THE BIRTH TEACHER
Reduce your fears around birth and have the calm and empowering birth you want!
Hello mama!
You are on your way to a beautiful and empowering birth experience with The Birth Teacher
First of all, a HUGE congratulations on your pregnancy! I am so glad you’re here and looking for ways to approach birth without fear, to feel empowered, prepared, confident and most of all excited.
My name is Maxii and I was once where you were. Pregnant and seeking knowledge of birth, my options and what to expect.
During my first pregnancy, I had the mindset to "go with the flow" and "what will be, will be". This led me to bury my head in the sand and just be humble with what ever happened. I treated my first birth as a practice run and my experience of birth left me thinking, "there's got to be a better way".
When preparing for my second birth, I found Hypnobirthing, and it completely opened my eyes to a new way of seeing birth.
"When you change the way you view birth,
the way you birth will change"
- Marie Mongan
If I could go back and tell my younger self one piece of advice it would be invest in your birth.
I am so thrilled to be offering you and your birth partner the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program right here in Emerald QLD. This course will provide you with tools, techniques and information so that you can achieve a calm and positive birthing experience; no matter what path your pregnancy, labour or birth may take.
I offer small group classes in Emerald QLD, where you can meet and connect with others who are on the same journey as you. I also offer private classes by appointment. Whether you are preparing for your first or subsequent birth, I look forward to supporting you and your partner on your incredible journey of bringing new life into the world.
The Positive Birth Program Options:
Group course: (Most popular option)
The Positive Birth Program is run in a small group setting. You and your birth partner attend two 6-hour sessions (see below for group class calendar).
As well as 12 hours of education the program also includes:
A Hypnobirthing Australia folio of resources full of interactive exercises, evidence-based information, and self-hypnosis scripts
Exclusive access to the online portal which includes an abundance of online resources to continue to grow your knowledge, as well as MP3 tracks and other downloads
A gift bag full of goodies
Morning tea sourced from a local cafe
Exclusive access to my personal Birth Book Library
Email and phone support until your birthing day
Investment for the group course is $510 per couple
Private course at your home (OR via Microsoft Teams):
The Positive Birth Program in the comfort of your own home or via Microsoft Teams. This option is ideal if the group dates don't suit as there is more flexibility in dates and time. A private course can be delivered as two 6-hour days or four 3-hour evenings. It is recommended that you secure dates that suit you as soon as possible as this experience is highly sought after and availability is limited.
All inclusions listed in the group class option is included in the private course investment.
Investment for a private class is $810
Bump Buddies: (Newest offering)
If you and a friend (or two) are expecting together, then this option is PERFECT for you! You and your bump buddy and partners complete The Positive Birth Program together in your home for the cost of a group class but with the flexibility of a private class! This option is exclusive to The Birth Teacher.
Forget awkward group classes, reshuffling your schedule to fit the Group Class timetable and excuses from your partner about not wanting to do childbirth education with strangers and book this exclusive offer!
The Bump Buddies course option is available for two (or more) friends and birth partners who are able to complete the course at the same time in your private residence.
The Bump Buddies course option includes:
12 hours of face-to-face tuition in the comfort of your home. This can be booked as 2x 6-hr sessions or 4x 3hr sessions.
A Hypnobirthing Australia folio of resources full of interactive exercises, evidence-based information, and self-hypnosis scripts
Exclusive access to the online portal, which includes an abundance of online resources to continue to grow your knowledge, as well as MP3 tracks and other downloads
A gift bag full of goodies
Morning tea sourced from a local cafe
Exclusive access to my personal Birth Book Library
Email and phone support until your birthing day
Investment for the Bump Buddies class option is $510 per couple. Minimum of two couples per booking to unlock this exclusive discount.
Refresher Course
The Positive Birth Program Refresher Course is available for those who have previously completed the program either online or with another Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner.
The Refresher is a 3-hour commitment that focuses on recapping your pre-existing knowledge of the program, ensuring you and your birth partner feel empowered and supported in the lead up to your next positive birth experience.
