Hypnobirthing Classes Burleigh & Southport.

Hi, I’m Kate — a midwife, mum, and qualified HypnoBirthing practitioner. I teach comprehensive childbirth education classes designed to empower you and your birth companion with knowledge, tools, and confidence for pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postpartum period.

My classes are based on the original Mongan Method of HypnoBirthing, a globally respected program with over 40 years of success, and are enriched with additional insights from my clinical experience as a midwife. This includes collaboration with women’s health physiotherapists, in-depth guidance on navigating hospital systems, birth options, inductions, and optimizing your body and mind for a calm, informed, and joyful birth.

Whether you are planning a home birth, hospital birth, or a cesarean, my classes are for everyone. A key focus is supporting birth companions so they can be an active, informed part of your birthing experience rather than just an onlooker.

What Makes My Classes Different

• Integration of HypnoBirthing International’s complete program with my own clinical expertise.
• Collaboration with a women’s health physiotherapist (group classes) or video resource (private classes) to teach pelvic floor health, strategies to reduce dysfunction in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
• Deep dive into birth preferences, induction of labour, and navigating hospital systems to enable truly informed choices.
• Advanced breathing, relaxation, and self-hypnosis techniques beyond traditional HypnoBirthing methods.
• Education on nutrition, mindset, and perinatal psychology to optimize both body and mind for labour, birth, and beyond.
  

  Class Structure: 5 Weeks of Comprehensive Education

  Week 1: Building a Positive Expectancy

  • Introduction to HypnoBirthing and self-hypnosis techniques
  • Understanding the autonomic nervous system and its role in labour (fight-or-flight vs parasympathetic states)
  • Mindset preparation and creating a positive, confident outlook for birth

  Week 2: Preparing Mind and Body

  • Perinatal psychology and emotional preparation
  • The five core techniques of HypnoBirthing: relaxation, breathing, self-hypnosis, visualisation, and affirmation
  • Breathing techniques tailored to labour
  • Pelvic floor education with women’s health physiotherapist (for group classes)
  • Deep dive into nutrition for pregnancy and postpartum
  • Birth preferences and informed decision-making
  • Understanding induction of labour (natural and medical)

  Week 3: Getting Ready to Welcome Your Baby

  • In-depth labour and birth physiology
  • Special circumstances and considerations
  • Fear release session to reduce anxiety
  • Tools and techniques to prepare your mind, including relaxation scripts and affirmations

  Week 4: Overview of Childbirth — A Labour of Love

  • Comprehensive review of the labour and birth process
  • Birth companion training with hands-on techniques: rebozo, acupressure, breathing, and more
  • Understanding your partner’s role and how to work together during labour

  Week 5: Birthing, Breathing, and Bringing Life

  • Optimal birthing positions to reduce perineal trauma
  • Overview of the birthing phase
  • Breastfeeding preparation
  • Preparing for postpartum recovery

  Program Details

  • Duration: 5 weeks
  • Location: The Wellness Boutique, Burleigh Heads (group classes) or privately in your home or online.
  • Group Size: Maximum 7 couples per session to ensure personalised attention
  • Resources Provided: Relaxation audio links, textbook, spiral workbook, and all materials needed for a confident and informed birth

  My classes are about more than just education — they are about empowering you to enter birth with confidence, knowledge, and a sense of calm, ready to welcome your baby with optimism, excitement, and joy.

  To book your place or learn more, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Burleigh

Southport