Family-centered & evidence-based services

Our history

Founded in 2015 Boston Hypnobirthing, eponymous for the hypnobirthing method taught in our popular childbirth classes, has served hundreds of families in Greater Boston and beyond.  We've also been known as Boston Births on social media (see our insta page @bostonbirths).

The focus of our work has always rested in providing outstanding, accessible, and equitable perinatal services to expectant families.  We have had the honor of working with families from all walks of life and healthcare providers, and continue to strive to reduce barriers to high quality perinatal education and lactation care. Our mothers experience lower rates of labor augmentation and surgical births, and higher rates of maternal satisfaction, natural vaginal birth, and longer duration of breastfeeding.  

Our philosophical  approach

Our childbirth philosophy brings together Hypnobirthing and holistic practices that are rooted in the belief that childbirth is a normal and natural process in the absence of special medical circumstances, and not an illness or medical event. We teach techniques that we have found to be effective, including relaxation, special breathing, visualization, self-hypnosis, and guided imagery, to help expectant parents feel physically, mentally, and emotionally prepared for childbirth, and reduce fear, anxiety and pain.  

Hypnobirthing is a comprehensive childbirth education program that emphasizes the mind-body connection to facilitate calmer, easier, and gentler birthing.  You and your birth partner will learn how to give birth confidently and calmly in any environment. 

FEAR IN CHILDBIRTH
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As a society, we are socialized to believe that childbirth is an inherently painful process that is to be avoided or feared.  Like all mammals, our bodies naturally respond to stress with psychological, hormonal and behavioral coping strategies and defense mechanisms that can influence pain perception.  In labor or birth, stress can lead to adverse effects such as increased pain, maternal and/or fetal distress, and prolonged labor duration. 

We often assume interventions are the answer to our fears, erroneously believing that they should be routine for all women. Mothers --and even partners who fear childbirth should know that surgical delivery is not the only way out.  Likewise, the routine use of intravenous fluids, epidural analgesia, labor argumentation, continuous fetal monitoring, episiotomy, and restrictions on eating and drinking not only disturb the normal processes of labor and birth, but can diminish a woman's ability to cope with labor.  

These interventions are commonplace in the U.S., characterizing the majority of births in America.  We believe interventions are important tools in maternity care when used appropriately. After all, there no right or wrong way to birth.   However, research shows that when mothers and their birth partners learn about natural birth processes, and understand informed consent and alternative choices, they have less fear and anxiety to begin with, and less desire or need for labor interventions.

Through our childbirth programs, you will learn not only that childbirth is a normal event, but that it also does not have to be feared.  Our classes will teach you how to remain calm and relaxed in order to assist the body's instincts and normal psychological functions. 

With our science based techniques and education, healthy mothers, and even those who require assistance due to special circumstances, learn to bring their babies into the world in a calm and gentle way, reducing fear and anxiety and feeling empowered through educated decision-making.

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Who are our classes good for?

Everyone!  Whether you plan to have a hospital, home, birth center, obstetrician or midwife-led birth, we can help you achieve the most optimal birth experience possible.  The relaxation techniques we teach are associated with decreased use of synthetic pain relief, lower cesarean rates, decreased length of labor, and increased physical comfort and emotional satisfaction.  So whether you want to do things totally naturally or want some more flexibility, we can help you have a calmer, kinder, gentler and more positive birth experience.

We firmly believe that a flexible, individualized, and up-to-date approach is best, and we offer a combination of simple and effective hypnobirthing (self-hypnosis/hypnotherapy), visualization, meditation, breathing, and other natural techniques to optimize your labor and birth experience.  

The cost of our childbirth courses includes our proprietary Birth Toolkit (an essential course pack), text book, birth affirmation cards, and ongoing email and phone support throughout your pregnancy. Your birth partner attends free of charge. *Virtual classes: you'll receive a box with all this great stuff mailed to your home.

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​Benefits of hypnobirthing

• shorter length of labor
• reduces incidence of preterm labor
• lower incidence of induction and use of Pitocin to speed up labor
• fewer episiotomies
• lower incidence of cesarean section

• greater role for birth partner
• flexibility in birth plan
• better relationships with providers
• greater satisfaction with labor and birth experience

Some of our families

Why Choose Boston Births

Collaboration
In our practice, we have seen firsthand how collaborating with diverse groups of people advances positive, family-centered maternity care. We embrace all families and foster a culture of inclusion and support for all. 

Compassion
​We believe compassionate, nurturing, and judgement- free care improves wellness and birth outcomes for all families.  Our goal is to always meet you where you're at, and to respect your views and wishes. 

Choice
The heart of our mission is to empower mothers through informed decision-making. We believe in the freedom to make decisions based on knowledge of alternatives in family-centered maternity and newborn care.