Hypnobirthing?

[runnergrl]

Has anyone heard of this or used this method of child birth? I have been doing some research and it seems as though you can relax yourself with certian techniques and allow yourself to have a less painful, faster and often times drug free delivery..

opinions??

 

[Amygdala]

I think it sounds good but almost too good to be true. I'm sure self-hypnosis can help you relax and ease the pain to some extend but somehow I find it hard to believe that it'll make that much of a difference, given the amount of pain you're likely to be in. I'd also be very interested to hear from anyone who has tried this though!

 

[Blob]

I'm doing this next time, i know quite a few people who used it and really rate it. Its not like its going to be a miricle cure but it kinda explains what each phase means etc which i think really would help.

 

[plutosblue]

I think it sounds interesting, hypnosis can be a powerful thing and for some women it may be the perfect option..

However.. I would rather take it as it comes to be honest, I'm a wimp and will probably be begging for drugs

To me a good birth is when there is a healthy happy baby at the end of it, however which way they enter the world

 

[goddess25]

In the baby club section of the forum in the ask a mom thread which is a sticky thread there was one about hypno birthing and lots of mums were talking about it, ones who has used it. Take a look.

It sounds interesting. I wont be using it for my next birth as my last was awesome. I laboured at home and arrived at the hospital in time to push baby out, i didnt need pain control it was amazing. I will be having a home birth next time.

Go for it. It sounds like an amazing thing to do.

 

[Kess]

I'm planning a home hypnobirth. I've read amazing things about it, and if it's half as good as people say, it'll be worth it!

 

[Blob]

Yea i'm planning a home birth next time, i want it really in water not the shit 'bath' they called a water birth in hospital

 

[runnergrl]

Hmm interesting, I want to have my baby at home too... hopefully. but I'm pretty much a huge pansie so we will just have to wait and see

 

[Kess]

Hmm interesting, I want to have my baby at home too... hopefully. but I'm pretty much a huge pansie so we will just have to wait and see

I'm a wimp too, that's why I want a homebirth! I have read that there's less pain at home because we're more relaxed and not fighting our natural mammalian instincts to be somewhere safe and private.

 

[xcited4mybump]

sounds very interesting,i've been reading up on waterbirths,feel like this is really what i would want.although i would prefer to be in hospital,i think i would be to nervous to labour at home.that being said i did 90% of my last labour at home before going to hospitali only used gas & air and with my first i had a pethidine and gas & air.i think every birth is different and hopefully we'll all get the ones that we want...when the time comes

 

[barbarap]

have been reading about this a lot and it sounds great.
check out the videos on You Tube, the women look sooo relaxed!

 

[goddess25]

I had planned on having a water birth and as I had said i did all my labouring at home, i was in the shower hated it. DH ran me a bath and I could not stand it, i had to get out the water did my head in for some reason, not sure why! Hypnobirthing does look interesting might give it another look up and see.

 

[Tulip]

I'm definitely planning a home-hypno-waterbirth for my first. Got the hypno book before we lost Rubes and it makes so much sense - shows you exactly how the muscles of the uterus work and why we feel what we feel. And why we feel pain when it should be just pressure - because we're told that childbirth is agony so we tense up, hence the pain.

Although I can imagine a back-to-back labour being agony with or without hypno

 

[trumpetbum]

My last babe was a homebirth and due to her positioning we had a long labour. I plan to use Hypnobirthing this time round as it seems to have some great results when used properly.
I think the name makes people think it's a bit airy fairy but it's really about giving yourself a coping strategy imo. I am involved in a midwifery forum and I've seen posts from midwives saying that it really works when used well.
If you fancy seeing it in action there's a home water birth diary video using hypnobirthing here which is lovely.

https://www.mybirth.tv/video-diary.cfm?id=13