We teach classes designed by Marie
(Mickey) MONGAN author of HypnoBirthing® The Mongan Method.
HypnoBirthing® classes are designed to give you confidence and alleviate fear of labor
no matter where you are laboring..
"Hypnobirthing surely guided us through the whole later stage of our pregnancy
and we thank you Morrin for teaching us."Claire,
Eric and Helia, May 09
"Hi Morrin- Thank you so much for your help
yesterday. (Husband) and I left the session feeling so empowered and with so
much positive energy." Expectant Mom, (second time),36
Gisele
shares how easy it was to birth her child the way she wanted and comfortably... YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
We show you how:
HypnoBirthing at New York Awareness Center is a philosophy of a holistic approach to
safer and more comfortable birth.
"Despite the name, there’s no swinging
pendulum, no mantras – just deep breathing,
imagery, meditation techniques. Unlike some natural methods, hypnobirthing isn’t
about powering through pain, warrior-style. It’s about having a gentle birth,
confidence, love and comfort."
Laura Wides-Munoz,
HypnoBirthing Anyone?
HypnoBirthing® is as a philosophy and a set of techniques to Safer, Easier, More
Comfortable way of Birthing with Love, Energy and Family Bonding.
HypnoBirthing® was designed by Marie Mongan, CH, who had taught her daughters to
have fun birthing and their daughters too. HypnoBirthing® had provided thousands
of women with behavior models and techniques to enjoy birthing and reclaim the
power a woman's right to birth naturally and gently.
"When one of the nurses wanted to take a closer look, I told her
to wait, and with the next surge the head of the baby emerged and was expelled
with absolutely no effort on my side. I just lay on the bed watching my body in
awe."
"<Doula> reminded me to just follow my body's lead. I did
exactly that, and with a final surge my body birthed the baby's torso as
effortlessly as it had birthed her head. My husband made sure the baby was
placed onto my tummy for immediate bonding. ..And then we just enjoyed holding
her and watching her first moves." K W, April 2009
"We had our minds focused, and were breathing well. Breathing
was very important and set the tone for all the surges. It was most apparent
when a surge came abruptly after another, caught Claire off guard and she
struggled a little when not breathing well...
Hypnobirthing surely guided us through the whole later stage of our pregnancy
and we thank you for teaching us."Claire,
Eric and Helia, May 09
Hypnosis during labor is associated with a
reduction in analgesia (including epidural analgesia), increased satisfaction
with pain management, increased incidence of vaginal birth and reduced use of
synthetic oxytocin (Smith, Collins, Cyna, &
Crowther, 2006; Cyna, McAuliffe, & Andrew, 2004). Women trained in the use of
hypnosis learn to reduce their awareness of pain, and have a shorter first stage
of labor (Harmon, Hyman & Tyre, 1990). Benefits
of hypnosis may flow on to both the newborn child and women in the postnatal
period. Babies born to mothers who received childbirth training in hypnosis have
improved Apgar scores when compared with controls
(Bobart & Brown, 2002; Harmon, Hyman, & Tyre, 1990). In addition, Goldman
(Goldman, 1992) and McCarthy (McCarthy, 1998) have reported that
hypnotically trained pregnant women rarely experience
postnatal depression. Hypnosis, therefore, appears to offer substantial benefits
for both mother and baby.
DESIGN YOUR BIRTHING,
USING HYPNOBIRTHING®PHILOSOPHY, SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.
REMAIN IN FULL CONSCIOUSNESS AND IN CONTROL TO RECEIVE YOUR BABY COMFORTABLY,
LOVINGLY. Allow your baby to first see your eyes filled with love and pride.
HypnoBirthing Instructor will educate you on your baby birthing options you can
make your own independent natural choice. Choose to be AWARE and fully CONSCIOUS
while GIVING BIRTH BY YOUR OWN DESIGN through HypnoBirthing® as nature intended, normally and comfortably which bonding with your child
and feeling LOVE WITHOUT FEAR.
PAIN IS NOT a pre-requisite to giving birth! Surprised? Yes, HypnoBirthing research shows that pain is not present say those
who have used HypnoBirthing techniques.
