Hypnosis! Uncover its Mysteries

The Key to comfortable Birthing is the creation and control of' the body's own natural anaesthesia produced by a calm relaxed hypnotic state in this state your breathing is even and rhythmical, ensuring a high level of oxygen is entering your body.  This oxygen goes through to your baby, ensuring that your baby remains calm and stable. Increased oxygen stimulates the production of Oxytocin (hormone responsible for contraction) and endorphins. Your blood pressure remains at a healthy level, and as your body is limp and relaxed you conserve your energy, with all excess energy being channelled through to the muscle that is really working hard, namely your Uterus. As the Uterus has no resistance or tension from surrounding muscles, the contractions are more effective and more comfortable. As the labour progresses un hindered by artificial hormones, other natural hormones kick in including relaxin which allows the cells of the birth canal to relax, soften and stretch, so making the babies descent easier and more comfortable.

Kathleen Freeman first developed the powerful ‘Comfortable Birthing programme’ in 1996 which incorporate suggestion Therapy , Self Hypnosis, visualisation techniques, the ‘Calm Technique’, mind power solutions and Specially mastered birthing CD’s

With the tools you will learn through Hypnosis for Comfortable Birthing You can approach your birth with calmness and confidence in the knowledge you have all the skills to reduce the level of pain Reduce Pain, increase Calmness & Confidence, reduce Fears & Anxiety, reduce/eliminate the Need for Medication in Labour, reduce the Need for Interventions,(C-Section, Forceps, etc.) learn to Quickly & Deeply Relax, increase Control in Labour, a comfortable Transition into Motherhood.

Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques eliminate the fear and tension that cause long labour and pain, replacing it with confidence, calm, and comfort while deeply relaxed you will be more in tune with your body and your baby. You will be able to move around and chat as you wish, while remaining in a calming hypnotic state.
 

Is there any evidence that it works?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 13 - Self-hypnosis during childbirth may ease some of the pain of labor, lower the risk of medical complications and reduce the need for surgery, study results suggest.

Hypnotherapy has been shown to reduce pain and the need for anesthesia, as well as ease anxiety and fear during childbirth, Dr. Paul G. Schauble and colleagues note in the Journal of Family Practice for May. The use of hypnosis during pregnancy to prepare women for delivery may be key since it gives them a sense of control, they say.

To investigate, the researchers, who are at the University of Florida in Gainesville, assigned 42 pregnant teenagers to receive either counseling or four sessions of instruction in self-hypnosis for childbirth. Teens in the hypnosis group learned deep relaxation and imagery techniques to help them cope with pain. They also received suggestions to help them respond to possible complications and boost their confidence in their ability to manage anxiety.

According to the report, only 1 of 22 patients in the hypnosis group remained in the hospital longer than 2 days after delivery, compared with 8 of 20 patients who did not learn self-hypnosis. None of the patients in the hypnosis group needed surgical intervention, compared with 60% of those in the non-hypnosis group.

In addition, fewer patients in the hypnosis group experienced complications such as high blood pressure or vacuum-assisted delivery, opted for medical anesthesia or oxytocin, or required medication after delivery.

"This study provides empirical data demonstrating that the use of hypnosis in preparing pregnant women for labor and delivery reduces the risk of complications, decreases the need for medical intervention...and promotes safer, more comfortable delivery for mother and child," Dr. Schauble told Reuters Health. "We anticipate this will lead to a reduction in the costs involved in childbirth."
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The statistics and ongoing research are showing that women using hypnosis skills in labour experience more positive birth experiences, with less pain, require less medications, need fewer interventions (such as forceps, C-sections, etc), and have shorter labour times.  All good news when you are pregnant and getting closer to giving birth!

Why Hypnosis Helps

It seems increasingly evident that our most useful skill, is the ability to relax deeply and completely. 
Hypnosis in this instants seems the natural remedy to remove anxiety and to help you truly relax the biggest deeply and completely.  Hypnosis is also extremely effective in increasing coping skills and diminishing your perception of pain.  Your increased ability to relax deeply creates an opportunity for your body to do what it is designed to do; to give birth naturally in a calm and relaxed way. However with the tools of the ‘Comfortable Birthing Programme’ your experience will be gracefully and go smoothly.  (for some eliminating pain completely!) ,by altering pain perception, the programme will give you the coping skills which creates greater calmness and control through the birth process. Which in turn will help to reduce the stress on your baby while they are being born. 

Using the tools you will learn using techniques for instant self hypnosis tools you will have the ability and skills to help you in a way that best supports you in labour. 

Many women report that one of their biggest helps in labour was the ability to manage their response to the stresses of labour and birth.
 
How will a programme be devised for me?

At your initial FREE initial consultation a specialised programme will be devised for you taking all aspects of your life into consideration also weather or not you wish your partner to be a part of this experience perhaps to provide ways to increase closeness and support or simply to alleviate any anxiety that they may be experiencing during this time of transition to parenting.