Courses

Hypnobirthing Essentials

Private Online: €120  

A perfect ‘add on’ if you have completed a more traditional childbirth education/prenatal course and want to focus on hypnobirthing.

​This 3 hour session will leave you and your birth partner feeling calm and confident about birth, knowing you have hypnobirthing skills to support you through each stage of labour for a calmer, more comfortable and positive birth experience.
Also includes:

  • Hypnobirthing Audio Tracks

  • Ongoing support 

The session can be tailored to your needs and usually covers:

  • ​The impact fear has on your birth and how to get rid of it

  • The importance of creating an optimal birth environment

  • How to support key birth hormones

  • Key hypnobirthing techniques and how to use them throughout labour and birth for optimal calm and comfort

  • Hypnobirthing breathing & visualisation techniques

  • Working as a team with your birth partner, feel supported and understood

Full Hypnobirthing Course

Face To Face: €350 + travel
Online:  €275

A private full KG Hypnobirthing course is a complete, 12 hour birth education course, usually over 4 sessions and would be provided by me, Kate Ellwood.  “The Hypnobirthing Book” by Katharine Graves accompanies the course along with the Parent Course Folder and MP3 downloads for the relaxations.  I remain available for support and resources as you navigate your pregnancy.  These are included as part of the course fee.

Content and Structure

Session 1: The Logic of Hypnobirthing

  • An introduction to Hypnotherapy and Hypnobirthing

  • How the Human Mind Works

  • Other Mammals

  • Physiology of the Uterus

  • The Central Nervous System

Session 2: Hypnobirthing Techniques

  • Up Breathing and Visualisations

  • Relaxation Scripts

  • The Physical Aspects of Pregnancy

  • Tips to Help your Body Prepare for Labour and Birth

  • Positions for Labour and Birth

Session 3: Before Birth

  • Empowering Questions

  • Taking Responsibility for your Birth

  • Dealing with Pressure or Stress

  • Midwives and Obstetricians

  • Induction of Labour (natural and medical)

  • Recognising the Start of Labour

Session 4: The Birth

  • First Stage of Labour

  • Analgesia Options

  • Second Stage of Labour

  • Down Breathing and Visualisations

  • Third Stage of Labour

  • The “Golden Hour” after Birth

I look forward to meeting you!

The Empower Hour

Navigating the Belgian maternity system

Group Online: €25   
Private Online: €50

Belgium has brilliant maternity care but understanding the system and navigating it can be a just a little tricky.  The Empower Hour aims to help you understand:

  • How do Belgian Maternity Services work?

  • How do you find the right support and care for your particular needs? 

  • Where can you birth your baby?

  • How do you choose where to birth your baby?

  • The Insurance and admin trail - what to do when

To book an Empower Hour online please

I look forward to meeting you!