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Private Hypnobirthing Classes with Erica Paulson

❋ Personalized Private Hypnobirthing Classes.

Prepare for birth with ease through private hypnobirthing classes designed specifically for you and your birth partner. Erica Paulson, Certified Doula, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Certified Childbirth Educator, brings over a decade of experience helping families prepare for calm, peaceful, and empowered births. Every private session is customized to your goals, your questions, and your vision for your birth experience.

❋Birth Preparation for Every Birth Setting

Whether you’re planning a hospital birth, birth center birth, or home birth, Erica’s private hypnobirthing classes prepare you to make informed decisions while feeling calm, confident, and in control. Together, you’ll build a personalized birth plan, understand your options, practice comfort techniques, and prepare for unexpected situations with flexibility and confidence. Erica’s goal is to help every family experience a birth that feels peaceful, supported, and empowering.

❋ Expert Childbirth Education & Clinical Hypnosis

Evidence-based childbirth education with the somatic techniques of clinical hypnotherapy, helping parents replace fear with confidence. You’ll learn deep relaxation, breathing techniques, mindfulness, labor comfort measures, partner support skills, and practical strategies to navigate labor with greater ease. Whether you’re a first-time parent or preparing for another birth, you’ll gain tools that support both your mind and body throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth.

❋ Why Families Choose Erica Paulson

Erica’s expertise has been recognized by some of the nation’s most respected parenting and lifestyle publications. She has been interviewed and featured in The Bump, Parenting, Good Housekeeping, ELLE, and has appeared as a guest on multiple podcasts discussing her unique hypnobirthing philosophy, childbirth education methods, and approach to helping families prepare for positive birth experiences.

Your birth is not a test to pass—it’s an experience that stays with you for the rest of your life. You have the ability to create calm, make empowered choices, and meet your baby with a strength that has been within you all along.

Take a Listen

Want to learn more about Erica’s approach before class? Listen to her featured podcast interviews, where she shares practical hypnobirthing techniques, childbirth education insights, and expert guidance on creating calm, confident, and empowered birth experiences. These conversations offer a deeper look into Erica’s philosophy and why families across the country trust her to help them prepare for a positive birth.

What to Expect

Your private hypnobirthing classes are designed around your schedule, availability, and birth goals, making it easy to prepare for birth without the stress of fitting into a group class. Each 90-minute session is personalized to your unique needs, allowing plenty of time for questions, discussion, and hands-on practice. Together, we’ll build your confidence, strengthen your connection with your birth partner, and give you practical tools to help you approach birth feeling calm, informed, and empowered.

Sample Private Class Schedule

Preparing for common labor scenarios and informed decision-making
Welcome, check-in, and discussion of your questions or pregnancy updates
Hypnobirthing and breathing techniques; Guided hypnosis or visualization
Birth partner coaching and communication techniques
Time for questions, reflection, and home practice recommendations
Additional Benefits of our Birth With Ease® Hypnobirthing

Your learning doesn’t end when class is over. Every family receives ongoing support and additional resources to help you feel prepared throughout pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Beyond the classroom, you’ll receive:

Beyond the Classroom

  • Learning from a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Childbirth Educator with more than a decade of experience supporting growing families

  • Personalized answers to your childbirth, hypnosis, and birth preparation questions throughout your course

  • The opportunity to schedule one-on-one clinical hypnotherapy sessions for individualized support, birth preparation, anxiety reduction, or other personal goals

  • Training in Conscious Hypnosis, allowing you to remain relaxed, aware, mobile, and engaged during labor while using hypnosis techniques naturally throughout the birth process

  • Access to guided online relaxation sessions included with every class series, with additional practice sessions available for those who want continued support

  • A guided birth visualization practice that helps you mentally rehearse your ideal birth experience, building confidence through repeated positive visualization and subconscious preparation

  • A comprehensive online resource library filled with supplemental education, reference materials, recordings, and practical tools you can revisit anytime

  • Written hypnosis scripts that allow you and your birth partner to continue practicing together between classes and throughout pregnancy

  • Education and support that can be adapted for a wide variety of birth experiences, including first-time or repeat parents, single mothers, high-risk pregnancies, planned inductions, and planned cesarean births

  • Continued encouragement and practical resources to help you confidently prepare for birth, postpartum recovery, and welcoming your baby

What You'll Learn

What You’ll Gain in All of Our Birth With Ease® Hypnobirth Preparation Courses

Our comprehensive Birth With Ease® hypnobirth education program is designed to help you approach birth with confidence, knowledge, and practical skills. Throughout the course, you’ll explore topics that support a positive pregnancy, informed decision-making, and a calm, empowered birth experience. Course topics include:

  • Understanding your birth options and creating a personalized birth vision.

  • Making informed decisions and advocating for your preferences

  • Understanding the anatomy and physiology of labor and birth

  • The progression and phases of labor

  • Comfort measures to reduce back labor and promote fetal positioning

  • Monitoring your baby’s movements throughout pregnancy

  • Understanding common medical procedures, interventions, and your available choices

  • Building confidence with relaxation, mindset, and coping techniques for labor

  • Creating personalized birth and newborn care preferences

  • What to expect when choosing and touring your birth location

  • Understanding the roles of doulas, midwives, and your birth team

  • Evidence-based strategies that may help reduce unnecessary interventions

  • Newborn-centered birth practices, including delayed cord clamping and gentle transition after birth

  • Using hypnosis and relaxation techniques throughout labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period

  • Comprehensive labor support training for birth partners, so they feel prepared and confident

  • Easy-to-use labor reference materials for quick guidance during birth

  • Guided practice sessions to build confidence using comfort and hypnosis techniques before labor begins

  • Preparing for the postpartum period, infant feeding, newborn care, and your transition into life with your baby

  • “I first heard Erica on a birth podcast and immediately felt like she was someone I wanted by my side during pregnancy. By the time labor began, I trusted myself and knew I had the tools to navigate whatever came our way. Finding Erica was one of the best parts of my pregnancy journey.”

    Rose — Mom of Two | San Diego, CA

  • “I had talked with several moms who felt like hypnobirthing hadn’t worked for them, so I was honestly pretty skeptical. The difference with Erica was the live, one-on-one support. She personalized everything to me, answered my questions, and helped me build confidence instead of just handing me recordings to listen to. Those sessions made all the difference, and I went into birth feeling calm, prepared, and supported.”

    — Lauren | Louisville, KY

  • “I discovered Erica through a birth podcast and knew right away I wanted to learn from her. She has a way of making birth feel empowering instead of overwhelming. Her guidance gave me the confidence and peace of mind I was hoping for, and I’m so grateful I found her.”

    — Nicole | Rochester, NY

How It Works

  • Select Private Childbirth Classes from the booking options below. If you’d like to include any optional add-on sessions, such as postpartum or breastfeeding, you can book those at the same time.

  • After booking, you’ll receive a confirmation email along with a personal scheduling invitation. You’ll be able to choose class dates and times that work best for your schedule.

  • Before your first class, you’ll receive access to your online course materials and resource library. You can begin reviewing supporting resources at your own pace to make the most of your live sessions.

  • Meet with Erica for your personalized sessions. Together, you’ll build knowledge, practice techniques, answer questions, and prepare for the birth experience that’s right for you.

  • Continue using your hypnosis and relaxation techniques, visualization exercises, and written resources throughout the remainder of your pregnancy. Your online resource library will remain available through your estimated due date, giving you continued access whenever you need it.

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