My job as a birth educator is to empower you to be able to make informed decisions during your labor. Although the majority of my clients do have natural labors not all labors go off without a hitch. However having the tools and education to make the best choices for your labor is the important part in having a beautiful birthing experience. My client testimonials are versatile, showing you that birth does not look one way but it can always be a positive experience! 

-Kathryne

PAST CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

My experience taking an individual HypnoBirthing class with Kathryne Bareis laid the foundation for my birth preparation and ultimately my birth experience. I am a first time mom and I initially started out the class nervous, unprepared, and worried about how my decision to birth without medication would play out. My goal was to have a non-traumatic, peaceful, and unmedicated birth, but when I started the class I was far from reaching that goal. All of my extensive birth preparations that ultimately helped me to have such an incredible and wonderful birthing experience, started with taking Kathryne’s class. My husband and I learned so much and became very confident and empowered throughout the course of the class. Kathryne was able to meet us where we were at and help us to get to our goal. I would say the main thing that helped me to have a peaceful birth was the confidence and knowledge I acquired through taking her class. I really did not know much about the details of childbirth or doing it in a peaceful and calm way. I felt I was able to be honest with Kathryne about how I was feeling emotionally throughout the process and she completely understood, while helping me to gain a deeper understanding of my body and the birthing process. My husband would agree and also benefited tremendously from taking the class. He was able to be my cheerleader the whole time and he received the hands-on tools of how to help me stay calm and focused throughout the process of giving birth. This class helped me to understand there is a way to birth that is peaceful, calm, prepared, and empowered that does not have to include trauma. I had the most amazing and unforgettable birthing experience and I believe taking this class really helped my ultimate wish for how I would bring my baby into the world come to fruition. Thank you Kathryne!

-Kerry

Kathryne is amazing and highly recommend her! She taught in a way that was simple and easy to understand while adding some fun and humor. We had a fun perk of being pregnant together, which added a special factor to the class. We had the benefit of in-home lessons which allowed for more individualized material and my husband feeling more comfortable with taking a birthing class. The fears and anxieties we had about labor had subsided by the end of the series of classes thanks to positive encouragement of Kathryne in addition to class material and homework assignments. My labor ended up with need for medical intervention for safety reasons, though with having taken the class I was still able to stay calm and connected with my baby through the process. Lastly, my husband learned tips to be my advocate, stay present and be a calm reminder when I would start to give into the pain or become exhausted. Hypnobirthing allowed me to be in control of my labor and delivery for a more positive experience.

-Dianna

Kathryne is an amazing fun HypnoBirthing instructor! I wouldn’t say that I was terrified of labor before our class but I had some anxiety about it. But thanks to Kathryne and all the knowledge she shared with me and my partner, I felt so empowered during my labor. It didn’t go the way I had planned but I was calm, positive the whole time and accepting of the way it was going. It was the most beautiful day of my life and I am so grateful that I had the tools to navigate this challenge properly. In my opinion, HypnoBirthing should be taught to every woman about to give birth, no matter how you plan to do it (with or without epidural) and Kathryne is the lady you want as a teacher. She was always available for texts / calls and answered every single questions we had. Classes were fun and engaging thanks to her amazing energy. I recommend you book her ASAP before she gets too busy!

-Marion

My husband and I did a private Hypnobirthing class series with Kathryne, and we are so grateful to have had her thoughtful and caring expertise. As someone who works in hospitals, I knew the power of relaxation and was hopeful it would work but was admittedly a bit skeptical of the program before we started. Kathryne brought the material alive and personalized the program to our specific needs. I really appreciated how she focused on practical birthing issues, especially empowering me to stand up for myself in my medical care. My husband also felt more confident in being my birthing coach after her classes! Because of her guidance and support I was able to do the following things: 1) bring my blood pressure down during stressful OB visits by breathing alone, 2) switch OBs late in the game when mine was fear-mongering in ways Kathryne had warned me about, 3) Labor at home comfortably and calmly with my husband as coach, and 4) approach my hospital birthing experience knowledgeably and confidently. Hands down would recommend Kathryne and her program to anyone wanting to enter their birthing experience confidently!

-Sabrina

My husband and I took Kathryne’s Hypnobirthing class together. It was the best preparation for child birth. It amazes me how little people know about childbirth and how that affects outcomes. This class was so helpful in learning more about childbirth and my body. She really helped me understand how the body works during birth so I could eliminate my fear of childbirth and embrace any uncomfortable feelings I had during labor. My labor was more difficult that I anticipated and the mindfulness skills, breathing exercises, and positive affirmations discussed in class helped me stay present and positive during labor. Also, knowing what my body was doing helped me work with my body and I was able to stick with my plan of having an unmedicated birth at a birthing center. She also educated us on the fact that we can say no and maintain power and control during birth. I am convinced that had I given birth at a hospital and not had the education Kathryne provided both about labor and choice during birth, doctors at the hospital would have tried to perform a c-section. Having my husband in the class also gave him knowledge and skills to support me. He was even education his mother and friends about childbirth when they tried giving us unsolicited advice. He was the best support during birth, which was a key factor in maintaining my positivity during birth. Overall, Kathryne’s class helped me have a positive and empowering birthing experience and I am so glad I took the class.