"...I do have to say though, that both <husband> and the midwife thought I
was a bit TOO relaxed several times and that I needed to "feel" more so I could
make proper use of the surges when they came- I was so focused on relaxation and
transmuting whatever might have been perceived as pain..."
"It was so quiet in our room compared to all the rooms around us- we
could hear screaming and banging around and people shouting- and that was the
norm on the L and D floor!" More quotes about
HypnoBirthing from HypnoBirthing moms
click here.
Inexpensively, quickly and in a comfortable
central office setting weassist you in learning
about having a healthier happier experience
of safer, more comfortable birthing with a smile with the
Marie Mongan Method of Hypnobirthing®.
You allow yourself to be educated about your options of having a birth of your
baby the way YOU WANT IT. YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. We are just guiding
you in an educated, dedicated and creative ways for you to be able to have what
you want during your pregnancy, the birth of your baby and the first moments of
your bonding with your own baby.
In New York Awareness Center we uniquely combine the reality of
birthing education and
the spiritual awareness of the unknown. Morrin Bass is your HypnoBirthing
Facilitator. Morrin is trained by Mickey Mongan the author of HypnoBirthing,
The Mongan Method, the book you see below. Morrin is a professional Hypnosis
instructor for over 10 years and delivers superior service in the field of
training hypnotism. Her school for private training is recognized and is easily
the best in New York city.
Morrin is a skilled trainer, compassionate and talented teacher,
she is a recognized leader in the hypnosis community. Morrin does great hypnosis
and all her students and clients rave about her hypnotic skills. Morrin is a trained DONA doula,
and she had great success with moms of all ages.
Morrin is experienced in working with clients of various beliefs,
ages, and backgrounds, introducing the positive perspective with gentle
compassion and kindness of a real educator, and wise woman. There are things you
need to know and choices you can still make. Here you feel supported, at peace
and knowing more. And we offer great personal service. Read more about Morrin
Bass further down this page. Read more about what else we offer here down this
page.
* We do not advocate home birth only. We support
any choice of birth you make: Birthing center, water birth, home birth and even
a hospital helped birth. The only thing we do not advocate and do not support is
drugged birth, scheduled cesareans and unnecessarily manipulated birthing. We do
not support deliberate ignorance and carelessness. We teach you to be
comfortable at your birth and be safe, as well as be able to feel the way to
WANT to feel, happy, elated, joyful, bonded with your baby and loved ones,
orgasmic, loving, light, smiling, or laughing, rather than scared and pained. We
help you relieve the fears and concerns before birthing, so you can go into the
birthing happy and light and enjoy your time.
When you
give birth at home, your feel safer, unrushed, comfortable and supported by your
family, than in a hospital facility, where you are pushed to finish up, and
agree to measures you don't like, or have no decision privilege. Fact: in 1900s
90% of all births happened at home; in 1955 only 1% of births took place at
home. Business of Birthing, a Documentary by Ricky Lake, sites: Hospitals
are businesses, beds need to be filled and then emptied, and many women do not
have the time to enjoy the birthing process naturally, as it should go on. They
are induced, they are sped up, they are made to comply the orders of the
hospital, doctors, and the whole business of birthing. Use of Caesarian section
is peaking. In the 1970s - only 40%, last decade -70%, since 1996 the case of
using caesarian section for birthing had risen to 96%, in 2005 on in every three
women had caesarian!
US has the second worst birth rate in the world.
Very high maternal mortality in hospitals.
In Europe and Japan 70% of births are at home and
attended by midwives. In the US only 8% are home births.
Vaginally and
naturally born babies develop better, learn better, and are more confident and
successful faster in life.
Studies show that
babies gently stroked and caressed by mothers at least five minutes every hour
for four weeks after birth grow to be more confident and happy.
The vast majority of contemporary young women don't know anything
about giving birth to their child. They know very little about pregnancy,
breastfeeding and breech or c-section birthing before
the doctors begin to tell them what they should do and what they should not do,
then it is too late.
With HypnoBirthing®
the rate of your baby to be born healthy is higher than in the hospital.
With HypnoBirthing®the
rate of your baby grow up healthy is higher than hospital birth.
With HypnoBirthing®
awareness the rate of your body to be prepared for birthing is higher.
With HypnoBirthing®
any special circumstances are ok!