You will receive:
A Hypnobirthing Australia folio of resources full of interactive exercises, evidence-based information, and self-hypnosis scripts
Exclusive access to the online portal which includes an abundance of online resources to continue to grow your knowledge, as well as MP3 tracks and other downloads
A gift bag full of goodies
Exclusive access to my personal Birth Book Library
Email and phone support until your birthing day
Investment for a refresher course is $290
Hypnobubs Online Course
Can’t make it to a face-to-face hypnobirthing class with Maxii? No worries! The Hypnobubs Online Course is Australia's most popular online hypnobirthing course and a fantastic option if you cannot attend a hypnobirthing class in person. The online course includes:
Hypnobirthing eBook
Educational downloads
Hypnobirthing mp3 tracks for pregnancy and birth
Over 6 hours of Hypnobirthing education
Hypnobubs online course $199
BOOK HERE: https://hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au/shop/?affiliates=499
Hypnobubs Online Course Premium Upgrade
The Birth Teacher offers the Hypnobubs Online Course Premium Upgrade Bundle. This option is perfect for Mama’s who prefer to take the program at their own pace and have the option to attend a session in Emerald. Take your confidence to the next level with the combination of the Hypnobubs Online Childbirth Classes, plus a 1.5 hour or 3-hour private session upgrade with me.
In our private session, I will walk you through any areas of the program that you want clarified and help you address any fears or reservations to ensure you are getting the most out of your tuition.
You will receive:
Video tuition, an eBook, worksheets, albums and resources
Email and phone support until your birthing day
A 1.5 or 3-hour private session with me
$349 investment per couple for a 1.5 hour private session upgrade
$499 investment per couple for a 3 hour private session upgrade
Don't see an option that suits you, please send Maxii an email hello@thebirthteacher.com to discuss your circumstance as there may be an option for you!
What will you learn in The Positive Birth Program?
The Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program is a 12-hour course that is divided into 4 units. You can attend in either a group or private setting. The group sessions are taught over two full days. Private sessions can be more flexible. If you are unable to attend face-to-face classes, there is also the option of online through Microsoft Teams or you can purchase the Hypnobubs Online Hypnobirthing course with options for a private session with Maxii.
Hypnobirthing classes are structured in such a way that the birth partner is encouraged to attend. The partner’s support throughout pregnancy and during birth provide valuable reassurance and bonding in preparation for the birth of your baby and journey into parenthood.
Each class is made up of theory (audio-visual, spoken explanations and interactive discussions) and practical (active relaxation and breathing exercises, hands-on massage techniques and hypnosis practice) components.
See below for the course curriculum and please contact Maxii for further questions and queries.
The Positive Birth Program Course Outline:
Unit 1: Creating & maintaining a positive mindset
Introduction to the positive mindset of hypnobirthing
How our brain is wired to birth
The role of our caregivers
Mind/body connection
What is self-hypnosis and how will we use it for birthing?
Our hormones are our friends
My amazing uterus – understanding the physiology behind birthing
Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome
Causes of Fear (including history) and how it affects our labour
Re-programming the Subconscious
The language for empowered birthing
The power of affirmations
Birthing environment
Unit 2: Our toolkit for birth
Self-hypnosis tracks
Birth music
Conditioning with scent
Hypnotic anchors and triggers
Releasing endorphins through massage and touch
Acupressure techniques for pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding
Visualisations for pregnancy, labour & birthing
The importance of facial relaxation
Relaxation Breathing – a skill for life
Surge Breathing – the best tool ever!
Techniques to help make your surges more comfortable
The ‘urge’ to push/bear down – Breathing/Bearing down
Unit 3: Preparation & choices for empowered birthing
Bonding with baby
Choices in maternity care
Birth Preferences – having open communication with your caregivers
Knowledge is power – researching common interventions and procedures
Questions to ask, to assist in making informed decisions
Birth partner as advocate
‘Guess date’ – a normal range of pregnancy
Inductions – things you’re not always told
Achieving a natural start to labour
Maintaining a healthy diet
Preparing the body – staying active
Optimising baby’s position
Breech or Posterior – options & positions
Instant relaxation techniques
Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep relaxation techniques & scripts
Unit 4: Birth – bringing it all together
What to expect in the weeks and days leading up to birth
Signs that labour is starting
What to expect through labour (membranes releasing etc)
When to call the midwife/go to the hospital
Accidental home/car birth – what to do!
