem like I had a choice. We were already going to four hospital classes so it seemed like overkill to...
HypnoBirthing brings a lot more engagement into the birthing process for the father
A HypnoBirthing birth from a Dad’s perspective. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am a very practical old-fashioned kind of guy, who believes in facts and tangibles. Thus, when my beautiful wife Trish told me that the birth of our third child was going to be done...
I promise, that nobody could be more sceptical than me
Then I started to realise what this book was saying and how much the concept made sense. I believed birth was what we saw on TV, long, drawn out, painful and in a hospital. That’s just how it was done. Husbands sat back and watched as their wives suffered through the...
At first I was a bit sceptical about the benefits of HypnoBirthing
As a male I would like to think that I have everything under control most of the time. At first I was a bit sceptical about the benefits of HypnoBirthing, however having completed the course and having seen the outcomes during labour I can't speak highly enough of the...
The HypnoBirthing class taught me something that I never thought was possible
My name is Joel. I am a 29-year-old tradesman and live in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. I am an outdoors guy, love fishing, camping, four wheel drives, a beer or two and good music. Recently the most amazing thing happened to me, and that was bringing my daughter...
I can’t stand to see my partner in pain of any sort.
Ok listen up fellas, here is my gentle persuasion.... Please read through for the sake of your partner and yourself and baby. Do you know what fear does? Most guys do, most of us have been in a fight or a big game, or even a meeting with the boss. Adrenaline kicks in,...
Pregnant Couple Reflect on their Birth Preparation with HypnoBirthing
Elizabeth and Harley Talk to Trish Cumming Just Before their 2nd HypnoBirth! Elizabeth contacted me in her first pregnancy, after a referral from our local Chiropractor at nearly 37 weeks. Luckily for us all, Elizabeth was now on maternity leave and as her partner is...
How To Rock Your Birth, Your Way!
Shalome Doran Wants You To Know that You Can Have A Rock Star Birth, Mama! It was the moment the obstetrician gloved up and started unwrapping the episiotomy scissors that I thought, ‘Mmm… this is not cool’. The midwife-on-duty whispered in my ear ‘Honey, you do not...
Your Babies Amazing Senses Before Birth
During most of the 20th Century, scientists didn’t think that the unborn baby had any functioning senses. It used to be accepted that intelligence was located only in the brain and since the brain was not fully developed until after birth, there seemed to be no...
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Look for the Gold Seal of Quality…
HypnoBirthing International (The Mongan Method) is the Gold Standard of HypnoBirthing Globally. We are the original and official HypnoBirthing Program here in Australia & the program chosen by the Royals! The Gold Seal signifies both credibility and professionalism of our Educators Internationally with accreditation from the HypnoBirthing Institute. This emblem is only given to those educators who have pushed themselves successfully to complete the extensive HypnoBirthing Certification and training. We have over 30 years of proven results and many, many successful, positive birth stories.