Penny Albertella
CLINICAL & ANALYTICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST
Hypnosis for Childbirth
A COMPLETE SELF-STUDY HYPNOBIRTHING PROGRAMME
Feel Calm.
Feel Prepared.
Trust Yourself.
Hypnobirthing is a skill you learn, practise and keep — and this programme is designed by Clinical & Analytical Hypnotherapist Penny Albertella to make it straightforward to learn. Eight audio recordings take you through one step at a time, at your own pace, with a comprehensive companion guide beside them, so you can prepare for birth with confidence.
Feel prepared for your birth
You don't need to know exactly how your birth will unfold. What you can do is prepare yourself with practical skills you can learn, practise and take with you.
With this complete self-study programme, you'll learn how to use breathing, relaxation, self-hypnosis and focused attention for yourself — and have a clear guide to return to throughout pregnancy and birth.
8
AUDIO RECORDINGS
1
COMPANION GUIDE
+
AFFIRMATIONS, MUSIC & PRINTABLES
£79
This isn’t a birth course with relaxation added on. It draws on clinical hypnotherapy together with specialist training in hypnosis for childbirth, created by a Clinical & Analytical Hypnotherapist with over 25 years’ experience.
CREATED BY
Penny Albertella
Clinical & Analytical Hypnotherapist · MIAEBP · over 25 years’ experience
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LEARN
The recordings are how it’s delivered. The skills are what you keep.
Relaxation Breathing
A simple pattern — in for four, out for eight — that becomes the foundation of everything else.
Slow Wave Breathing
Breathing with the waves of labour, introduced and rehearsed long before the day.
Birth Breathing
A specific technique for the birth itself.
This isn’t a collection of relaxing audio tracks. It teaches a set of practical self-hypnosis, breathing and preparation skills — and they’re straightforward to learn. Each recording takes you through one step at a time, in order; you simply follow the programme at your own pace.
No experience needed, and by the time labour begins the skills are already familiar and yours to use.
LEARN
——
PRACTISE
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USE IT WHEN IT MATTERS
Deep relaxation & self-hypnosis
Deliberately entering a profoundly relaxed state yourself — not passively listening to someone else’s relaxation track.
Deepening
Techniques to take that state further, and to return to it more quickly each time.
Your Safe Place
A personal, multi-sensory place you build in your imagination and can return to whenever you need it.
Sensation Lessening
Changing your experience of sensation through imagination and self-hypnosis.
Birth Rehearsal
Mentally rehearsing the day — the breathing, your partner’s role, and responding calmly if plans change.
The companion guide adds the practical preparation around them: positions and movement, creating your birth environment, the birth conversation with your partner, BRAIN for decisions on the day, and your birth preferences.
Your birth partner has a real role throughout — supported to help without taking over.
Eight recordings and a comprehensive companion guide
Learn · Prepare · Plan · Practise · Reference · Print. Everything arranged so you always know which piece to reach for.
LEARN
Sessions one to four
The preparation phase, worked through at your own pace during pregnancy.
1 Relaxation & Breathing
The foundation skill - used throughout pregnancy and in Labour
2 Deepening & Safe Place
Builds a personal place you can return to for instant calm.
3 Sensation Lessening
Learning to work with perceived sensation, using your own imagination.
4 Preparing for Childbirth
A full rehearsal of the birth day itself.
USE
Sessions five and six
Made for the day itself, and built differently: designed to be played on loop rather than listened to once, so a session lasts as long as you need it to.
5
Labour, Stage 1
For established labour. Designed
to be played on loop, for as long
as you need — around 25 minutes
a pass.
6
Birthing, Stage 2
For the birth itself. Played on loop
the same way, around 15 minutes
a pass, with a cue for your birth partner’s touch.
Both are designed to be played on loop — set your device to repeat and each one carries on for as long as you need it.
EXTRAS
Two More ...
Flexible additions, for everyday listening or the birth space.
7 Bonus Birth Affirmations
An affirmations track designed to be played on loop, for background listening during everyday life
8 Birthing Music
Music only, for wherever you’re birthing — alongside Sessions 5 and 6 while you listen to those through headphones.
INSIDE THE GUIDE
Everything you need to prepare — and everything you’ll want on the day
Generous pages, one clear idea at a time. Why calm works and what happens in the body. Breathing, positions, your environment, your partner’s role. A private conversation exercise you each fill in separately, then talk through together. BRAIN, for decisions on the day. Full instructions for every recording. FAQs, guidance if you have a caesarean, a glossary. And printables to take with you.
