Is the Positive Birth Company hypnobirthing pack worth it?

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Considering buying it as I've heard good things but £39?!? Maybe I'm just cheap but I feel like that's so expensive! Would definitely appreciate some opinions on it before I get it. I'm struggling with a lot of anxiety ATM at 30 weeks and looking for things to help - I've already had one child and this is my second and somehow knowing what's to come this time round has me more nervous than I was the first time 🙄

Do you use Instagram? Their page is really good and posts a lot so you could use that as a resource for a couple of weeks to see if it's worth it? They also have a good Youtube channel - I've actually used a lot of their online resources without actually buying the pack (although I'm sure the pack is fantastic!)

Ah I didn't know they had stuff like that online I'll have to check that out, thank you for the tip 😊

It is very, very good. For me, not just the hypnobirthing stuff, but giving an in depth understanding of what was about to physically happen - I needed that so much. I felt a lot more confident. Highly recommended.

Yep it’s amazing value. Very cheap compared to what you’d pay for classes.

Yep :)

Just popping in to say that I think 39 is a good price but everyone please remember that hypnobirthing is anxiety and pain management techniques which can help you cope with pain and anxiety but cannot lead you to have a certain type of birth of your body and/or your baby have other ideas. Just so if it's not straightforward you don't beat yourself up afterwards for not hypnobirthing "well enough". HTH!

Following as I'm trying to decide between "the positive birth company" and "the birth uprising". Very close in price so no idea how to choose!

Money wise, I agree with pp that it's one of the cheapest. I have very mixed feelings about the actual content though. It's very biased towards natural water births and quite negative towards induction, pain relief, intervention etc. As a naive FTM I lapped it up and was therefore left feeling like a failure when I did not get to give birth in the pool but instead ended up in theatre with forceps. Some bits, like the science sections are great, but I would say also educate yourself on all types of birth so that you are as prepared as you can be, whatever happens on the day!

@twinkleteas your message was what I needed to see a few months ago haha! I've accepted now that of course I didn't fail, but if I could have my time again, I'd do a different course that was more balanced...

Yes it is 100% worth it. I'm not a hippy dippy type at all but had a friend who also isn't recommend it to me. I was nervous about my 2nd labour, was aiming for a VBAC but kept crying with fear in my last trimester😬Exactly the same as you, more nervous 2nd time around as less naive. Oh my word what a difference it made though, the breathing techniques in particular were worth the money alone and I can weirdly look back on birth 2 which was a vbac in the end and say I 'almost' enjoyed it! Or at least felt very superwoman and in control. Good luck!

I disagree that it heavily favours water birth etc, I felt it covered all options and explained how to make the best of an induction etc.

I found it assumes you have agency in asking for what you want (when in my experience the midwives utterly ignored me to the point I was telling them I needed to push and they walked out of the room without saying anything and didn't come back for 3 hours) and there's an element of blame attached if you do end up in an induction/C-section scenario.

This is how I took it as well.

I'm autistic so being taught how to take control of the things I could control (ie the type of care I was receiving, whether I wanted vaginal checks etc) was really helpful. The course also made me aware of all the different types of births I could have and how to draw up a 'plan of action' for all of those eventualities.

On paper the birth of my son looked awful. It was a 36 hour labour with a 3b tear at the end but I don't view it as a negative experience.

I just bought the book, it was about £10? Really useful stuff!

Yes! But they often have offers for less - £20ish last time I saw it!

I found it really helpful and when I was in Labour I was able to visualise what my body was doing and breathe my baby out.

they usually have deals etc so maybe wait a bit and see if an offer comes up to get it cheaper.

you get quite a lot with the pack, I loved the positive affirmations and said them to myself regularly to help myself feel positive about birth instead of scared! I was induced but I would say I had a positive birth and managed with just gas and air, partly due to my mindset - helped by the PBC course!

Hello, I didn’t get a pack, I got 6 hour long sessions, tailored to my fears by a really good hypnotist. It meant I could feel the pain but it was somewhere else, if that makes sense and I was able to really enjoy the sensations. Also meant the time between contractions seemed longer so I was able to wrest and the contractions seemed short. The nurse couldn’t believe I was 9 cm dilated and happy and laughing. So I would recommend someone who can tailor to your individual fears and mindset, but I do think a pack will help too. Hypnotism is amazing stuff. Pm me if you’d like the name of my person .

Hypnobirthing and hypnotism are different things 😊

I used hypnobirthing with my second DC after difficult first birth with DC1 . I would really recommend it . I went to classes though which worked out more expensive so I'd say £39 is a bargain !
It helped me visualise the contractions and the breathing techniques were what really helped . Had a positive experience as a result , and 100% is was because of hypnobirthing !