CONFIDENT HYPNOBIRTHING
What you’ll learn in your hypnobirthing class
Feel more at ease about birth, together.
Practical breathing, relaxation and partner support, with guidance to help you feel more confident about birth.
Birthcare Parnell
Saturdays, 9am–1pm
$197 per couple
Build confidence, one practice at a time.
You don’t need to arrive knowing how to do any of it. Claire will explain the techniques and guide you as you try them, with time to ask questions and discover what feels helpful.
You’ll practise with your birth partner, so you both become familiar with the breathing, touch and words you can return to during birth.
Four connected pillars guide your preparation: Release, Relax, Prepare and Trust. Each brings together understanding and practical experience to help you feel more ready, together.
RELEASE
Ease birth worries and build confidence.
Understanding your body can make birth feel less unfamiliar. Explore the connection between your thoughts, feelings and physical tension, with simple explanations that help the techniques make sense.
You’ll be guided through relaxation and mindset exercises to help you settle your thoughts and approach birth with a more reassuring outlook.
You’ll explore:
- How your body works during labour and how this relates to your breathing and relaxation.
- The mind–body connection, including how feeling supported can help you feel more at ease.
- Simple ways to ease birth worries and bring your attention back to what helps you.
I highly recommend Claire's hypnobirthing course to help build a positive mindset and learn crucial breathing skills for birth.
RELAX
Learn to relax your mind and body.
A familiar breath. A softer jaw. Shoulders you can let relax. You’ll practise small, practical ways to release tension and work with your body during birth.
Follow the exercises with guidance, ask questions and discover what feels helpful for you. No previous experience with meditation or relaxation is needed.
You’ll practise:
- Breathing techniques for different stages of labour, with clear explanations of when to use them.
- Relaxing your face, shoulders and body, and noticing where you tend to hold tension.
- Following guided relaxation and gently returning your attention when your mind wanders.
- Using breathing and relaxation together, so you have a familiar place to begin.
PREPARE
Get your birth partner and team on board.
There is reassurance in knowing your partner has practical ways to help. They’ll receive the explanations and instructions directly, with time for you both to practise together.
Discover which words reassure you, what touch feels good and when you prefer quiet. Your partner can get to know your preferences before birth, so you feel more prepared as a team.
Together, you’ll practise:
- Massage and supportive touch for pregnancy and birth.
- Breathing prompts and spoken guidance to support relaxation.
- Sharing what feels helpful and adjusting the support to suit you.
Your workbook also gives you prompts to express your birth preferences, prepare questions and discuss what matters to you with your care team.
Having practical components to practice with partner so we felt more confident going home to continue the practice.
TRUST
Build trust in yourself, your body and your ability to respond.
Bring the techniques together in a guided rehearsal with your partner. Experience how your breathing, relaxation and their support can work together, and recognise the tools you’d like to keep practising.
This is where confidence can begin to feel personal: “I know what helps me. My partner knows how to support me. I have ways to respond.”
You’ll bring together:
- The breathing and relaxation techniques that feel helpful to you.
- Your partner’s words, touch and practical support.
- A simple plan for practising together at home.
That confidence leaves room for questions, choices and changing your mind. You can draw on your preparation and ask for support, whatever direction birth takes.
Support to keep practising at home
Your $197 booking covers you and your birth partner, the in-person class and resources to continue your preparation.
Your course workbook
Keep your technique instructions, partner guidance, birth-preference prompts and practice plan together in one place.
Guided audio and online resources
Return to the relaxation guidance at home and become more familiar with the tools at a pace that suits you.
Support from Claire
If a question comes up after class, you can contact Claire for an explanation or a reminder as you practise.
Extra support for pregnancy and life with your baby
These bonus online courses are included for you to explore whenever they’re helpful.
Mothering
Support for your wellbeing, your changing identity and the transition into motherhood.
Baby Sleep
Practical information to help you understand your baby’s sleep and recognise their cues.
Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond
Gentle movement and relaxation practices for pregnancy and beyond.
Time to practise, with someone to guide you.
You can ask, “Am I doing this right?” and have Claire explain or guide you through it again. Your partner can try a breathing prompt or massage technique, and you can tell them what feels good.
These shared moments help you leave with more than instructions: an experience of using the tools together and a clear place to begin your practice at home.
Take the next step towards feeling ready.
Set aside time to prepare for birth with your partner, with Claire’s guidance and other expectant parents alongside you.
Leave with tools you’ve practised, support you’ve explored together and a plan to keep building confidence at home.
Birthcare Parnell · Saturdays, 9am–1pm
$197 per couple
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Prefer to learn from home? Explore the self-paced online course and see what’s included.