Am I Dreaming?

[Paigeturner]

So I am barely into my 2nd trimester but I am already watching all these birth stories on foxtel, so that I can visually and mentally prepare myself for giving birth.

I have seen on 60 minutes that hypnobirthing is a really awesome way to give birth, you let your body do the work and wallah baby is born with minimal stress and pain.

HOWEVER, I was watching an episode of "deliver me home" today and this awesome hippy mum was going to do hypnobirthing drug free etc etc.

Cue the birth-- she is screaming in agony, demanding an epidural and saying that this is the most inhumane pain she has ever gone through.

Has anyone here done hypnobirthing or similar? Does anyone think it would actually work drug free?

 

[solitaire89]

So I am barely into my 2nd trimester but I am already watching all these birth stories on foxtel, so that I can visually and mentally prepare myself for giving birth.

I have seen on 60 minutes that hypnobirthing is a really awesome way to give birth, you let your body do the work and wallah baby is born with minimal stress and pain.

HOWEVER, I was watching an episode of "deliver me home" today and this awesome hippy mum was going to do hypnobirthing drug free etc etc.

Cue the birth-- she is screaming in agony, demanding an epidural and saying that this is the most inhumane pain she has ever gone through.

Has anyone here done hypnobirthing or similar? Does anyone think it would actually work drug free?

I used Natal Hypnotherapy, and had a completely pain free and drug free labour and homebirth - so yes, it is perfectly possible. My birth story is in my signature if you're interested.

My top tips off the top of my head are:

• to start practicing early (12 weeks if possible, but if you're beyond that it's still workable with more practice)
• to make sure everyone who is in close vicinty of where you are labouring knows that you're using hypnotherapy and what they can do to help you (i.e. bugger off unless you're a necessity and that includes medics, and sit down and shut up if you are in there unless you're giving massage/triggers to assist in keeping a hypnotic state)
• to keep the lights dim and sounds soft (basically, the conditions for concieveing a baby are the best for birthing a baby).
• to practice lots - no really, I mean it, that's why it's here twice!

If you have any questions about a birth using hypnosis, feel free to shout me. It may seem far fetched, but it really was a painless experience. I "felt" everything (including a "cosmetic" tear that didn't need stitching), but there was no pain at all.

HTH

 

[Paigeturner]

Thank You!

I was not sure it was even possible and it was so good to read that you had a positive experiance using this technique.

I internalise my pain and detatch from it in real life. To the point where I stop talking and just concentrate of controlling myself (which unerves my dh who just wants to know whats wrong).

I will def look into it more

 

[solitaire89]

Thank You!

I was not sure it was even possible and it was so good to read that you had a positive experiance using this technique.

I internalise my pain and detatch from it in real life. To the point where I stop talking and just concentrate of controlling myself (which unerves my dh who just wants to know whats wrong).

I will def look into it more

The hypnotherapy isn't about "stopping" the pain, but rather teaching your body to relax. The idea is that if you are tense it hurts more, so therefore you fear the next contraction, so tense more, so it hurts more, and so the cycle goes. There are a couple of techniques for managing pain and making it more manageable, but that is more of a "side line" to it.

If you have any more questions when you start to look into it, feel free to shout me.

 

[aimee-lou]

Agree with PP - relaxing is the key. Working with your body (using hypnobirthing or not) is the key. I've done it twice, and the second time I put up much less of a fight lol. It was a lot quicker, less traumatic for us both and I birthed a nearly 11lber with only G&A! It can be done.

One word of warning -it's a whole of body pain which I don't think anyone has experienced until they give birth or are in a car crash (My Mum has done both and she said that they were pretty comparable). You have to keep yourself calm otherwise you WILL panic (I know I did lol). It's different to toothache or earache or any of those other soul destroying pain that you get - it has an outcome and an end in sight and that's what you need to bear in mind. the only thing that will truly stop the pain is getting baby out, so let your body do just that. Keep in mind the euphoria you get when you actually give birth - I'm going to be crude here - you know that feeling you get of relief and relaxation after a really big BM - imagine that x1million! lol