The Hypnobirthing Book - Childbirth with Confidence and Calm: The definitive guide to childbirth from the home of hypnobirthing

by Katharine Graves

The definitive guide to childbirth from the Home of Hypnobirthing

More than 100,000 copies sold worldwide, helping countless babies into the world.

15 unique relaxation scripts to help prepare you for a calm and confident birth.

Audio download to accompany the book so it's easy to make practice and relaxation part of your daily routine

KGH is The home of Hypnobirthing, KGH is taught in Hospitals, Antenatal Classes and by Midwives and Birthing Professionals all around the world. The KGH Teacher training course is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives and is the source material for many other Hypnobirthing books and courses.

This major new update of The Hypnobirthing Book is your complete and essential guide to making the birth of your child the most wonderful and uplifting experience of both your lives. The book's calm and confident advice - rooted in Katharine's many years of practical experience as a doula and teacher - describes what happens to your body during pregnancy and childbirth, empowering you to listen to your body to help you to achieve a calm and confident birth.

The book explains the vital role of the birth partner and covers all types of birth situation. When you follow the proven logical and evidence based KG Hypnobirthing techniques, you will have all the tools you need to release any fears you have about labour and to enjoy your baby's birth.

Tips and techniques for overcoming previous birth trauma and other challenges help you achieve the birth you want - for you and your baby

The thing about KGHypnobirthing is that it works,' - a KG Hypnobirthing father

'Beyond grateful to... Katharine for the inspiration, wisdom and guidance she shared, which empowered us more than I can explain' Ella Mills, Deliciously Ella

344 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published October 13, 2021

Reviews

[Róisín Prendergast · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like the way this book was presented as selling Hypnobirthing as a brand or product (seemed to be the main focus rather than providing actual information) - with Graves sounding to me like an Americanised motivational speaker. Not what I was hoping to get from this book. And not really feeling any wiser in relation to Hypnobirthing as a practice! This book doesn't really explain it!

[Nagore Rementeria · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ive only read the first half of this book but honestly, Ive had enough. The tone is patronising, culty and has a clean anti medical agenda. But its ok because is “your body” and “your baby”. I know is my body and my baby, and following medical advice when appropriate is not going to change that. I fail to see how changing contraction to surge is going to make it less of a contraction, which is what they are, the uterus contracts, it doesn’t surge.
All the nonsense about muscles not hurting, and labour not being painful. What planet does she live in because my uterus contracting during period is painful so I’m under no illusions that a contracting uterus during labour is going to be painful, not uncomfortable, painful. Call things by what they are. Just because she wants to erase the word painful from the dictionary doesn’t make being alive less painful.
But what really irritated me reading this book is the patronising and frankly toxic positivity. I’m an adult, i can take negative thoughts, I can deal with bad things happening, I don’t need someone trying to shelter me from reality. Is my choice if I don’t want to live in a pick fluffy cotton cloud. And just because you repeat a million times that everything is going to be all right doesnt make it all right.

[Angel Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot recommend Katharine Graves enough. Her expertise in pregnancy and birth along with her speaking skills is beyond phenomenal. I wish I could have read her book 11 years ago when I was pregnant for the first time. I went through her parents online course along with reading her book and now have 2 months until I give birth to my fourth baby. I am very relieved and excited after becoming well informed and established in my daily routine to practice the relaxations and breathings and take care of my body better than when I wasn’t pregnant. Not only has this helped me with my fourth upcoming birth, but it has also helped me to enforce and maintain a healthy mindset and daily lifestyle beyond after giving birth. Thank you Katharine Graves and those who you’ve learned from to become the amazing woman you are today and for even wanting to share your passion in the first place.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened for my second pregnancy. Was helpful and full of scripts for relaxation. There is a lot of talking up hypnobirthing as essential and discussion of interventions and how unnecessary they are which I feel isn’t necessary for an audience who comes to a book to read about hypnobirthing. As a mom who had a natural and unmedicated first birth, all the reminders actually served to worry me more about ways my second could go wrong which was not the intention at all.

[Lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this edition second time around (after reading the previous edition) and found it so easy to read, lots of updates and really helped remind me what I was doing this time! Loved the new relaxations that come with the book too. Highly recommend.

[Emily Forthaus]

This book was amazing at taking someone who has a lot of anxiety about most things and made me such a calmer person. The tools I learned from KGH will continue with me past labor (which was done without an epidural thanks to remaining as calm as possible!).

[Anni Katriina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a good reminder of hypnobirthing practices, but I've read much better ones. And like someone else already wrote here - I also didn't like that this book tried to sell hypnobirthing as a product of some kind? Otherwise full of valuable information

[Abie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of useful information, empowering and reassuring.

[Katherine Brookshire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so glad I read this book! I was in active labor for only 7 hours with my first born and had no sensation of pain. What a powerful experience.

[Isla Stroyan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read but does not use inclusive language. Preferred Siobhan Miller's book.