Birth partner’s role
Common procedures
Using water during labour and birth
Upright positioning, movement and birth positions
Special circumstances (including caesarean birth)
Fear release
Vocalisation
Cord clamping & placenta delivery
Undisturbed bonding & breastfeeding time – skin to skin
What to expect afterwards
Self-hypnosis – Rehearsal for Birth
A practice routine – preparation for birth!
Group Class Calendar
2025 Group Class Calendar:
January Group Class:
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th January
9:00am - 4:00pm
CWA Hall, Emerald QLD
February Group Class:
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th February
9:00am - 4:00pm
CWA Hall, Emerald QLD
More dates coming soon!
**If you would like to book into a class or find out more information, please contact Maxii as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as classes are limited.**
Why the Positive Birth Program is just what you need!
Society has many birthing women convinced that giving birth is a painful and traumatic experience, but I have a secret for you… it CAN be amazing, empowering, and positive!
Maxii from The Birth Teacher is passionate about spreading this positive mindset and educating women and birthing partners about the physiological process of birth and providing them with tools, techniques and information to achieve a calm, positive and empowering birth. Using breathing, relaxation and hypnotic techniques, Hypnobirthing and The Positive Birth Program can help you have a positive birthing experience, no matter what path your pregnancy, labour or birth may take.
The Positive Birth Program with Maxii from The Birth Teacher is an essential investment in your pregnancy journey. You don’t buy a car without researching and knowing the features, otherwise you might not get what you want and I'm sure you have read all the reviews and stats on the safest car seat or pram for your little one, so why aren't you investing as much time educating yourself for your upcoming birth?
SO WHAT IS HYPNOBIRTHING? Hypnobirthing is just BIRTH EDUCATION! Hypnobirthing encompasses techniques to help the birthing mother and birth partner approach their birth without fear, feel well educated and supported to make informed decisions, and utilise a variety of tools so they can have a positive and empowering experience.
When booking a hypnobirthing class with Maxii from The Birth Teacher you can expect to walk away feeling well educated, armed with practical techniques to help you through the labour sensations and most importantly EXCITED and EMPOWERED to birth! Some techniques hypnobirthing will teach you include, breathing, light touch massage, acupressure, vocalisation, self-hypnosis, visualisation, movement and deep relaxation techniques.
When you prepare both your mind and body for birth, you can feel safe, calm and supported knowing that YOU CAN have a positive birth experience. A positive, calm and empowering birth will help you have a positive, calm and empowering postpartum and parenting journey. So, are you ready to empower your birth and beyond?
Why I Teach The Positive Birth Program
Why do I teach the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program?
Because growing up I believed birth was scary and painful.
Because I felt like a deer in headlights trying to navigate my pregnancy.
Because I didn’t know my options.
Because of the “I wish someone told me”.
Since becoming a mother and birthing my three children, my world has been shaken. Giving birth was not the painful and traumatic experience I was led to believe; it was incredible.
Why has the beauty of birth been kept such a secret? Why isn’t it portrayed as powerful and women friggin’ goddesses? Why are women so keen to share their hardships of birth like it’s some kind of competition? Why are we so conditioned to believe that we need medical interventions to birth our babies? Why are the increased risks to interventions never seen as a problem, yet women are shamed if they decline suggestions from their medical team? Why are women afraid of birth?
So why do I teach the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program?
Because I am passionate about educating and supporting women and their birth partners about the process of birth, and how they can work together to achieve their idea of a positive birth.
Because I want to be a positive influence for you and your partner. I want you both to be excited to birth your baby. The birth of your baby should be one of the best days of your life. You should feel excited, loved, happy, joyful, not scared, fearful, in pain.
