Welcome to Boston Hypnobirth!
Our Services
We offer a wide range of birthing and parenting services, including prenatal education, doula support, breech support, Spinning Babies® Parent classes, Hypnobirthing® classes and more. Our experienced team is here to support you every step of the way. We support people through pregnancy and birth, abortion, fertility, and postpartum bodywork and birth processing.
Meet Our Team
Get to know our team of professionals who are passionate about helping families navigate the journey of pregnancy, birth, and parenting. We're here to provide you with personalized care and support. We also are deeply connected with birthworkers throughout the area and can support you with referrals.
Your Community
At Boston Hypnobirth, we believe in the power of community. Attend one of our events, or reach out by email to bostonhypnobirth@gmail.com. We're here to help you build a strong support system.
Our Philosophy
We believe that every birthing person deserves compassionate, evidence-based care during the birthing and parenting journey. Our approach is centered around supporting your choices and empowering you to make informed decisions. We are going to make recommendations to practices that we know, through our experience and that of our collegues, have better outcomes around surgical birth, trauma informed care and lower intervention practices.
Testimonials
Don't just take our word for it! Hear from some of the families we've had the privilege of working with. From prenatal care to postpartum support, we're here to help you have the best possible experience. Our testimonials are public! please see our google page, yelp page or doulamatch page.
Contact Us
Ready to learn more about our services or schedule a consultation? We're here to answer your questions and provide the support you need. Get in touch with us today! If you are scheduling a doula consult or information, please feel free to email bostonhypnobirth@gmail.com (you can also book a consult online, but the open slots may be limited, we can respond more quickly to emails)
BREech Support
Our Breech Training
Bonnie is a perinatal massage therapist trained in Shiatsu, deep tissue and myofascial release work. She is a certified Spinning Babies® educator and aware practitioner. She has trained and certified in the Breech Release (https://restorybirthwork.com/) in San Diego with the midwives and bodyworkers from restory birthwork / global Spinning Babies® trainers. Bonnie is passsionate about and deeply involved in the Breech workers community.
Spinning Babies
Bonnie offers Breech Balancing sessions. These are 2 -3 hour sessions that include informing you of all the options for breech birth in the Boston area, coaching you around your specific breech presentation, breech release bodywork both on the massage table and on a breech slant board, and coaching to make sure you understand the 6 day breech protocol for breech balancing. Please purchase and read "Helping your breech baby turn" ebook before your session. (or the When baby lies sideways ebook if you have a side lying breech)
Spinning Babies® Helping Your Breech Baby Turn:
https://spinningbabies.ontraport.com/t?orid=198013&opid=58
Spinning Babies® When Baby Lies Sideways eBook:
https://spinningbabies.ontraport.com/t?orid=198013&opid=74
Moxa and Placeholder Technique
We offer add on services to our breech sessions, clients can add on a moxa session or a placeholder session. Placeholder is part of the bodywork session, done on the slant board and floor cushions, that allows us to help release stuck breech presentations and help give the baby more space. We do not use force or perform ECVs. We can do release work to support your ECV.
Moxa is an herbal stick (think large incense) that creates ease in the sacral restrictions and by working on specific acupressure points to increase fetal movement. We both give clients a full moxa session and send you home with moxa for at home work. If you are already seeing an acupuncturist you probably do not need this addition.
Book your breech balancing session
Please book a Breech Balancing session first. Breech release sessions are only for follow up sessions. We do also offer virtual support sessions. You are welcome to email us at bostonhypnobirth@gmail.com with additional questions or if you are past 36 weeks and need a breech session more urgently and the online calendar does not have more immediate availability. Please also contact us if you cannot afford our rates, we do have some equity rates available.
Menu / Price List
Labor And Birth Doula Packages
Clients are welcome to talk to us about low income options if needed! We believe in access to care.
*Recommended -Team Doula Package
$2400
A team care model. Primary Doula Support with Bonnie and secondary support from one of her doula partners. Karen Zelinsky from bostonbirthing.com, and Tonya Salerno from Tonyayoga.com
Get to know both of your doulas, This includes 1 session with both doulas.
Birth Planning / Advocacy Session
Spinning Babies® Birth Class or
Comfort Measures / Labor Class
postpartum resources
Support through labor and birth
Team Doula with Massage (or Yoga)
$3500
Everything in the Team Package
and add 10 prenatal and postpartum massages at a significantly discounted rate. All massages will be at Bonnie's JP massage office.
Clients will also be given an additional option of an extended session labor massage class for partners. (this is 25% off massages)
Split this up with private in home yoga or virtual yoga sessions with Tonya Salerno of Tonyayoga.com
The VBAC / TOLAC Doula Package
$2200
We are passionate about supporting TOLAC (trial of labor after caesarean) and have successful supported many VBACS. We customize this package to include a Spinning Babies / Labor Progress session based on your birth and body experience, a birth planning session that addresses experiences you may have had the first time around, We include a session to plan ahead for induction for VBAC and the possibility of repeat Cesarean / Belly Birth. We also help you find the most supportive VBAC providers.
