Hypnobabies Academy

Hypnobabies is a comprehensive childbirth preparation program designed to equip you with advanced, medical-grade self-hypnosis techniques. Alongside deep abdominal breathing and powerful relaxation practices, you’ll learn how to naturally and confidently manage the birthing process. By using somnambulistic hypnosis, you'll retrain your mind much like updating software, allowing you to create a calmer, more comfortable, and deeply relaxed birth experience.

Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility, often compared to being deeply absorbed in a book, movie, or daydream. In this state, the conscious mind relaxes, allowing the subconscious to become more receptive to positive suggestions and new ways of thinking. Hypnosis is often used to help people achieve relaxation, manage stress, or change habits, and in the context of Hypnobabies, it helps create a calmer, more comfortable, and empowered birthing experience through self-hypnosis techniques. Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis doesn’t involve losing control, but rather enhancing your ability to focus and relax.

Most of our students start their Hypnobabies Course between 28 and 30 weeks of pregnancy. The course lasts six weeks, after which it’s essential to continue practicing the deep hypnosis techniques regularly until your baby arrives. If you're short on time to complete the course, we can offer an accelerated schedule to help you progress more quickly.

Absolutely! Hypnobabies Hypnobirthing can be highly effective whether you're single or partnered. The techniques taught in the course, such as self-hypnosis, deep relaxation, and focused breathing, are designed to empower you as an individual. Many single parents have successfully used Hypnobabies to create a calm, comfortable, and confident birthing experience. You can also choose a birth partner, such as a friend, family member, or doula, if you'd like additional support during the process, but it's not required to benefit from your Hypnobabies program.

Hypnobabies' "medical-grade hypnosis" techniques are advanced, clinically-based hypnosis methods similar to those used for pain management and during surgeries, particularly for individuals who are allergic to medical anesthesia or pain-relieving drugs. These techniques are designed to create extremely deep relaxation and focused concentration, allowing the mind to generate "hypno-anesthesia" in specific areas of the body. This can reduce or eliminate pain during and after medical procedures. In Hypnobabies, these same techniques help expectant parents manage discomfort, stay calm, and experience a more comfortable birth by retraining the mind to respond positively to the birthing process.

Yes, most people can be purposefully hypnotized if they are open to it, though responsiveness can vary, particularly with young children or those under the influence of certain substances. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention, much like driving, being absorbed in a movie, or scrolling one’s mobile device for a while. Since we all experience many hyper-focused states in everyday life, the majority of people can easily enter a hypnotic state with the right guidance and willingness. In your Hypnobabies course, you’ll learn medical-grade self-hypnosis techniques that are simple and highly effective, making it accessible to everyone, even if they've never experienced hypnosis before.

1.) As you progress through your Hypnobabies course, you’ll learn prenatal nutrition, exercises, stages of labor, effective communication with caregivers, birthing positions, and how to make informed, joyful childbirth choices.

2.) Daily, you listen to Hypnobabies tracks and practice hypnosis techniques that retrain your subconscious to create more comfortable birthing sensations, since the mind easily influences the body.

3.) During labor, you use Hypnobabies tools by listening to tracks and applying hypnosis cues, activating the hypno-anesthesia you’ve trained for through practice. Your Birth Partner can also read Hypnobabies birth prompts to deepen and maintain your hypnosis.

Hypnobabies students use specialized hypnosis techniques to stay deeply in hypnosis while remaining fully mobile, aiding in descent and more effective positioning of the baby. They can walk, talk, and interact with others more easily, even in deep hypnosis, enhancing their physical comfort, relaxation, and confidence. Our unique eyes-open childbirth hypnosis sets Hypnobabies apart, helping students enjoy a more positive birthing experience.

We don’t offer our Hypnobabies program tracks individually, as we’ve found that using the complete program is much more effective. Our written materials play a major role in helping Hypnobabies families enjoy beautiful, comfortable, and empowering birth experiences when followed as outlined. Hypnobabies is a comprehensive course, not just a set of audio tracks to use randomly. Our website is filled with joyful birth stories from Hypno-students who had life-changing, easier, and more comfortable births by following the program as directed.