History of HypnoBirthing®
Experience a calmer, more relaxed, fear free natural birth
“My
dream is that every woman, everywhere, will know the joy of a
safe, satisfying birth for both her baby and herself—one she’ll
not need to forget.”
Marie F. Mongan, 1999
Founder of
HypnoBirthing®
Marie Mongan
Photography by Neal Scott
www.nealscott.net
HypnoBirthing is now in it's 19th year!
HypnoBirthing was developed by Marie Mongan in New
Hampshire in the United States for her daughter and two
friends.
Marie Mongan, M.Ed., M.Hy., of Chichester, NH is an
award-winning hypnotherapist who brings to her classroom
over thirty year's experience in education and
counselling.
Mickey is the mother of four children, all born in the
late 50s and early 60s. She experienced all four labours
using the techniques of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, one of
the pioneers in the field of natural childbirth, upon
whose work Mickey has based HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan
Method. Two of her birthings were entirely free of
anaesthesia at a time when it was unheard of.
Using her counselling background, and her skills as a
Master Hypnotherapist, she developed the HypnoBirthing®
program for her daughter and two friends. The success of
these births brought several hypnotherapists to Mickey's
office, asking to be trained in whatever she was doing
in birthing.
From there the program grew and took on a life of its
own. Medical people who witnessed HypnoBirthing® became
interested, and many became practitioners. Childbirth
educators from other programs came to be practitioners
as well.
Soon, the natural appeal of HypnoBirthing® began to
spread into the mainstream. Not long after that, in
1993, HypnoBirthing® was introduced into Canada, and
later into Australia, and finally into the UK.
Since then, many thousands of parents and their babies
have joined the ranks of HypnoBirthing® families. Today,
HypnoBirthing® is taught in twenty-two countries, and
more locations are being added on a regular basis.
The program has been recognized by many leading
newspapers and magazine publications across the world,
as well as being featured in "Better Homes and Gardens",
"Newsweek", and "Time Magazine".
Last year, "Good Morning America" featured HypnoBirthing
in a four-minute segment on national TV.
Because of HypnoBirthing®, couples today can look
forward to a beautiful, calm and serene birthing
experience, where mother, baby and birthing companion
combine in joyful bonding.
HypnoBirthing® is based on the work of Dr Grantly
Dick-Read, an English physician, and whose principles
are also the foundation of the National childbirth Trust
(NCT).
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is a trade name for a copyrighted childbirth education
program. The use of the name HypnoBirthing®, all
HypnoBirthing® materials and the information
contained in them is intended for individual, personal
use only and may not be used, sold, reproduced,
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affiliated with the HypnoBirthing InstituteSM
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