More Doula Packages
Virtual Doula Support
$2000
Everything in our team package
Option of virtual or in person spinning babies / comfort measures session.
Virtual support via phone for early labor support and virtual support via phone or video for active labor and birth support.
We are able to support anywhere in the world via our virtual care, and bring our collective tools in Spinning Babies, Hypnobirthing, Massage, Yoga, Breathwork, Visualization and Advocacy to your birth!
Mass Health Doula
mass health rate
We are certified mass health doulas and can offer birth planning and prenatal support for birth preparation and labor and birth support through mass health.
We only serve mass health clients at boston and cambridge area hospitals.
BWH, NWH, BI, BMC, MGH, CHA, MTA
Scheduled Cesarean Birth
$1800
Birth preferences for cesarean session, Heal Faster hypnosis sessionw with Karen or Fear release hypnosis with Bonnie, support through birth and early recovery at the hospital (including in the OR if allowed). Follow up to make sure you have needed lactation support and other support. follow up post partum massage at 3 weeks after birth. Add on can include functional movement for Cesareans with Rebecca Coluntino, OT
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Home Birth Doula
$2000
Everything in our team package
Support at your home and with your home birth midwifery team. We include an additional birth team support meeting with your midwives. Package is also adapted to earlier arrival and support if needed.
Breech Support
$200 +
Bonnie Rovics is a Spinning Babies Aware Practitioner and Educator, She specializes in supporting clients with breech presentations. She has been training in California with the authors of the breech release and can help you find the providers most supportive of breech clients, as well as therapists and resources needed to have the best chance of flipping your breech baby.
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Gift Cards
Give the gift of prenatal and postpartum care with a Boston Hypnobirth gift card. Perfect for baby showers or to support a new parent. For Massage and Class gift cards click the link below. For Doula Services please email us at bostonhypnobirth@gmail.com
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More about HypnoBirthing®
From Evidencebasedbirth.com:
The program report on HypnoBirthing® was published in 2012 by Swencionis. It’s very difficult to find this paper online, but I did receive a copy from the author a few years ago. They found that HypnoBirthing® parents who completed the survey had a low rate of medical interventions, including a low rate of epidural use at only 28%. 31% of birthing parents said that they found late labor to be comfortable or mostly comfortable, 25% described late labor as uncomfortable, and 44% said that they found late labor to be painful or extremely painful. They defined late labor as eight to 10 centimeters or being in transition. 74% of parents said that they agreed or strongly agreed that HypnoBirthing® helped them have a more comfortable birth.
Private HypnoBirthing Childbirth Education Classes
HypnoBirthing Natural Childbirth Classes via Zoom
Contact us for a free intro to HypnoBirthing® consult
All classes will be on Zoom. We will try and have recordings for all classes available for make up sessions and Bonnie will be offering occasional Q and A sessions.
The course cost is $750 and includes the text book, workbook and MP3 recordings.
Boston HypnoBirthing® Natural Childbirth Education Class:
What you learn in HypnoBirthing:
How to use the practice of self hypnosis to aid you in labor and birth
Understanding how fear affects birth and learning to release it
Understanding the phases of labor, transition and birthing
How the body works in labor and birth
The three different kinds of breathing and breathwork for labor and birth
movements and positioning for optimal labor
support tools that can help you
how to be a supportive partner to your birthing person / mama
The practice of relaxation
understanding misconceptions about birth and labor
A deeper understanding of birth preferences, how to advocate for yourself or your partner, and communicating clearly with your birth team
all of the options of birthing, including interventions (epidural, nitrous, pitocin) and why they are used, when they are used and what you might want to know.
We spend time learning and practicing visualizations, watching birth videos, creating positive images of birth and working as a team to help you work towards a healthy supported natural birth!
Display real testimonials
"First off, Bonnie is amazing. Her patience and ability to explain things was second to none, which is exactly what we needed after long work days. She kept the classes interesting and really seems to love what she does and genuinely cared about us and our success. Her class was more than just a collection of techniques that could be read in a book. From her we gained a very strong sense of confidence that we could have a positive birth experience and learned so much that we were excited to share with other expecting parents. It is amazing how little we really knew about childbirth, outside of what we have seen on TV and heard (in bed, on your back, medicated, yet screaming in pain) ... and this wasn't even our first birth! My husband and I felt fully prepared and actually excited to go through the birthing process this time around and to use the techniques we learned while taking hypnobirthing classes with Bonnie. Yes ... my husband too. He learned so much and really was my greatest support during the entire labor/birth experience. I referred to him as my Moula (man doula). During my labor with our first, he felt helpless and unable to meaningfully support me, however after these classes, he did an awesome job supporting me through the birth of our second, both physically and emotionally. He felt a big sense of purpose during the labor which he credits our training with Bonnie. During my short 6-hour labor, I felt completely in control of my body and my breathing, and succeeded with my goal of having a completely natural delivery. In addition, unlike my first birth which was medicated, traumatizing, and resulted in a very long recovery process, this birth was empowering, and in-line with my birth plan. I leveraged many of the coping strategies, benefited from the relaxed state the hypnosis scripts provided my body, and best yet, my recovery has been extremely easy. Bonnie, sincerely and from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU! We are so grateful for everything we learned with you, the kindness and care you treated us with, and the confidence you instilled in us. Everything went so well and we wouldn't have been able to do it without you."
