Hypnosis for Birth
I'm Tracy Barrett Adams, a clinical hypnotherapist specializing in pain relief, insomnia, and anxiety. I'm also a mother of four, birth doula, and childbirth educator.
I would be honored to share this time in your life, and help prepare you for a positive childbirth experience.
This course offers evidence-informed approaches to labor and birth, so that you can meet your experience with effective relaxation tools, confident self-advocacy skills, and a mindset that supports your centered birth.
Tracy, I just want to say thank you for the informative hypnobirthing class and the helpful one-on-one zoom call.
I was blessed with a birth experience that’s better than what I hoped for ... it was super helpful for me to use the 3-2-1 rapid relaxation method, the heavy hand, and the breathing technique [we worked on] during our Zoom call.
Thank you for building the course and being available to answer questions, and I LOVE your audio recordings and the affirmation cards.
(H.W., Seattle)
Self-Paced with Live Online Support
Receive immediate access to the entire course content
(8 hours of self-paced videos, 5 hypnosis MP3s)
Join live online sessions throughout your pregnancy for additional support and practice.
Hard-copy book mailed to your home
8 Hours of Self-Paced Learning
Plus Live Online Support
Here's what you'll learn:
- Connecting with your natural birthing instincts
to build trust in your body’s signals, so you can respond with confidence during labor. - Rapid self-relaxation and deepening techniques
so you avoid accumulating tension, even as labor progresses. - Breathing techniques for labor and birth
so you have simple, effective ways to work with the sensations of labor. - Hypnosis MP3s to prepare for birth
to help reduce unconscious fear and support a calm, relaxed state. - Understanding a partner’s role throughout labor and birth
so your support person knows how to be helpful. - Positions and activities that support labor progression
to help you work with your body and encourage steady progress. - Connecting positively with your care team
so you can work together to make informed, supported choices along the way. - Advocating for yourself and your baby with clarity and collaboration
ensuring your preferences are heard and respected. - Applying these tools if you’re facing a medical concern during pregnancy
so you can stay grounded, supported, and engaged even if plans need to adapt.
More about live support sessions
- What they are: 45-minute small group sessions with Tracy, designed to support your learning with a flexible structure. These sessions are optional, though encouraged. In each session, Tracy highlights an aspect of the course, answers your questions, and sets aside a few minutes for practice.
- Who should come? You are welcome to attend on your own, or with your partner or birth support person.
- Schedule: Sessions are held weekly, and you’re welcome to attend throughout your pregnancy. The day and time may vary from week to week to accommodate student schedules. Within the course, you can make requests to help us find a time that works for you.
“We took Tracy’s class online. With pregnancy brain it was helpful to just do a little every day, and then be able to review. The hypnosis was mostly easy to learn with the videos but I kind of didn’t get one of the breathing techniques , so Tracy worked with me more than once in the live meeting time, and it fell into place. The convenience was great and the sense of feeling so cared for by Tracy was an immense help for me.” (Rachel Y., Seattle, WA)
Without hypnobirthing, my experience would have been SO much more difficult. It kept me calm and relaxed through the whole labor, in spite of my anxiety. It also helped my husband and I to know exactly what to do for me to make me the most comfortable.
Because of the class, we had so many important conversations before the birth that we didn't even know we should be having! It made us closer as a couple and helped my husband to feel like more than just a bystander. He was an active participant in our baby's birth.
Before signing up, we were worried it would be a little too "out there" for us. However, the instructors were very grounded and we found everyone participating to be exceedingly normal and fun to talk to. So worth the time, so worth the money ... we'll probably be back for a refresher course when we get around to having our second!
Tracy Barrett Adams, Clinical Hypnotherapist & Childbirth Educator.
As a mother of four and childbirth doula, Tracy is intimately familiar with the real-world challenges of labor and birth, and she's thoroughly committed to equipping parents to move through challenges with calm and confidence.
When not working with pregnancy related issues, Tracy specializes in working with chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, and self-destructive habits like hair pulling.
Tracy teaches the Integrative Medical Hypnosis practitioner certification course for the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy, and teaches advanced hypnosis practitioner programs for insomnia, migraine, and perimenopause.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hypnobirthing will be of benefit whether you begin early in pregnancy or very near the finish line, though most begin between 24 and 32 weeks (giving you time to absorb the material and practice). Whenever you begin, join me in live online sessions so you get the support you need.
Hypnosis is a safe, natural state of selective, focused attention, and typically people in hypnosis feel fully present, though very relaxed.
By intentionally creating the state of hypnosis, you can achieve a deeper level of relaxation than might normally be available to you, all the while remaining calm and aware of everything around you.
While using hypnosis you will be fully awake, you will be aware of everything around you and be fully capable of having conversations with others, and you can choose to move out of self-hypnosis at any time.
Self-hypnosis will help you to be more relaxed and calm, and will not alter or eliminate any memories.
The calm and absorbed state of focus allows you to create a mental, emotional, and physical environment that’s primed for a positive birth experience.
Using hypnosis for childbirth does not ensure a pain-free labor. What it does offer is a conditioned relaxation response that helps your muscles release and work with labor rather than brace in opposition. Many people describe this preparation as supporting a calmer internal experience, even as labor intensifies.
Hypnosis supports you in meeting the sensations that arise as labor progresses with practiced techniques that help you stay centered and responsive as you move closer to holding your baby.
Most partners recognize the benefits of being informed, and go through all the videos, and then use the quick reference guides in the book to enhance the support they can offer during pre-labor practice sessions and during labor itself.
Yes, absolutely. This program is flexible, and you’ll be equipped to use techniques independently.
If you have more than one life partner or are part of a parent group, your group is welcome to attend.
If you have a doula who would like to attend, please go ahead and put them in touch with me, as there may be more direct ways for them to become acquainted with the tools you're learning in ways that will be helpful to you.
Yes. Self-hypnosis can support any type of birth, whether you plan an unmedicated labor, expect to use pain medication, or are preparing for an induction or surgical birth.
The techniques you learn help you relax physically and mentally, so you can stay focused and resourced throughout your birth experience.
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We found it so helpful to prepare for the birth of our baby girl. In addition to the hypnobirthing philosophy and techniques, you learn how to be your own advocate in the birthing process ...
We HIGHLY recommend this class to anyone preparing for your labor and parenthood."
(Erin M., Seattle, WA)
DISCLAIMER:
Results may vary from person to person. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy are not meant to diagnose or treat any disease, but rather it is intended to provide information, education, and skills that will help you to be effective in helping yourself.
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