Father's page

With conventional births as a father you can end up taking a back seat, without a well defined role in the delivery room or even with a home birth, you can sometimes end up feeling like a bystander.

In your partner's HypnoBirth® you will have a very important role. You will become the main point of contact between the medical staff and your partner when she is deeply relaxed. You will learn the questions to ask the medical staff to find out if your partner needs more time to birth your baby naturally or if it is time to allow medical staff to intervene.

You will be the guardian of the birthing room, you will make sure that the environment remains condusive to a relaxed happy birthing. You will learn the techniques that enable your partner to become deeply relaxed, you will become her coach and will also learn the HypnoBirthing® techniques that will make you an essential part of the birth of your baby.

By being so involved fathers find that this enables them to form a very strong bond with their new born child.

"Several of my friends have had babies recently, and many of them told me it was a traumatic and stressful experience.

They said they felt powerless to ease the pain their partner was going through, and didn't know what they were supposed to do.

Thanks to the techniques ..., I was able to help Catherine right the way through, and we both thoroughly enjoyed the birth - it was fantastic!"

Mark Jackson, Jersey

If you're not sure if you can be present at the birth of your child or are not sure if you want to take on the role of birth partner your partner can choose someone else to act as her birth partner, for example her mother, sister or friend. If you are not sure, both you and the alternative birth partner can attend at no extra cost.

If at all possible we prefer the father to be the birthing partner as it helps the bonding process with the new baby.

I think the real success story for HypnoBirthing® is its benefit to men. Men have the hardest job really, being supportive to their partners but not really having a defined role.

Men's role as HypnoBirthing® partners is clearly key to the whole success story and being actively involved in the birth of their children allows men to bond easily and immediately with them.

Jacqui , independent midwife UK