Why the Leclaire Method?
 

The Leclaire method - developed by Michelle Leclaire - teaches you how to deal with the worries and fears of everyday life and help you to re-think unhealthy attitudes that you have developed about many aspects of your life, as well as your birth experience.

This method also helps with the Post-natal period (after you've had your baby) It can reduce or eliminate Post-natal depression and help you to adjust to your new role, and the inevitable changes that will occur in your life with the arrival of your new baby.

Bringing Peace to the World
One Baby at a Time

Scientific Studies on the use of Hypnosis in Pregnancy and Labour:

A study in Wisconsin USA, into the benefits of using Hypnosis, as well as childbirth education, for pain relief in labour, was released. 60 women, who were having their first babies, were divided into those who were highly suggestible to Hypnosis and those who were less susceptible. They all received 6 sessions of childbirth education and skill mastery using an ischemic pain task. Half of each group received a hypnotic induction at the beginning of each of the sessions, the remaining half (control subjects) received relaxation and breathing exercises typically used in childbirth classes. Both Hypnotically prepared women had shorter first-stages of labour, less medication, higher Apgar scores (scores given to babies which indicate their well-being at birth) and more likely to have normal deliveries than the control group. Highly susceptible Hypnotically prepared women had lower depression scores after birth than the other three groups.

(T. Tyre (1990), Study on the Obstetric outcomes using Hypnotic analgesia and skill mastery, combined with childbirth education. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 58.8) 

In a study done at the University of Hawaii on using Hypnosis to turn babies from Breech to Vertex (bottom down to head down) studied a group of 100 women with breech presentation at 37 to 40 weeks. There was a 81% success rate with Hypnosis, while only 48% in the control group turned.

(L. Mehl (1997), Mothering 82: Jan-Mar)