- Meghan and Matt
Bonnie is fantastic and full of knowledge. I have been suffering from gestational carpal tunnel in both hands and the massage helped to relieve some of the discomfort. She also recommended sleeping on a wedge pillow to alleviate pressure off my arms from sleeping on my sides. That has been a game changer. I am actually able to sleep again! I highly recommend a prenatal massage with Bonnie!
- Moira G
I’ve tried three different prenatal masseuses and Bonnie is by far the most enjoyable and most effective. Highly recommended!
- Molly Barefoot
My husband and I are so happy to have had the opportunity to have Bonnie by our side for the birth of our second son. Her presence was so calming and there is absolutely no way I would have made it through without her. She knew exactly when and where to massage and apply counter pressure, and provided constant reminders to breathe and relax into contractions. Throughout labor, she suggested different techniques and positions to help me cope with the pain and pressure. Thanks to Bonnie, I was able to stick to my goal of avoiding any form of medical intervention and best of all, my husband was able to remain calm and confident and provide me with the support I needed from him. If I can convince my husband to have a third, first thing I’ll do is call up Bonnie!
-Naomi
It’s hard to put down in words for much it meant to have Bonnie by our side through the incredible transformative experience of a first pregnancy and birth. At the end, we got this incredible baby but along the way but there were points of deep emotion, pain, and fear. Bonnie was there from the second trimester with massage, her calming demeanor, and thoughtful teaching (a particular favorite was when she taught my partner some techniques of prenatal massage).
For the birth itself, it’s hard to imagine how we would have made it without her. Like so many, my birth story was not what I planned. Yet through that unpredictability, Bonnie was a constant. She had firm well placed touch, supportive words, and clear helpful instructions for both me and my partner. I vividly remember the comfort of the pressure of her hands on my back and hips when everything else felt like a whirl of chaos.
I recommend Bonnie without hesitation. She was a guide and grounding support in pregnancy, delivery, and for a spectacular post-partum massage. We will certainly work with her again for any future pregnancies.
- Dr Julie and Daniel
Having Bonnie Rovics as my doula made me feel safe throughout my whole pregnancy. I had a high risk pregnancy, but with the knowledge she provided me I was able to choose the right hospital for me halfway through my pregnancy. When she told me about Hypnobirthing I knew right away that was the way I wanted to experience birthing my daughter. The weekly pregnancy massages she gave me were therapy at the same time. She helped me create my birth preferences in a realistic way. By the end of my pregnancy I had no fear, I knew what my body was capable of and that I had the support I needed when the time came to give birth. Luckily after I was out of risk (35 weeks), I was ready to have my baby in the Mount Auburn Hospital. It was peaceful, safe, secure and a loving atmosphere as Bonnie made sure all my needs were met. Bonnie and I made it to the hospital at the same time and an hour later my daughter was born. I had the comfort of laboring at home and going to the hospital just to deliver my baby.
I'm 100% sure that without Bonnie Rovics by my side in this journey my experience would not have been the same. I knew exactly what to expect even though it was my first time having a baby. If I have another baby, Bonnie will be birthing my baby in my house now that I have experienced the most natural way to give birth. I'm sure everyone who chooses Bonnie as their Doula will have a positive and beautiful experience. She is open, reliable, respectful, mindful, caring and compassionate.
- Desiree F
FAQs
We have a home office
I own a lovely home in Jamaica Plain, Boston, a couple blocks from Stony Brook T on the orange line. My office is in my home and is a dedicated space for massage and perinatal coaching and wellness. I hope to have a center some day, but for now we work out of the house and rent space locally for group classes.
Do you have scholarships?
- While we don't have a scholarship fund, we do have low income rates for low income qualified clients. We believe in accessibility of our services and welcome you to contact us for a private conversation about your financial needs.
How far in advance do I have to book you?
For HypnoBirthing class we recommend starting between 28-32 weeks if possible. If you are farther along you may want to talk to us about an excelerated private class. For our Doula services it's never too late to inquire, however we have to space out births enough to try not to overlap two clients, so there is a limit to our services per calendar month.
Do you take insurance?
Yes we take Mass health and are able to work with Carrot. We can take FSA cards and provide receipts for reimbursement if you have insurance that will cover care.
How do I sign up for a prenatal massage?
go to Vagaro.com/Bostonhypnobirthandprenatalmassage
Can I take your HypnoBirthing Class if I am not in Boston?
Absolutely! now that our classes are online you are welcome to come to them from anywhere in the world!