I have been teaching HypnoBirthing® to individual couples for some time now and recently I have added group lessons to my practice. Classes begin the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00PM. They are held at my home in Waltham, right off of route 128/95. I will still be available to teach couples privately, if your schedule needs flexibility. Classes include four sessions that last approximately three hours each. I will show you breathing and relaxation techniques, work with you to release any fears you may have and cover a variety of childbirth education topics. You will learn the all the information you will need to have a more calm and joyful birthing experience.

HypnoBirthing® is as much philosohy as it is tecnique. It is a rewarding, relaxing, stress free method of birthing that is based on the belief that all babies should come into the world in an atmosphere of gentility, calm and joy. When a motheris properly prepared for birthing, physically, mentally and spiritually, she can experience that sort of joy, birthing her babyin an easier, more comfortableand often pain free manner. Through the well-thought-out program of deep relaxaion, self hypnosis and education, HypnoBirthing® returns to the woman the art of birthing in safety and with ease. HypnoBirthing® is based on the belief that severe discomfort does not need to be a natural accompaninment of birthing.

The HypnoBirthing Advantage.... 1) Eliminates the Fear-Tension-Pain syndrome before during and after birthing. 2)Reduces and often eliminates the need for chemical anesthesia, episiotomy and other interventions. 3)Lessens fatigue during labor, leaving the mother feeling fresh, awake, and energized as she brings her baby into the world. 4) Shortens the thinning and opening phase of labor by several hours and allows the birthing mother to utilize the natural pulsations of her body to breather her baby down to the crowning stage, rather than pushing for long exhausting periods of time. Reduces pelvic floor damage.

5) Brings the mother baby and the birthing companion together in this wonderful prenatal, perinatal and postnatal bonding experience. 6)The birthing companion is an integral part of the birthing, not just an onlooker. 7) Almost entirely elliminates postnatal discomfort and "baby blues". 8)Babies are better adjusted and happier, resulting in better eating and sleeping routines. 9) Mothers don't run the risk of hyperventilating from shallow breathing. 10) Birthing is returned to the safe, beautiful, peaceful experience that nature intended.