"Brains don't know how to have babies; bodies know how to have babies." Peggy Vincent, The Baby Catcher

Labour is work. The body in labour is doing something that requires a great deal of physical effort. Many women in our society are unaccustomed to hard physical work and they may interpret the sensation of hard work as Pain.

Exercise prepares your body for this hard work while keeping you healthy and getting your body physically for birth. (Always check with your health care provider before beginning any exercise program)

HypnoBirthing® is based on the belief that birth is meant to be natural, normal and healthy, not a medical incident. HypnoBirthing® therapists teach women how to do self-hypnosis and use very slow breathing methods that coincide with the body’s natural “surges,” otherwise known as contractions (NO huffing and puffing).

The World Health Organization states the following about normal birth:
We define normal birth as: spontaneous in onset, low-risk at the start of labour and remaining so throughout labour and delivery. The infant is born spontaneously in the vertex position between 37 and 42 completed weeks of pregnancy. After birth mother and infant are in good condition.

They further state that: