How hypnosis can help with natural childbirth

Hypnosis can help the mother-to-be gain control over her mind and body, helping her to reduce pain, fear, and anxiety whilst in labour. It can assist in creating a calmer experience and a less stressed baby leading to what is often a beautiful experience

Hypnosis is an extremely powerful tool for aiding natural childbirth. It works on many levels. Firstly, and most importantly it teaches you to relax. Relaxation is always the key to reducing our anxiety about things. You will also learn quick and easy self-hypnosis techniques. Knowing how to move easily and quickly into a deeply relaxed state. It gives you the tools to dissociate yourself from any discomfort you might be experiencing.

• Learn how to switch off and go to your ‘happy place’.
• Take control over your body sensations using relaxation techniques
• Communicate with your baby in order to bond early
• Lessen the discomfort of contractions
• Relieve pre-birth anxiety and stress
• Learn to numb any part of your body with the ‘cold-hand’ technique
• Improved sleep prior to birth and afterwards
• Reduction of heartburn
• Control of blood pressure
• Removal of fear and anxiety
• Lessen need for induced labour
• Fewer drugs or no drugs
• Shorten Labour
• A more alert and energised mother
• Fewer interventions and complications during labour
• A plentiful milk supply
• Babies sleep and feed better

Treatment

Treatment is ideally, begun around the 32 week stage of pregnancy. Labour usually starts between 37 and 42 weeks.

After an initial free consultation three to four weekly sessions would normally be required. Extra sessions may be considered if there is any trauma from previous births, in this situation treatment will be begun earlier than 32 weeks. Mothers-to-be in early pregnancy who are worrying excessively about the birth, would be well advised to visit earlier, since anxiety tends to increase if left untreated.

A CD will be supplied for use between sessions and self-hypnosis techniques will be taught.

Partners are also welcome as dad can certainly benefit from some
de-stressing too!

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