Kay Tagney
Reflexology

What is HypnoBirthing?

For most of their lives, women have been
inundated with the negative stories of other
women’s birth experiences. Everyone, from
their mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends,
and even strangers, wants to tell them the
horrors of giving birth. They have been
conditioned to believe that excruciating pain
is associated with birth; and because of this,
women today hold an unprecedented fear of
giving birth. This extreme fear causes their
bodies to become tense, and that tension
often prevents them from easily performing
the normal, physiological function of birth.
The result?—exactly what they feared most-
long, painful, disappointing births.

Advantages of Hypnobirthing

Teaches deep levels of relaxation to
eliminate the fear that causes tension
and, thus, pain

Greatly reduces and often eliminates the
need for chemical painkillers and drugs

Shortens the first phase of labour

Leaves mother alert, fresh, awake and
with energy

Helps keep oxygen supplied to baby
during birthing

Reduces the need for an episiotomy

Reduces and often eliminates fatigue
during labour

Empowers parents with techniques to
achieve a gentle, calm birth for
themselves and their baby

Gives the birthing companion an integral
role in the birthing

Embraces the concept of pre-birth
parenting

Teaches breathing techniques that allow
a woman to gently breathe her baby
into the world without the violence of
hard, physical pushing.