With HypnoBirthing®
you are present to your baby when he/she is coming to you, you are able to watch
the baby finding your breast (Breastfeeding Healthy) and be happy when you begin
to bond.
You are present at
your baby's birth, not absent by drugs and epidurals.
You enjoy your baby's
birth.
You are having a good
time giving birth.
STOP!
Stop holding out on your baby,
you baby needs you! Educate yourself. Take your HypnoBirthing class with us and
you will learn.
Start your
preparation for natural comfortable vaginal birthing and greet your baby with a smile with the Marie
Mongan Method of
Stills from the documentary Business of Being Born
START NOW~
Come to us to learn, prepare yourself, get
comfortable with yourself and your time in being pregnant, use this time
creatively to prepare for comfortable birthing:
We will teach you, educate you, help you acquire
the necessary skills before giving birth and even before making your decision
where to give birth, at home or not, so you can be the decision maker, not your
doctor!
Women are largely afraid of birthing. Because of
our societal pre-conceived notions and expectations, shared stories since our
girlhood, we, women EXPECT PAIN in child birth!!! We expect having a traumatic
experience at birth of our child!
And therefore, we are angry, dissatisfied,
frustrated, unfulfilled and un-understood in our pregnant wishes, needs and
wants!
NOW, the contemporary woman comes out
transformed. The woman is assertive in her needs and wants, for herself and her
baby. Natural birth with the Marie Mongan method is leading to the highest dose
of oxytocin*, endorphins**, numbing the pains and elevating the
feeling of love "high" you ever experience.
DO NOT delay, start your
preparation for natural comfortable birthing with a smile with the Marie
Mongan Method of Hypnobirthing®
now!
Oxytocin
(IPA:
/ˌɔk.sɪ.ˈtoʊ.sɪn/) (Greek, "quick birth") is a
mammalianhormone
that also acts as a
neurotransmitter in the
brain. In
women, it is released in large amounts after distension of the
cervix and
vagina
during labor, and after stimulation of the
nipples,
facilitating
birth
and
breastfeeding, respectively. It is occasionally misspelled as oxytoxin.
Synthetic oxytocin is sold as medication under the trade names Pitocin
and Syntocinon as well as generic oxytocin.
In humans,
oxytocin is thought to be released during hugging, touching, and
orgasm in
both sexes. In the brain, oxytocin is involved in social recognition and
bonding, and may be involved in the formation of trust between people and
generosity.
**
Endorphin
Endorphins
are
endogenous
opioid
polypeptide compounds. They are produced by the
pituitary gland and the
hypothalamus in
vertebrates during strenuous exercise, excitement, and orgasm; and they
resemble the
opiates in their abilities to produce
analgesia and a sense of well-being. Endorphins work as "natural pain
killers", whose effects may be enhanced by other medications.
The term
"endorphin" implies a
pharmacological activity (analogous to the activity of the
corticosteroid category of biochemicals) as opposed to a specific
chemical formulation. It consists of two parts: endo- and -orphin;
these are short forms of the words endogenous and morphine,
intended to mean "a morphine-like substance originating from within the
body."
Participation of
mother in her child being born is very important.
Who wants to give birth to a baby not knowing
what is going on, asleep, unprepared?
Who wants to give birth unknowingly losing the
innate connection with the child? In advance developing the post partum
depression? Unable to control her feelings? Unaware of her baby's first needs?
Who wants to bring the baby into life unaware of
how the baby chose you, or what the baby wants from your presence?
Instead, CHOOSE to be aware, happy and prepare to
greet your baby's arrival with a smile and support of your family, FULLY
CONSCIOUS and strong to hold the baby in your first AWE in seeing this little
life to the big world! With
Hypnobirthing®
you can do anything and still be aware and give birth happily with a smile.
HypnoBirthing® means Hypnosis
for Birthing - a philosophy and a technique use during birthing by women and
their companions to create a comfortable and safe environment for birthing your
baby.
HypnoBirthing®
means feeling everything, except pain, remember all sequences of events,
unfolding during birthing, not missing out on anything, communicating actively
and constructively during this transformative period, humanizing birth
experience for yourself, your partner and your baby.
Research on natural and home births is
consistently better, safer, supported by the environment, with a higher rate of
birthing a healthy baby, alert and strong survival skills innate for each
naturally born child.
