Mindfulness Based Childbirth Education in Utah County
I teach the GenteBirth method developed by Midwife, Tracy Donegan. We combine birth training with brain training for a WHOLE PERSON approach to childbirth preparation. The 6 week series is designed for couples but single parents are always welcome and comfortable in my class. Let me know what questions I can answer for you!
Studies show that adding mindfulness to birth education improves outcomes. Why? Because birth is more than a physical experience. Birth is as much mental and emotional as it is physical, so I chose a program that prepares the whole person for the childbirth journey, no matter what course it takes. Using sports psychology, mindfulness and hypnosis we reduce fear, increase confidence and prepare you in all aspects of your being. I’d love to have you join my next course!
Tools and Techniques
- Advanced comfort measures for labor and birth
- Daily brain training with the GentleBirth app
- Playlists for sleep, anxiety, confident pregnancy, affirmations, breathing, mindfulness, positive birth and the 4th trimester
- Guided pregnancy/birth meditations and hypnosis sessions
- Coping tools and breathing techniques
- The roles of the birth partner
- Tools for your Labor Toolkit
Focus and Brain Training
- Tap into your brain’s AMAZING neuroplasticity to rewire it from fear to confidence
- Learn to control what you can control and let go of the rest
- Brain training techniques using sports psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness (for birth AND parenting), affirmations and hypnosis
- Calmly and confidently face whatever path your birth takes
- Hacking your hormones to make them work for you to create a faster more comfortable birth
- Pain and the brain – learn how your experience of pain is influenced and how to better manage it
- Develop a resilient mindset around pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and your postpartum period
- Identifying and shaping your mindsets and thought habits
Birth Options and Education
- Communication with care providers including birth plan coaching and templates
- Birth preferences and planning
- Physiology of the normal birth process
- How baby rotates through the pelvis
- How to identify and approach each stage of labor
- What happens when you get to the hospital
- Evidence based information about common interventions
- Postpartum and breastfeeding planning
- The important and impactful role of partners and all the training they need to feel confident and competent
- Natural and medicated birth information
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“Honestly, the best decision I’ve made. Monica seriously helped me feel so prepared and ready for birth. She has such a loving personality and genuinely wants the absolute best for you. Take her gentle birth class. It is 100% WORTH IT!!”
Jadelyn, birthing mother
Monica Wilkinson is the best childbirth educator in Utah County! She is so caring, knowledgeable, and compassionate. She teaches hypnobirthing as well as mindfulness and sports psychology