The Experience
This Experience is truly unique; it incorporates the use of hypnosis to assist women to be more relaxed and confident in labour. Through hypnosis women experience reduced pain, fewer medical interventions and less postpartum depression. In each of the three sessions Jennifer Elliott, hypnotherapist, childbirth educator and doula, will teach you self-hypnosis, guide you through a relaxing and empowering session of hypnosis, and train your partner to guide you into deep relaxation. These classes may be all you need to prepare for the birth of your baby.

Jennifer, a graduate of the Humber College Childbirth Educators Program has been teaching childbirth classes since 1993. She taught in a hospital for seven years and now teaches in the community, including her home, a midwifery clinic and other locations. Jennifer continually searches for better ways to teach and approach labour and has studied with Pam England, author of Birthing from Within.

In 1994 Jennifer became a doula through Doulas of North America (now DONA International). She has attended births in hospital and in homes, attended by OBs, GPs and midwives. She has supported her clients through vaginal birth, with and without pain medication, and through Caesarean births. After attending several Caesarean births in a row Jennifer decided that there must be more she could do to make birth better. A recently released report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information citing a rise in medical interventions such as epidurals, inductions and Caesareans further motivated her.

In September 2003 Jennifer certified as a hypnotherapist and followed this training with specialized training in Hypnosis for Childbirth and HypnoBirthing. She is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc. She assists women and their partners to cope more easily with labour through hypnosis and reports great success.

Price
$669.26 (includes applicable taxes) based on one family
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Includes

• Three 2-hour private sessions of Hypnosis for Childbirth & Guidance sessions
• 5 CDs to prepare you for hypnosis
• Plush baby toy
• Experience itinerary
• Unforgettable Days camera
• Signature packaging and delivery to the recipient

Location
Available at your home, within the GTA and surrounding areas. If you are located outside of these parameters, please contact us – traveling fees may be applicable.

Vital Information
You may begin classes as early as 25 weeks pregnant. Please ensure that you have a quiet room in your house for the Experience (please – no children, pets, or telephone in the room) and some comfortable chairs to sit in. please inform us upon booking if you have a DVD or VCR to watch a birthing video during the experience.

Numbers
This is a private Experience, intended for the “mother-to-be” and her partner.

Session Length
This Experience takes place for three sessions of 2-hours each.

Weather
N/A

Dress Code
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Availability
Days, evenings or weekends - booking a month in advance is preferred.

More Information
The classes should be taken consecutively and not exceed 1 week between each session – all sessions should be booked at the same time.

Delivery
All Experiences include Next-Day evening delivery with UPS (registered mail). If you would like a morning delivery time or perhaps on a Saturday, please contact us or mention this on the order form.