Natural Beginnings NJ

2012 HypnoBirthing® 5 Class Series Starting in May!

Classes are offered

Thursday Evenings at 7pm with Samantha Moody

and

Saturday Mornings with Sarah Lane

The series will begin on Thursday, May 24 or Satruday, June 2

The Saturday classes have an optional 45 min Prenatal Yoga class offered before the start of each session.

The Yoga class will begin at 930am and the HypnoBirthing class will begin at 1030am.

Please contact Natural Beginnings for details!!

Classes will be held in Manasquan, NJ

The fee for the 5 class series is $300

The fee for the 5 class series with yoga is $350

Drop in for yoga $20 (Please call ahead to ensure space)

Please don't let our fees deter you from contacting us. If there is a true hardship we can work with you to come to a resonable rate.

We are striving to be a true community resource for familes around the time of pregnancy.

Please contact us TODAY!!

The HypnoBirthing® Class series offers comprehensive childbirth education. The details of the classes are as follows:

Unit 1: Building A Positive Expectancy

• Introduction to the remarkable HypnoBirthing^® philosophy
• The History of Women and Birthing
• Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birthing
• How Nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth
• How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts
• The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing.
• Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos

Unit 2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body

• The remarkable mind of your newborn baby—Prenatal bonding techniques
• Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques
• Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
• Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
• Selecting the right care provider
• The Birth companion’s role in birthing
• Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Unit 3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby

• Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
• Preparing the Body for Birthing
• Light Touch Labor Massage
• Your body working for and with you
• Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor
• Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts.

Unit 4: An overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love

• Onset of Labor – Thinning and Opening Phase
• Birth explained simply
• Settling in at the hospital or birthing center
• Preparing for home birth – or baby’s choice of birth
• As labor moves along – passing time through labor
• Hallmarks of labor
• If labor rests or slows – Companion’s prompts and activities
• As labor advances – birthing with your baby
• Protecting the natural birthing experience
• Birth rehearsal imagery

Unit 5: Birth – Breathing Love - Bringing Life

• Moving into birthing
• Positions for descent and birthing
• Breathing baby down to birth
• Baby moves to the breast

• Family bonding with your baby