MARGARET SOMMELING
0425862478
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What is Hypnobirthing?
Our Services
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GROUP OR PRIVATE CLASSES
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12 Hours of Face-to-Face tuition - (this can be broken up over 3 or 6 hours sessions)
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Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Materials including: comprehensive folio of resources; relaxation/self hypnosis tracks; ebook “Little Book of Hypnobirthing”, practice video.
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Ongoing support with me via phone/email/Zoom until your birth
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STARTING FROM $550
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We're currently not running group classes in 2024 until further notice.
However we can do a private in-home bump buddy option at group prices.
Flick me a message to find out more
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ONLINE CLASSES
When your schedule is so Ad hoc or circumstanses can't seem to work around face-to-face classes, then these self-paced and self-directed online learning options are probably what will work best for you.
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STARTING FROM $149
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Unable to make it to a face to face presentation ... No problem, try our online options.
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includes video tuition with practice sessions
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MP3's, ebook, handouts and worksheets.
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Option of a 90min private session upgrade ($150) available
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Upgrade may be either face-to-face or via Skype
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Change of Circumstance and Positive Caesarean Online Packages available also
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POSITIVE CAESAREAN BIRTH
Sometimes birth circumstances change and the pathway your were hoping to take has taken a different turn. In situations such as these, you can still prepare for a positive birth experience and still make choices about your experience. With this course we can show you how to prepare.​
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4 hours of private face-to-face tuition in your home or via zoom.
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Parent Folio
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5 long play tracks
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Birth rehearsal video
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Positive Caesarean Birth ebook
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Ongoing contact with me via phone/email/Zoom up to the time of your birth
$450
Class Outline
Unit 1
Creating and Maintaining a Positive Mindset
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Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing
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How our brain is wired to birth
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The role of our caregivers
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Mind/body connection
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What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?
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Our hormones are our friends
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My amazing uterus – understanding the physiology behind birthing
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Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome
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Causes of Fear (including history) and how it affects our labour
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Re-programming the Subconscious
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The language for empowered birthing
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The power of affirmations
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Birthing environment
Unit 2
Our Toolkit for Birth
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Self-hypnosis tracks
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Birth music
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Conditioning with scent
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Hypnotic anchors and triggers
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Releasing endorphins through massage and touch
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Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding
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Visualisations for pregnancy, labour & birthing
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The importance of facial relaxation
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Relaxation Breathing – a skill for life
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Surge Breathing – the best tool ever!
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Techniques to help make your surges more comfortable
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The ‘urge’ to push/bear down – Breathing/Bearing down
Unit 3
Preparation & Choices for Empowered Birthing
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Bonding with baby
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Choices in maternity care
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Birth Preferences – having open communication with your caregivers
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Knowledge is power – researching common interventions and procedures
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Questions to ask, to assist in making informed decisions
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Birth partner as advocate
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‘Guess date’ – a normal range of pregnancy
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Inductions – things you’re not always told
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Achieving a natural start to labour
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Maintaining a healthy diet
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Preparing the body – staying active
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Optimising baby’s position
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Breech or Posterior – options & positions
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Instant relaxation techniques
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Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts
Unit 4
Bringing it All Together
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What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth
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Signs that labour is starting
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What to expect through labour (membranes releasing etc)
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When to call the midwife/go to the hospital
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Accidental home/car birth – what to do!
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Birth partner’s role
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Common procedures
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Using water during labour and birth
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Upright positioning, movement and birth positions
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Special circumstances (including caesarean birth)
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Fear release
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Vocalisation
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Cord clamping & placenta delivery
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Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time – skin to skin
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What to expect afterwards
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Self-hypnosis – Rehearsal for Birth
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A practice routine – preparation for birth!
When is the best time to start classes?
Ideally consider starting classes between 20 and 34 weeks pregnant, to allow you time to practice, but you can do the classes at any time.
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What's in it for me?
​The ability to create and maintain a positive mindset
Tools and techniques to use during labour to create a positive, empowering, calm birth experience.
Evidence based information, to empower birth couples to research options and make informed decisions.
Tools for partners to assist the mother to be calm, relaxed and in the birthing mind frame.
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2025 CLASSES:​​
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ARE LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT but still have the option to be delivered face-to-face OR streamed over a web platform anywhere you are. Alternatively you can ...
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CHOOSE FROM OUR ONLINE OPTIONS STARTING AT $199
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS? - p.o.a
If for some reason, you have special circumstances that make any of the above class options difficult to apply to you, classes can be tailored (within reason), to suit your requirements,
Ask me about combining a face-to-face/online class option. Contact me to discuss this option further.
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