Affiliated with the HypnoBirthing Institute

Why Choose HypnoBirthing Utah?

Why should I choose HypnoBirthing Utah classes over other childbirth hypnosis programs?

1. Look at our statistics: The vast majority of HypnoBirthing Utah moms are having successful natural, non-medicalized births. Parents are leaving classes feeling confident, prepared, educated, empowered, and excited for their upcoming birth experience.

Birth Statistics for HypnoBirthing Utah couples: 2009-2011

Percentage of HypnoBirthing Utah couples reporting:

NO pain medications or epidural: 84%
NO episiotomy: 97%
NO elective medical labor induction: 97%
NO labor augmentation with pitocin: 94%
NO c-section: 94%
Out-of-hospital births (Birth center or Home birth): 42%
Midwife attended births: 80%

2. More comprehensive classes: HypnoBirthing Utah offers our moms and dads five 3-hour classes: 15 full hours of instruction. Couples have more time to practice techniques, ask important questions, and have their individual needs met.

3. Live Hypnosis Sessions: Each class contains two hypnotic relaxation sessions, which are then reinforced during your at-home practice.

4. Intimate class size: We limit our class size to 6-8 couples, to make sure that everyone gets the attention they need to be successful.

5. Continuous support: Our instructor is available through phone, text, and email for the duration of your pregnancy. Ask questions, voice concerns, work through issues, discuss options, and review all the techniques from class.

6. Birth Support services: Professional labor support, hypno-doula services, birth-plan consultations, prenatal acupressure and aromatherapy, deep-relaxation fear-release sessions, and more.

7. Certified, experienced and highly recommended instructor: Laura Curtis holds the following certifications:

HypnoBirthing Practitioner
HypnoBirthing Professional Labor Companion
Certified Doula and Monitrice
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
Yoga Instructor, specializing in Prenatal Yoga

HypnoBirthing Utah is specifically recommended by many natural birth-friendly midwives, CNMs and OBs.

HypnoBirthing – The Gold Standard for Childbirth Hypnosis

HypnoBirthing® is a complete childbirth education program that teaches expectant couples to view birth as a normal, natural, healthy part of life, rather than a medical emergency. In the absence of fear and tension, a woman’s body is uniquely and perfectly designed to birth comfortably, serenely, and safely. HypnoBirthing dispels the myths and fears that lead to anxiety and negative expectations about the process of normal childbirth. Working with a certified practitioner, parents will learn powerful relaxation techniques that enable mothers to birth as nature intended.

The Advantages of HypnoBirthing – The Mongan Method

Provides accurate pregnancy and birth information, emphasizing the body’s ability to birth comfortably, and releasing fears that can lead to tension and discomfort.
Effective relaxation techniques allow women to give birth as nature intended: without suffering. Some women have painless births using the relaxation and breathing exercises, although HypnoBirthing doesn’t promise pain-free birthing.
HypnoBirthing skills allow you to stay calm and focused should your birthing take an unexpected turn. It helps you to visualize and create the best possible outcome for you and your baby.
The deep relaxation of HypnoBirthing leads to shorter, easier labors with fewer complications.
Greatly reduces the need for interventions like pitocin, anesthesia, and surgical birth.
HypnoBirthing helps parents bond with their growing child during pregnancy, which can help to reduce the “baby-blues” after the baby is born.
HypnoBirthing moms are both deeply relaxed and completely present and aware during birth.
It helps to preserve the intimate, quiet atmosphere that is most conducive to a gentle birth experience.

What You Will Learn in a HypnoBirthing® Class

Understand that one of the greatest resources you will have in your class will be the experienced instruction of your certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner. HypnoBirthing Practitioners are highly qualified birthing professionals who have distinguished themselves through education, experience, motivation, and dedication to the principles and philosophy of HypnoBirthing® and mother-directed birthing. Additionally, each must meet the requirements as set down by the Executive Board of the HypnoBirthing Institute. The hypnosis scripts on their own are only as effective as you are in utilizing them, and your ability to do so is greatly increased by participating in a group class with an experienced instructor. Self-taught hypnosis programs are available from other sources, but the HypnoBirthing method of Practitioner-directed education, allowing for interaction, answering questions and sharing of experiences can be more much effective than a self-study course.