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When preparing for birth, it is important that you choose a childbirth education program that has been created from experience, is comprehensive, professional, and evidence-based. So it’s time for us to set modesty aside and speak openly.
By staying quiet about the meaningful differences between our modern Australian program and others on the market, we are doing you a disservice.
When you enrol in a Hypnobirthing Australia course — an Australian copyright childbirth education program — you can be confident that you are attending the country’s most professional and nationally recognised hypnobirthing course. Our program has been carefully designed to align specifically with Australian models of maternity care.
Australia maintains rigorous regulatory standards, and we are appropriately registered through the relevant governing channels — unlike some overseas-based programs. For your own quality assurance, we recommend confirming that your practitioner is listed on the official Hypnobirthing Australia website before booking your class.
All of our practitioners display our official certification badge of authenticity. Hypnobirthing Australia established its original certification badge many years before other programs began introducing their own self-declared “gold seal” standards
We are very proud to be a professional, Australian educational standards childbirth education program created specifically by Australians for Australians – and we know that we have the best quality program available for your preparation for a beautiful, calm and positive birth.
In today’s world, it’s easy for someone to generate a hypnobirthing course using AI and simply attach a price tag. But our Positive Birth Program™ has been built on experience, and Hypnobirthing Australia has been around for over 16 years.
Our Founder and Director, Melissa Spilsted, is widely recognised as Australia’s leading expert in hypnobirthing education. With more than 25 years of qualifications and experience in Education (BEd, BA), Clinical Hypnotherapy (CHt), and Childbirth Education (HPCE), she has dedicated her career to providing parents across Australia with high-quality, relevant, evidence-based childbirth education.
She’s also a three-time hypnobirthing mum herself — so she knows firsthand that this approach to achieving a calm, positive, and empowered birth truly works.
We have proven results that show our Positive Birth Program improves birth outcomes. A major Australian hospital collected outcomes that showed our Positive Birth Program greatly reduced interventions. They were so impressed our program was then further implemented across a multitude of hospitals.
Check out the amazing birth outcomes from parents who attended our ‘Positive Birth Program’ at Bunbury Hospital, WACHS, Western Australia.
Our Program has been created in collaboration with over 300 industry experts for the Australian Models of Care, for Australians.
We bring together diverse perspectives to create a program that’s by the people, for the people. Unlike other courses that may rely on just one or two perspectives, ours is a collective effort grounded in Australian expertise.
It’s genuine, quality childbirth education based right here in Australia. Our Positive Birth Program is unmatched. This enables you to navigate the Australian healthcare system better, so your birth experience can be a positive and empowering one.
Unlike other hypnobirthing courses that only cater towards intervention-free birth, our program covers all types of births.
Birth is a very unique experience, so our course is not rigid; we provide you with the tools to navigate your birth, no matter what path your birthing takes.
We aim for a natural birth; however, you’re well prepared, no matter what path your birthing takes.
Whether you choose pain relief, need medical support, or have a spontaneous, intervention-free birth… our goal is the same: To help you feel prepared, calm, supported, and positive about your experience — whatever that means to you.
The world doesn’t need another generic hypnobirthing course. Instead of another program aimed towards pain relief tools, our program provides you with a comprehensive method of preparation that is tried & trusted by major hospitals.
Our Positive Birth Program is like no other. Our program is based on four key areas of birth preparation.
✔︎ Tools
✔︎ Support
✔︎ Knowledge
✔︎ Method of preparation
We approach birth in a very intuitive way. You are the expert of your body. When you combine intuition with prior knowledge (i.e., knowing the signs of transition) and have support around you (to help re-centre and/or go with the flow at this time) — then this is going to empower you.
More parents attend our course than any other childbirth education class in Australia. Our program is loved by over 80,000 Aussie parents. Read the hundreds of testimonials on our website.
You also may have seen us featured in the press, on leading television programs such as Channel 7 Sunrise, the ABC, or in popular parenting magazines such as Mother & Baby and Practical Parenting magazine. We are Australia’s leading and most popular childbirth education course and are recommended by both professionals and parents. Why? Because our program is down-to-earth, up-to-date, the highest quality, and to put it simply, it just works!
It’s not just about teaching you what to do if something unexpected happens or hospital policies — though yes, we cover special circumstances.
We’re here to teach you how to help yourself during birth — because when you have tools, proven techniques, and a deep understanding of what’s happening in your body, everything changes.
You’ll learn how to stay calm, how to breathe through intensity, how to listen to your instincts, and how to work with your body rather than against it.
We show your birth partner exactly how they can support you in the moments you need it most. From hands-on comfort techniques to emotional encouragement.
Parents consistently share that our materials exceed their expectations and are among the most comprehensive and professionally presented resources they have encountered in any training program. Our course content is contemporary and up to date — you won’t find outdated birth footage in our classes.
In addition to high-quality, face-to-face tuition from your extensively trained hypnobirthing practitioner, you will receive a professionally printed course booklet, along with downloadable practice albums and resources, an eBook, video tuition, and ongoing support.
We are committed to delivering exceptional value and take pride in providing an extensive suite of training materials to ensure you feel thoroughly prepared and supported.
This Australian program is delivered in hospitals, birth centres, private childbirth education classes, and through Aboriginal Health Services nationwide. As an Australian company, we are proudly supported by local birthing professionals and committed to providing the highest standard of education to families across the country.
Our Positive Birth Program, Positive Caesarean Birth Program and Positive Birth Indigenous Program have all been implemented at Bunbury Hospital in Western Australia. In partnership with the Western Australian Country Health Service (WACHS), which oversees 19 regional and rural hospitals across WA, the success of our program led to it being rolled out across all WACHS health services. Our program is also taught at various other hospitals and indigenous health services Australia-wide.
We’re also proud to share that the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth Program was prominently featured in research published in the Women and Birth journal (Volume 38, Issue 3, May 2025) by the Australian College of Midwives. The study highlights the vital role our program plays in delivering accessible and effective childbirth education via telehealth to families living in rural and remote Australia.
The Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner Training Course is personally taught by the director of Hypnobirthing Australia, Melissa Spilsted, who is recognised as Australia’s leading expert in hypnobirthing education.
Our Practitioners are the best of the best. We have very strict requirements for practitioner training and ongoing certification (much more stringent than other hypnobirthing training courses – we are extremely selective in who we accept in our training); as Hypnobirthing Australia is focused on quality, rather than quantity.
We have Australian standards, a Code of Conduct, and an Australian-based register. When you book into a Hypnobirthing Australia course, you can be assured that you are receiving the highest level of hypnobirthing teaching, course and training materials in the country.
We think that all childbirth education programs are doing a wonderful job in spreading the word of positive birthing; however, not all courses are created equal.
Sometimes claims are made that can be misleading, and we feel that it is important that Australian parents know the facts when booking into a hypnobirthing course.
Ensure that you start this journey off with the BEST hypnobirthing childbirth education available — because you and your baby DESERVE nothing less than THE BEST.