DO NOT delay, start your
preparation for natural comfortable birthing with a smile with the Marie
Mongan Method of Hypnobirthing®
now!
"A few years ago I
made a transition to HypnoBirthing®, and I now truly believe that normal birthing
does not have to involve pain." Dr. Lorne R. Campbell, Sr., Clinical Assistant
Professor of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, and SUNY Buffalo School
of Medicine. In the foreword to the book by Marie Mongan, HypnoBirthing, The Mongan
Method.
" I heartily recommend
this ... well thought-out program ..., for its contribution toward making the
birth of children a positive and gentle step on their way to a better world."
Dr. Lorne R. Campbell.
Three minutes
after going through the labor and delivery doors, I had Greer.
I went in for a 41st week
appointment and had an ultrasound. My amniotic fluid was very low and the
placenta looked old and had lots of calcification. They wanted to induce
immediately, but I didn’t want to, so they checked me and I was almost fully
effaced and 3 cm. We decided to strip my membranes to try to bring on labor
(which made me 4cm) and have an IV to try to increase fluids to buy me another
day or two. The fluids didn’t do much so I went home that night scheduled to
come back the next morning to check the fluid again and get a second opinion
about whether induction was necessary. The next morning, I started having back
labor at about 6:15am. I spent a lot of time in the shower and in the "polar bear"
position. We decided to head to the hospital at 8:15am as my surges had started
coming about a minute apart from about 5 minutes apart at 6:15am. Steve ran in
to get a wheel chair and rushed me to labor and delivery. The nurse who had
given me the IV the day before was on her way back from getting coffee and saw
us coming. She rushed us through the doors at 9am and by the time I took off my
skirt, I had a strong urge to push. Three minutes after going through the labor
and delivery doors, I had Greer.
Giving Birth: Upright Positions Shorten
First Stage Labor
Science Daily
April 16, 2009
New findings by Cochran researchers indicate that lying down during the early
stages of childbirth may slow progress of labor. Data from 21 studies involving
3,706 births show that those women who labored in an upright position had a
shorter labor than those who lay down. Researchers stress that more studies are
needed to understand how birthing positions relate to pain, control and
satisfaction of the birth experience.
This is baby Victoria Charles at 8
months photographed at a seminar in Lambertville, NJ, June 2007
Born naturally with a smile
on mom's face. This
baby is more developed and looks more mature than babies her age. She had never
had any vaccinations and never was sick, or with any discomfort, (except her
teeth are beginning to come). Her parents let
her explore her environment in a natural way, Victoria crawls into the most
unheard of places and tastes and touches things, even off the floor, without her parents going
"Don't touch! Don't eat this!" she immediately drops from her mouth
food that is not clean or good, without swallowing, something that is not
good or edible, and her explorations are resulting in her being environment
conscious and aware of her body boundaries, keeping herself safe.
She can sit on the table with her parents and other kids in the family eating
dinner, somehow being aware of the edge of the table under her little touchy,
balancing herself in a way to stay stable and vertical. Of course, father and
mother are near and watching! Of course they are available and their arms are around to
protect her! Victoria is well fed by her mother's breasts and longs to have a
taste of each meal the adults have and at her age she is aware of what other
foods taste like and has her preferences and dislikes. For example, she dislikes
oranges, and likes apples, she likes some meats and cheeses, and some breads,
pasta and meat sauce, and some Chinese and Indian cuisine. She also does not mind new people
in her environment and greets them in a friendly way. She rarely cries and most
of her time she spends in quiet research of her surroundings. She can stand
being "wet" for hours, she is free from all vaccinations and is happy without any medications.
Do you want your baby to be
healthy and happy? Choose HypnoBirthing method of birth.
As soon as possible. Sign up as soon
as you know you are pregnant. Allow yourself time to integrate the learning of
the material, exercises and techniques. Allow yourself and your partner to clear
the past preconceived notions about birthing, clear all fears and concerns, all
negative non-useful patterns in your behavior, non-effective communication to
yourself and others. Instead, leave plenty of time to create the space for the
new patterns, positive effective patterns and language of positive self-talk and
re-creating the new defaults for breathing, relaxation and acquiring the skill
of listening to your body, which is a must for your peaceful labor. Why not prepare
at your own pace, in a safe and calm and more comfortable way? You want to
begin to eat the right food, exercise your body in a correct way, perhaps learn
about where to get a pre-natal massage and herbals, natural whole experience for
yourself and your baby.
