I dilated my first baby, from 0 to 5 in 3 hours and 5 to 10 in just over an hour. I squatted all 7 lbs., 14.5 oz and 21.5 inches of my daughter into the world with 3 deep birth breaths in less than 35 minutes---all under self-hypnosis! I was calling family and friends within an hour; eating and walking around within 4 hours. Home 14 hours later, my husband scolded me for sweeping the kitchen floor …but I felt that good!

I have helped many couples in New York,  New Jersey and Long Island learn HypnoBirthing® to have the birthing experience they created in their sessions. My most important credential is, however, my personal experience as having learned the method first as an expectant mother with all the fears, feelings, doubts and concerns that one faces when traveling the journey of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. I was so impressed I chose to become a Certified HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator and was trained by Kathy Sanders, R.N., B.S. Master Hypnotist of The HypnoBirthing® Institute.   I expanded my understanding of hypnosis by studying Clinical Hypnotherapy and became a National Guild of Hypnotists Certified Hypnotist. Along with a fellow CHBCE, I hosted The Certified HypnoBirthing® Fertility Therapist Program [led by Lynsi Eastburn of Eastburn Institute of Hypnosis of Colorado] and I offer private classes in HypnoFertility. I attended Tom Nicoli's {of New England Institute of Hypnosis and Dateline 2003 Weight loss Hypnotist fame} training seminars and my training in Pediatric Hypnosis was with Don Mottin [Director of Mottin & Johnson Institute of Hypnosis], author of "Raising Your Children With Hypnosis", who has trained over 1000 hypnotists all over the world and has hypnotized over 50,000 individuals himself. I am also a member of Office & Professional Employees International Union, Society of Enlightened Entrepreneurs and The National Guild of Hypnotists.   As Co-Founder and Treasurer for my co-op's playroom, I lobbied for support and now the playroom is fully funded by the co-op's board along with dues from members within 10 months of opening. As a member of Holistic Moms Network, New Yorkers for Vaccination Information and Choice, La Leche League and The HypnoBirthing® Nest along with supporting the Doula Network of Long Island and The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services among other groups, I provide a variety of resources to my clients in their sessions.   I also have 27 years of experience in the Hospitality Industry and I am a Certified Meeting Professional. I worked closely with Marie [aka Mickey] Mongan, the founder of the HypnoBirthing® Institute, planning the First Annual International HypnoBirthing® Conclave which took place September 2002 in Arizona.   I have been a guest speaker at The Ross School's Center for Welll Being in East Hampton, Long Island. I volunteered my planning skills as Logistical Chairperson for aTLC's Summit 2: Healing a Nation's Trauma held in San Jose, California. I have also been on News12 Long Island Naturally with Mary Mucci and I was interviewed for Ricki Lake's documentary "The Business of Being Born".     Before Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center closed in 2003, I organized free informational sessions about HypnoBirthing® with Hypno Doula Suzanne Fremon and Birthing with Love Melissa Love, held at the center. Currently I support the New Space for Women's Health--a project to create a center for birth and wellness in New York City--by offering my expertise in events. I am reaching my goal of creating wellness on Long Island, with an office in Woodbury. A few years ago {along with my husband, my daughter, our midwife and doula} I home birthed my son, just after midnight on the last full day of summer. My commitment is to see hypnosis become a standard option in health care [as Lamaze currently is for childbirthing], instead of being regarded as an alternative. My personal charter is to create a world of love ...one birth at a time! Click here to contact Mama Hypno...