Because I want to empower you to know your options. If you don’t know them, you have none. Knowledge is power. The decisions you make during your pregnancy and birth should be made by you and what is best for you and your baby.
Because I want you to have the innate trust and connection with your body and baby and know that you are perfectly designed to birth. Birth is a physiological event, just like breathing… and we breath without thinking every day. When we birth, we need to trust our body and work with the sensations to bring our baby, not to be frightened of them.
Because 1 in 4 women leave their birth experience with trauma and this breaks my heart. Birth is the beginning of new life, a new baby, a new family and new parents. It should be a beautiful time where you look back on it and see it as a positive life-changing experience, not a negative one.
So, if you feel scared to birth, not sure what to expect, just going with the flow, or maybe you have birthed before and want a different experience or just want to feel prepared to birth again, join me for one of my Hypnobirthing classes.
I am a mum who knows firsthand how daunting birth can feel without education, so let me empower you to have the calm and positive birth you want!
Contact me to find out more about my classes and how you can book in. I look forward to being a part of your pregnancy and birth journey.
FAQs
What is Hypnobirthing?
Hypnobirthing is a comprehensive childbirth education method that prepares women and their birthing partners to experience a positive, calm and gentle birth. During hypnobirthing classes, you will learn effective, evidence-based techniques in a well-thought-out program of deep relaxation, visualisation, and self-hypnosis. All of these are designed to assist you to achieve a positive and empowering birth experience.
When should I book in a Hypnobirthing class?
You can begin hypnobirthing at any point during your pregnancy. However, the optimal time is between 20 and 30 weeks of your pregnancy. This gives you plenty of time to practice self-hypnosis, relaxation and other techniques to experience a calm and positive birth. If you are further along in your pregnancy, there may be a class or private option for you. Please contact Maxii directly if you would like more information.
Who attends the Hypnobirthing class with me?
It is strongly encouraged that your birth partner/support person attends the classes with you. Your birth partner can be your partner, mother, sister, doula, friend – whomever you feel will be your best support throughout your pregnancy and birth. If your partner works away and cannot be with you in person for the course, please contact Maxii for further class options. However, you are also welcome to come solo if you prefer.
How is the birth partner involved?
The birth support person can be an integral part of the hypnobirthing experience. He or she practices with the mother in helping to prepare for deep relaxation. During labour the support person guides the labouring mother through hypnosis prompts, relaxation techniques, deepening methods, and visualisations, provides comfort measures, and joins in welcoming the new baby.
Will I be unconscious, or will I remember my birth experience?
Despite misconceptions and misinformation, you are conscious and aware during self-hypnosis. A Hypnobirthing mother may be deeply relaxed but is also active in the labour process.
Will hypnobirthing be useful to me if I don’t want a vaginal birth or if circumstances necessitate medical intervention or a caesarean birth?
Absolutely. The tools and techniques you learn in your hypnobirthing classes will help you to learn relaxation skills that will be useful to both you and your baby, regardless of your birth experience. In the event that medical intervention of any sort is needed, you will find yourself better able to remain calm and in control.
What is included in the cost?
For all Positive Birth Programs you will be provided with:
-12 hours of face to face/online education
-The Hypnobirthing Australia™ Course Folio
-Access to Online Resources via the website including MP3 tracks and PDF downloads, ‘The Little Book of Hypnobirthing’ eBook and empowering birth videos.
- Ongoing support from me via email/phone following the conclusion of the course
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
When booking into a course you are agreeing to the terms and conditions and you are aware that any information shared within Maxii's The Birth Teacher courses should never be seen or taken as medical advice. All content that is shared is for informational purposes only to help you ask more questions and have good conversations with your medical caregivers. Maxine Kirby will in no way be held responsible for any outcomes resulting in your pregnancy, birth or parenting journey.
A $150 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your course booking.
The entire course fee is due 7 days prior to the course start date.
If you can no longer attend the booked course, you will be entitled to a refund (less the non-refundable deposit) up to the start date of the booked course, or you may change to a later course date.
A full refund will be given, in the unlikely event that classes are cancelled by The Birth Teacher.
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