-Danielle

My husband and I signed up for Kathryne’s class to prepare for the birth of our second child. I had a great first birth and had taken a class through Kaiser before, but I knew it would be important to dedicate time and space to get my mindset in the right place for birth again! Kathryne was all we were hoping for - not only did I get mentally prepared for birthing again, I learned a lot of new information about the birthing process and how our bodies work through the different stages of labor. The information she provides is so empowering because once you can recognize how certain surges and feelings contribute to your labor progressing, you feel purpose in the process and (for me) a great sense of calm and control. I also loved that Kathryne kept the classes real, honest, and funny. I feel safest birthing in a hospital and was so appreciative to find a Hypnobirthing class that wasn’t meant just for home birth or birth centers. My labor moved fast, and I ended up choosing to forego an epidural to keep things moving quickly. I think the knowledge and skills from this class helped me feel confident in my decision and prepared to cope without the epidural. The whole experience was empowering! I highly recommend taking Kathryne’s course.

-Kate

Thanks to this class I felt prepared for labor and had an understanding of what my body was going through. I had a very short labor and if it weren’t for this class I do not think I would have effectively communicated with my nurses what stage my labor was in. Thanks to this class, I knew what questions to ask ahead of time to make sure I could make informed decisions during labor and delivery. There were a lot of topics discussed I wouldn’t even have thought to ask about. I did the class over zoom, which was super convenient. Kathryne made sure to keep everyone engaged by keeping the classes an open conversation rather than a lecture. I would definitely recommend Kathryne’s hypnobirthing class!

-Jenn

My main objective coming into my birth was to feel safe, informed, and in control of my autonomy to birth as I wanted to. Kathryne provided everything I was looking for and more. Her class was so informative- both for my husband with little to no knowledge of birth procedure, and myself who works in reproductive medicine. We both gained so much knowledge and confidence that even when everything went opposite of our “plan” we felt prepared and in control. I went to 42 weeks and had to be induced so I did not have the unmedicated birth I planned on- but I still had a wonderful experience because I knew how to engage with my team and make decisions. Kathryne is so easy to listen to and extremely relatable. She makes birthing class funny and enjoyable- and gives real, raw examples. I could not recommend her class more!

-Helena

There is so much fear in the unknown and that is what childbirth was for me, full of the unknown. This class was so incredibly informative! You will literally write down your fears and bring them to the table, then work on all of them. I went from scared and not knowing anything to feeling empowered and excited for this process to meeting our baby. I can’t recommend this class enough!

-Emma

I took Kathryne’s hypnobirthing class as I prepared for my first birthing experience. I have been anxious about the birth process long before getting pregnant and it was always one of my biggest fears. I feel like I was pretty informed going into the class, but Kathryne taught my husband and I so much more than we could have ever learned on our own. She allowed us to feel confident, empowered, and prepared for the birth experience. I ended up needing a c-section due to a breech positioning. However, I was still able to use a lot of Kathryne’s tools and advice for a successful and positive experience. I was just telling a friend the other day that I ALMOST feel guilty my birth experience was so good. I know, that much of it has to do with the liberating labor birthing class.

-Anais

My partner and I decided to take a hypnobirthing class for our second child, as we were planning to prepare for a VBAC. Although we ended up with an unexpected repeat c-section (due to sunny side up baby), this class allowed both of us to handle labor much more peaceful and confident than with our first labor. The breathing techniques and self hypnosis taught in class helped me so much during my labor. I did not start experiencing “pain” until I was fully dilated. I was contracting every 2 minutes for hours, but I was so calm and just focused on my breath. My husband and nurses/midwife didn’t believe I was in active labor because of how calm I was. My partner felt much more prepared and learned how to be involved in the labor process because of what we learned in class. He was taught many different labor positions, and how to use counter pressure (which helped SO much since I had back labor) and how to advocate for me. I definitely recommend this class to all expecting mothers, even if it’s not their first child. Even though we had a repeat c-section, I was able to get fully dilated and push unmedicated which was important to us. It was an empowering experience and I wouldn’t have been able to get that far without the skills I learned from our class.

-Dana

Hypnobirthing allowed me to be present and find joy over fear while facing challenges during my pregnancy, labor, and now in my fourth trimester! Kathryne was a positive, kind, and encouraging teacher. I had a hospital birth with an epidural and found the techniques of this class to be vital for my labor process. I think that hyponobirthing could benefit you regardless of where, how, or with whom you plan to labor. I was most grateful for following elements of hypnobirthing: How it encouraged communication between me and my husband and gave him tools to support me during labor. How much I have used the techniques since birth (Examples: visualization and breathing techniques while learning to breastfeed, soothing my newborn by holding her on a birthing ball). Feeling empowered to know options available to me during the unexpected turns of becoming a new parent.

-Sonya