Birth, Baby & Beyond

How does Hypnobirthing connect Positive Birth to Parenthood and the years that follow?

Ask any mother who has given birth and they will all tell you that birth and the way that it was experienced can dramatically affect parenthood. How your post-partum period unfolds, how you connect with your baby and how you reconnect with yourself as well as you partner and other children in this new family dynamic.

We often see National Birth Statistics, Outcomes etc. for women in Australia, for want of a better word, worsening. There is a persistent lack of resources, support and understanding on how to empower women and their birth partners to be able to achieve a positive birth experience no matter how they choose to birth. This is important, because no one birth will be the same as another. Hypnobirthing Australia allows women and their birth partners to receive positive birth education and resources that provides them with important information on how to navigate this unknown territory on their terms. It provides the toolkit needed for a positive birth experience, improving birth outcomes and creating a positive start to parenthood.

You are more equipped to start your journey into parenthood from a place of empowerment – Physical, Spiritual & Psychological, experiencing birth as a transformation and with joy. There is not prolonged recovery from an event where you felt frightened, a loss control or autonomy and at a loss of where you are now after that experience. All while trying to connect with a new baby, it’s needs and a new Family dynamic.

We are talking now about the implications beyond the statistics. With the increase in birth interventions we are seeing the incidence of what is referred to as the “cascade of interventions” which means: more recovery time and less reserve to move forward into parenthood with a good physical and emotional health base. We also see the rise of Post-natal depression, anxiety and post-natal aggression to name a few. Increasing relationship difficulties, connection/bonding and resulting in some long-term stress patterns for the family.

As a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner when I offer the Positive Birth Program to parents I often also refer to it in the following manner. Hypnobirthing is for Birth, Baby & Beyond. It is the foundation by which you can build a great birth experience for you and your birth partner, where you can come together to create a beautiful start to your journey into parenthood. Something that will serve you both well into the years that follow after birth.