Mindful Birth

KGHypnobirthing

What is Mindful Birth?

A cohesive, in-person course over 4 nights offering a number of strategies and techniques to empower you and your partner as you journey through pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. Some topics covered will include:

Hypnosis and its history
Basic anatomy and physiology
What to expect throughout the late pregnancy, labour and birth process
Breathwork
Visualisation and relaxation scripts to help you feel safe and anchored

You will come away feeling calm, confident, and equipped to navigate this journey. The transforming techniques you learn can be used for the rest of your life.

Our point of difference

Whilst other courses may be offering similar concepts and strategies, what sets us apart is our approach and experience as midwives - we have brought thousands of babies into the world and get to witness the real-world application of a mindful approach to giving birth. We witness on a weekly basis the difference that Mindful Birth makes.

Glenda and Louise have worked as midwives for many decades and are able to bring their experience, expertise and real life stories to the teaching. They have seen firsthand how effective these techniques are for both the birthing person and the partner. They have expanded their teaching according to real life situations - they know what works and what doesn't!

They have been teaching this course since 2017 and all their teaching is backed by the latest research as well as their own experiences within the pregnancy space.

About Us

Louise Lucas & Glenda Southey are highly experienced LMC midwives with over 40 years of experience between them. They work out of the Green Bay Midwives clinic.

Louise & Glenda are qualified hypnobirthing teachers who trained in London in the Katharine Graves hypnobirthing method. They each hold a Diploma in KGHypnobirthing.

Louise and Glenda are particularly passionate about facilitating couples to achieve a positive birth experience. They have experienced many beautiful calm births where couples have utilised hypnobirthing techniques. It is very apparent that these couples are incredibly self sufficient throughout the birth process. Of particular note is the partner has an integral role in supporting the birthing woman to labour calmly and confidently.

The Details

Times

Four x 2 hour classes, taught over a two week period:

Week 1:

Monday and Thursday 7-9pm

Week 2:

Monday and Thursday 7-9pm

Location

Green Bay Midwives

33 Godley Road, Green Bay. There is plenty of street parking. Please wear comfortable clothing.

Investment

$550 per couple.

This covers:

face-to-face teaching from Glenda and Louise
a resource folder
“The Hypnobirthing Book - Childbirth with Confidence and Calm”

by Katharine Graves.

refreshments at each class

What people say...

“I have used hypnobirthing for my second birth. I was horrified with my first birth as it was the first time and everything happened too fast. I was fully dilated when I got to hospital and I was in so much pain. It took me four years to decide to have a second baby. I heard about hypnobirthing from a friend. After I did some research about it, I decided to give it a try and hope it will help with the birth pain. After doing a course of hypnobirthing and the practise I did. It really helped me at the birth. I managed to breathe through most of the surge(contraction). I really listened to my body at the birth and my body knows what to do at each step. I gave birth in the water and it was such a positive experience. I felt the most of pain when I was the pushing baby out but luckily it wasn’t long. I got to hospital around 3.40pm and I had my boy at 5.50pm. I would strongly recommend hypnobirthing to every mum to be. It has changed my view about birthing. I am not scared of birthing anymore and the most important thing is that hypnobirthing is not just helpful for birth also helpful for life”

Alison - Auckland

Contact Us

If you would like more information or would like to book into our classes, please send us a message here. We are busy midwives, but will endeavour to get back to you within 48 hours during business days.