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5 reasons your childbirth educator certification and training should include hypnobirthing

Completing a childbirth educator certification is appealing to many, doulas and non-doulas alike. But should you go with a big name like Lamaze? Do you really need a certification to find a childbirth educator job? How can I help people feel truly prepared and able to carry what they learned into their birth experience? Read on to find out why hypnobirthing is such an asset.

#1 While childbirth educator jobs might be hard to come by, hypnobirthing educators have an easier time than other independent educators filling their own classes.

There are lots of searches on Google every month by expectant parents searching for hypnobirthing classes. So although there are limited opportunities to be hired by a hospital or birthing center as a hypnobirthing instructor, you can create your own practice and design it however and wherever you'd like.

#2 If you're already a doula, completing a hypnobirthing childbirth educator certification supports your growth and stability.

Want to stay active in the birthing community while staying off call for longer? I don't know a single birth doula who wouldn't say, "Yes, please!" Teaching childbirth classes brings you a source of income that can be scheduled on your calendar, giving you some much needed balance and the ability to take time off.

#3 Find more ease during the births you do attend.

Do you ever find yourself wishing your birth doula clients had more skills to support their labors? HelloBirth tools can help people stay at home in early labor and more self-reliant while doing so. And when you join them / when they go to the hospital, clients who prepped with hypnosis for birth continue to find greater than average ease and comfort as they progress to pushing their babies out. We're not saying that other outcomes (epidurals or Cesareans) are "less than." Not even in the least! But wouldn't it be nice to witness your clients getting what they envision for their births more frequently?

#4 Deepen your client relationships.

Part of the benefit of serving as a childbirth educator is not just the skills, tools and knowledge you can offer, but the trust you can build with your participants. How wonderful it is to have spent regular time for weeks in a row with your clients prior to showing up for them as their birth doula or their postpartum doula? It really allows a sweetness and a closeness to your interactions that benefits them and you.

#5 There really is no better set of birthing skills than birth hypnosis!

The bottom line is that the quickest, easiest way to help your clients release fears about their birth, be more emotionally present with their labors, learn empowering skills to allow them more control over how they experience their birthing sensations, is through regular, deep hypnosis sessions. These are offered to every single participant through the HelloBirth audio library. So even if you are a new teacher still honing your skills, you will be offering each student who enrolls in your class the benefit of a private birthing hypnotherapist (whose voice is on the recordings)! This is the key reason that HelloBirth hypnobirthing childbirth educator trainings and hypnobirthing classes for parents are so tremendously valuable. And the best news is that almost anyone can find benefit from participating in hypnosis sessions because it's easy, relaxing and enjoyable.

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