About Your Instructor
Sita Payne Romero, LMT, CD, HCHI

I realized my calling when I experienced the beauty of life through my own pregnancies, labor, birth and mothering. I have a great desire to connect and communicate with mothers-to-be and new mothers on many levels, including education, support, and community.


Training & Certifications

• September 2008: Licensed in the state of Georgia as a Massage Therapist (MT005338)
• May 2008: Hypnobabies training and Certification as a Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor (HCHI)
• August 2007: Certified as an Infant Massage Instructor
• May 2006: Studied Hypnobabies Hypno-Doula Program
• January 2006: Opened my private Birth Practice Full-Time and began offering services for doula care, massage therapy and yoga instruction on a full-time basis
• February 2005: Certified as a Prenatal and Postpartum Massage Therapist in Bodywork for the Childbearing Year
• October 2004: Licensed in the State of Florida as a Massage Therapist (MA42356)
• August 2004: Graduated from Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy, Inc.
• September 2003: Certified as a doula through DONA International
• August 2003:  Attended Yoga intensive at the Asheville Yoga Center and Certified as a Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Instructor
• May 2003: Attended my certification births for DONA
• March 2003: Attended a labor/birth doula training through the Doulas of North America (DONA) and the Childbirth and Postpartum Professionals Association (CAPPA)

Professional Experience

I have been a doula for over 6 years now and have had the ability to be a part of so many different birth experiences. My path to become a Hypnobabies Childbirth Educator happened when I supported a doula client that had a beautiful and comfortable birth experience using hypnosis. I love teaching Hypnobabies and sharing the amazing journey of pregnancy and birth with so many wonderful families. As a teacher, I began as a yoga instructor and over the years of being a yoga teacher and doula have found my path towards teaching Hypnobabies classes. I have used hypnosis with yoga students for several years and love teaching a complete childbirth education program using hypnosis.

Personal Experience: My Birth Stories


My first birth was a hospital birth and inspired me to become a doula and set me on the path of finding my passion to help others achieve a beautiful and empowering birth experience. I learned so much from my first birth, and although it was empowering, it was by no means painless.

After being a doula for many years and gaining lots of perspective, when it was time for my next baby, we planned our first Hypnobabies birth. We had a very peaceful and wonderful home-waterbirth using Hypnobabies and I remained comfortable throughout the entire process. You can read my whole Hypnobabies Birth Story here and watch a slideshow with my birth pictures.

....And then I became a Hypnobabies Instructor because I wanted to share that kind of birth experience with others.

Many of my Hypnobabies students comment that my personal experience using Hypnobabies for my own birth is so powerful for them and encouraging. It enables me to be able to answer questions both from an Instructor perspective, but also from the first-hand birth experience and mom-perspective as well.