Benefits for Baby

1.  Babies are more alert and ready to bond
2.  There are no drugs in baby’s system
3.  Babies have less head molding from prolonged pushing
4.  Babies are calmer and tend to sleep better
5.  Babies have a higher Apgar score
6.  Fewer stress hormones in baby’s system
7.  Babies respond well to initial eye contact
8.  Babies cry less and are more peaceful
9.  Babies have less chance of respiratory or cardiac distress
10.  Babies enter the world naturally

Benefits for Mom

1. Eliminate or minimize pain
2. Shorten labor
3. Let go of fears and learn how to cope with anything
4. Increase your sense of control
5. Triple your chance of having a natural labor & birth
6. Meet other like-minded couples in a fun, easy class (great manual and CDs too!)
7. Set aside 2 hours every week to relax and learn about birth
8. Develop a deeper connection with your partner as he/she learns what really helps you
9. Reduce complications, bleeding, recovery time, baby blues and post-partum depression

1. Required pitocin half as often to start or speed labor
2. Had shorter labors (about 6 hours compared to 9-12 hours for first time mom’s)                           
3. Experienced much less pain or no pain at all
4. Were 3 times more likely to not need an epidural
5. Received less medication when it was needed
6. Had fewer complications
7. Required fewer interventions
8. Had more frequent vaginal births
9. Had babies with higher Apgar scores (a measure of overall health of baby after birth)
10. Had depressions much less frequently after birth
11. Recovered faster and more comfortably

• “I am excited to let you know that we have had our baby…It was a beautiful, fast labor and I am now an advocate of Blissborn!  I was so calm and relaxed that when I first went in they sent me walking with the option to go home for 2 hours.  I walked for less than an hour and had a feeling I needed a room.  While we were waiting for our room my water broke and in less than thirty minutes our newest addition A. was here…       The team in OB triage called me a stop and drop.  The birth was completely natural, not even an IV.  The midwife, nurses and doctors were so amazed and asked me so many questions…I am recovering very quickly.  Everyone can’t stop talking about how calm A. is.  Using hypnosis was truly an amazing experience.”  Nina and Eric


• “R. and I talk about the Blissborn class and techniques we learned to every expecting parent that we know.  I am still so glad because I was able to experience the feeling of M. being born.  And that is a gift that I will have for the rest of my life.”  P. and R.


• “Using Blissborn for our birth experience was one of the best decisions we ever made.  Unlike most couples we’ve met who eagerly moved on from the pain or embarrassment of their birth experiences, we love reliving ours and remembering how connected we felt that day to our newborn son.  The sense of calm brought about from using hypnosis was irreplaceable.  As the laboring mother, I felt in control of the entire birthing process.  My birth was quick, interesting and virtually painless – so much so that I can’t wait to do it again.  I feel completely empowered with what my body accomplished on it own, without the aid of any intervention.  On top of all that, our son is a remarkably calm baby, which we think had a lot to do with his relaxed entry into the world.  Our advice to you is simply to believe you can do it, know that it works, and whole-heartedly enjoy the process of connecting these weeks of hypnosis study with the birth of your new baby”  Mindy and Craig 


• “M. was born early this morning after a few hours of labor…An empowering, positive birth experience.”  Katy


• “It was a beautiful and powerful experience and I have my Blissborn classes to thank.  I’m positive this was the reason behind my mostly comfortable time in labor land.  I feel blessed to have had such a peaceful yet powerful birthing experience.”  Caroline and Jeff "  return

• Watch an ABC special on the sensual side of birth, including one with hypnosis.
• See a preview of The Business of Being Born, a documentary movie about the crisis facing pregnant women and birth in America.
• Watch a trailer for Orgasmic Birth, a film about the physical joy that's possible during labor.
• View an inspirational 10 minutes of Birth As We Know It.
• See two videos of normal birth in simplified 3D animation format: one with a focus on the cervix, and one with a focus on the pelvic bones.
• Try out a few acupressure points to help in labor.
• Read about the findings of the second Listening to Mothers study.