ACTUAL PAGES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPANION GUIDE
WHO'S TEACHING IT
Penny Albertella
MIAEBP, DIP HYP · CLINICAL & ANALYTICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST
Over 25 years’ experience in clinical practice
Diploma in Clinical & Analytical Hypnotherapy
Member of the International Association of Evidence Based Psychotherapists
Specialist training in Hypnosis for Childbirth in 2005 under David Kato (PhD, DHP, MIAEBP, Cert.H), who trains hospitals, universities, midwives and physicians across the UK and USA in medical hypnotherapy for childbirth
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Women who used it, writing afterwards
NEW MUM · A REALLY POSITIVE BIRTH EXPERIENCE
“throughout my pregnancy the tracks really helped with my relaxation, visualisation, and getting the much-needed rest”
J and I wanted to let you know that on the 22nd September we welcomed our little boy into the world, weighing 7lbs 15oz. The labour was great and I progressed with my dilation very rapidly, which hypnobirthing played a huge part in. I used gas and air in the pool for the majority, then after pushing for 3.5 hours had to have some assistance with forceps and an episiotomy — but all without pain relief, which again hypnobirthing contributed to. I never got round to listening to track 4, and so I’ll never know how much that could’ve helped, but throughout my pregnancy the tracks really helped with my relaxation, visualisation, and getting the much-needed rest.
LEO’S MUM · FORCEPS-ASSISTED BIRTH
“able to experience a blissful birth, dealing with the changes to my birthing plan with a calm and focused mind”
Just wanted to say a huge thank you. I purchased your hypnobirthing CD package in October 2012 to prepare for the birth of my baby, who arrived on 18th January 2013. Leo was born by forceps-assisted delivery and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. Using your hypnobirthing technique and a TENS machine, I required no further pain relief and was able to experience a blissful birth, dealing with the changes to my birthing plan with a calm and focused mind — and then dealing with the surgery I required to repair a 3rd degree tear, and now dealing with the sleep deprivation calmly too! I didn’t end up using CD 4 during the labour itself, as I could already ‘hear’ your calm voice in my head from having used CDs 2 & 3 regularly. I shall certainly be recommending hypnobirthing to others.
SECOND-TIME MUM · CALM AND IN CONTROL THROUGHOUT
“It was such a different experience to the first time. I was very calm and in control.”
Thought you’d like to know that we had a baby boy yesterday at 16:51. His name is M, he weighed 7lbs 4oz, and he is perfect. I really wanted to thank you as everything went really well. I went into labour late Friday night and went into hospital Saturday morning and was 6cm. The music and breathing helped enormously. It was such a different experience to the first time. I was very calm and in control. It certainly wasn’t pain free but it was manageable. The midwife was very impressed with how in control I was, and that is down to your help.
MUM WHOSE BIRTH INCLUDED AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION
“I had a great first stage and was able to make difficult decisions calmly”
Thank you so much for your help and replying so quickly. The affirmations helped me through the anxiety. My baby was born on 4 October but the birth was far from straightforward. During the first stage I used your hypnobirthing techniques and got to fully dilated using gas and air and a TENS machine — I was able to talk throughout, and the midwives were amazed at how in control and relaxed I was, even during contractions. Unfortunately I had to have an emergency c-section because my baby was back to back and very large. Even though I didn’t get to birth my baby the way I wanted, I had a great first stage and was able to make difficult decisions calmly, thanks to the hypnotherapy CDs I’d listened to every day. I have already recommended your course to a friend.
QUESTIONS WOMEN ASK
The practical things worth knowing
What if I fall asleep during a session?
Completely normal, and it doesn’t reduce the benefit — your subconscious keeps absorbing the suggestions even if you drift off.
Do I need headphones for every session?
Not for Sessions 1–4, Birthing Music, or the Bonus Birth Affirmations track. Sessions 5 and 6 are the exception — headphones so your birth partner and medical team can stay alert and communicate with you.
What if I miss a day of practice?
No problem. Pick back up where you left off.
Can my birth partner listen too?
Yes — genuinely encouraged, for Sessions 1-3.
What if I don’t feel like I’m “in hypnosis”?
It’s a natural state of relaxed concentration. If you feel calm and relaxed, you’re doing it right.
Can I still use this if it’s not my first pregnancy?
Yes — it works for both first-time and experienced mothers.
What if my labour doesn’t go the way I’ve planned, or I need medical intervention?
The techniques remain useful whatever happens, and your birth partner’s advocate role supports any path
Can I use the recordings after the birth too?
Yes. Session 1 is often reused for breastfeeding and settling in.
What if my baby arrives early, before I’ve finished the programme?
Even starting late still helps — Sessions 5 and 6 alone still provide real benefit.
Why doesn’t this include binaural beats?
Binaural beats need stereo headphones to work. Since Birthing Music is designed for speaker use too, 396Hz solfeggio is used instead, which works either way.
THE COMPLETE PROGRAMME
£79
Eight recordings and a comprehensive companion guide
Feel prepared for your birth
You don't need to know exactly how your birth will unfold. What you can do is prepare yourself with practical skills you can learn, practise and take with you.
With this complete self-study programme, you'll learn how to use breathing, relaxation, self-hypnosis and focused attention for yourself — and have a clear guide to return to throughout pregnancy and birth.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE . INSTANT ACCESS
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Everything arrives as one zip file the moment you buy. Headphones required for Sessions 5 & 6; your birth partner listens to
Sessions 1–3, the affirmations and the music.
CLINICAL & ANALYTICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST
This programme teaches relaxation, breathing and self-hypnosis skills to help you prepare for birth. It isn’t a substitute for the care of your midwife or doctor.
Hypnosis for Childbirth
8 recordings + companion guide · £79