Who we are
My name is Shania and would be honoured to be your hypnobirthing teacher! I have a little girl and I am SO passionate about encouraging everyone to have the birth that they want and deserve.
I too, was anxious about giving birth until I discovered hypnobirthing! It is the BEST thing I have ever discovered.
Until I knew about Hypnobirthing, I felt in the dark about my birth which made me feel so uneasy. I, like you, looked into an 8 hour hypnobirthing course and booked one straight away after reading that it would help me enjoy my birth. I am so grateful that I did because I truly believe it allowed me to not only LOVE my pregnancy, I also LOVED my birth!
Although my birth included a few curve balls, I was so confident in dealing with anything that came our way. I felt calm, happy and comfortable in my own abilities and knowing that I could choose whatever was right for me and my baby.
Hypnobirthing is a form of self hypnosis (no, not the running round like a chicken type, the type that we are all doing unknowingly every single day!). There’s a common misconception that its all a bit ‘weird’ but that is really not the case. The most part is actually scientific in understanding how your body and mind operate together. It is the teaching of relaxation and fear release to use during your labour and birth so that you are completely in control of your experience.
Practising relaxation during pregnancy will mean relaxing in labour will be SO natural to you. Having a relaxed mind will relax your body and relax your uterus muscles, allowing them to work much more easily and efficiently. Relaxed muscles create a more comfortable birth…
We will learn how to be mindful and to be able to calmly take control of any pain you might feel during your birth and turn it into power to birth your baby.
As well as this, my courses are FULL of antenatal lessons, too. Which will explore how the body works in pregnancy and labour, how to prepare for birth and exploring your rights wherever you choose to birth your baby.
Your birth partner will also finish our course feeling prepared and powerful in their knowledge of how best to support you in this precious experience. Remember that you are not in this alone!
Hypnobirthing is here to use during your birth to make your experience a positive one! Whether its your first baby or 10th baby, there is no right or wrong time to start practising. Birth is such a wonderful experience yet so many of us don't feel this way in the lead up to it. For some, the excitement of pregnancy can be overshadowed with worry and fear surrounding birth.
My goal is to empower mums-to-be to know that they can do birth their way… from elective C-sections all the way to free births and it WILL be happy!