We teach moms and their partners as
early as 20 weeks and as late as 39 weeks of pregnancy in these classes.
How determined are you to have a
birth of your desire?
Hypnobirthing®
- the Mongan Method - is a philosophy, a live active technique, not just a
theory. The method itself is not new, it has been in existence thousands of
years. The concept of comfort during natural vaginal birthing was restored in its value by Dr.
Dick-Read, an English obstetrician, in 1920s.
The method teaches the absence of:
fear
tension
pain
Instead it teaches to recapture the
relaxation
calmness
serene frame of mind
comfort instilling techniques
as well as restoring a powerful sense
of a woman's self-esteem in birthing
recapturing a strong sense of owning
your birthing experience
creating a healthy and powerful
natural environment in your mind and
teaching your body to reawaken to its
natural knowledge
Hypnobirthing®
is not a trance or sleep
Instead Hypnobirthing®
is a state of
alert being,
full awareness
focus on the positive,
focusing attention on the process of
birthing
With HypnoBirthing®
you are present to your baby when he/she is coming to you, you are able to watch
the baby finding your breast (Breastfeeding Healthy) and be happy when you begin
to bond.
You are present at
your baby's birth, not absent by drugs and epidurals.
Fear in pregnancy can be detrimental
to your birth expectations. In HypnoBIrthing classes we alleviate this fear
through hypnotic exercises and exercises, and teach you to become fearless.
However, in class we do not address in depth some issues that may have been in
the past.
If you feel that there are more fears
than a normal anticipation, past abuse, or there has been a miscarriage, loss of pregnancy,
special circumstances, etc., please refer to our
Hypnotherapy section and schedule yourself for a healing session. You will
be surprised how soon you will experience change in your perceptions; the
majority of clients come away with a sense of well-being and peace. The
earlier you address these issues the safer your birthing experience. Just allow
yourself and your baby have the experience you deserve and want instead of
suffering the pain of the past or carrying on with the baggage that no longer
works for you. This takes courage.
To become courageous and loving
mother call Morrin for hypnotherapy and skills of self-hypnosis for pregnancy. Liberate yourself with love and compassion from the skilled
healing practitioner. We work with techniques in Reiki®, Hypnosis
and MythoSelf®.
We work with you so instead of looking
back you feel accomplished in going forward.
Take Care of yourself:
Learn
to Manage your
Weight before you get pregnant, while you are pregnant, Stop Smoking,
stop
other bad habits, Learn to Relax in a stress
free environment in our office to acquire the skill for relaxation for every day,
learn to eat well, drink lots of water and exercise, using prenatal yoga, etc.
A Russian woman travels to Israel to Dead Sea to birth her baby in the sea
waters
A Russian woman, Irina Kolosova, comes to Israel Dead Sea to birth her third son
in the waters of the sea. She birthed her first two sons in the waters of the
Black Sea. She follows her feeling to birth naturally in the natural waters of
the sea, but the Black Sea waters are too cold this time of year. Irina is a
children's swimming trainer.
Irina confesses that she did serious preparation to avoid any circumstances to
prevent her birth from being successful. She meditated and stretched, prayed and
swam daily. She had a team of relatives to support her. She talks about her
feelings of sadness about the modern medical science addressing birth as illness
and therefore treating it like illness in the hospital setting, disallowing a
woman to enjoy the feeling of freedom, connection with nature and love for her
baby.
Watch her natural birth in the sea waters, in real time, early evening swim turning
into a baby birthing before sunset. Allow yourself to awe about the primal natural
beauty of this act.
(The video is in Iddish and Russian, no English version yet, so you just watch
and in 8 minutes you get the feeling from this picture)
A slap in the face to the western medical
community who are unable to birth breech babies other than through a cesarean!
Enjoy the peace around this birth and the facility with which the baby makes
stepping motions with his feet.
Gisele
shares how easy it was to birth her child the way she wanted and comfortably... YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
We show you how:
Morrin in
Israel, during instruction
Victoria
visits our classes in New York Oct 2008.
