Hypnobirthing

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Permalink Reply by Melissa J. Roth on July 7, 2011 at 7:50am

While I have a set of scripts that serve as a guideline for what I want to accomplish with my birth clients they are too extensive to post here.  The basic outline is to relieve anxiety and to reframe "labor"into contractions and pressure.  I also add suggestions for pain control and prevention.  Sorry I do not have the series on my computer so that I could send them to you.

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Permalink Reply by Segretta A. Woodard on July 7, 2011 at 10:22am

Thank you, Melissa.

I appreciate the guidance and reframe context.  Great point of reference.

Segretta
Melissa J. Roth said:

While I have a set of scripts that serve as a guideline for what I want to accomplish with my birth clients they are too extensive to post here.  The basic outline is to relieve anxiety and to reframe "labor"into contractions and pressure.  I also add suggestions for pain control and prevention.  Sorry I do not have the series on my computer so that I could send them to you.

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Permalink Reply by Segretta A. Woodard on August 5, 2011 at 10:33pm

Greetings,

My friend gave birth this week.  Lovely, short and delightful birthing!

Segretta

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Spencer on August 6, 2011 at 10:34am

Congratulations to the new family!

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Permalink Reply by Segretta A. Woodard on August 7, 2011 at 4:30pm

I will share your congratulations!  Thank you.

Jackie Spencer said:

Congratulations to the new family!

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Permalink Reply by Adrienne on August 7, 2011 at 9:11pm

I would always include training in glove anasthesia and training in self hypnosis over a 6 week period so the mother can assist herself where and when she needs to.  I find Dr Corydon Hammond's book "Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors" gives a good guide on sequence and what to do and when.  I then add in metaphors and visualisations based on the mother's life experiences.  Also reframing labor into a wanted and exciting experience and every contraction is just one moment nearer to the baby being born, so a celebration, not a pain. 

 

There is a lovely script for managing chronic and acute pain - anticipating short-term pain management for use with childbirth on page 127  of the 2nd Ed of "Hypnotherapy Scripts" by Ronald A Havens and Catherine Walters.

 

With the mother I worked with on her childbirth, I also taught Circles of Excellence to help her deal with pressure of in-laws and her own parents and preserve her sanity! 

Cheers Adrienne

Cheers

Adrienne

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Permalink Reply by Segretta A. Woodard on August 12, 2011 at 7:25pm

Thank you, Adrienne!

Baby is here, ten days old now!  Mom had 6 hours of "not so hard" labor.  Everything went super well.

Excellent suggestions to add to my repertoire!

Adrienne Isnard said:

I would always include training in glove anasthesia and training in self hypnosis over a 6 week period so the mother can assist herself where and when she needs to.  I find Dr Corydon Hammond's book "Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors" gives a good guide on sequence and what to do and when.  I then add in metaphors and visualisations based on the mother's life experiences.  Also reframing labor into a wanted and exciting experience and every contraction is just one moment nearer to the baby being born, so a celebration, not a pain. 

 

There is a lovely script for managing chronic and acute pain - anticipating short-term pain management for use with childbirth on page 127  of the 2nd Ed of "Hypnotherapy Scripts" by Ronald A Havens and Catherine Walters.

 

With the mother I worked with on her childbirth, I also taught Circles of Excellence to help her deal with pressure of in-laws and her own parents and preserve her sanity! 

Cheers Adrienne

Cheers

Adrienne

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Permalink Reply by helen martin on August 13, 2011 at 12:29am

I just assisted a close friend through her birth last month. I used to be a midwife so the experience was very interesting. When I read up on the hypnobirthing information I couldn't agree with avoiding giving detailed information on the possible complications of birth. In my experience as a midwife, no matter how straight forward the pregnancy, you never know what will happen during the birth. Labour started well and the hypnosis worked a treat but she ended up having a very long labour (36hrs) as the baby was malpositioned and this delayed the birth and caused a huge amount of pain as the baby's head pressed on her spine. She ended up having almost everything that can go wrong. She became overwhelmed by pain and had an epidural, then augmenting drugs and finally an emergency caesarian. The amazing thing that hypnobirthing did for her was that she remained calm and confident 90% of the time. I have seen lots of women go through similar birth without hypnobirthing, and they nearly all ended up hysterical and terrified. I gave her and her partner birthing classes as well as the hypno, and I taught them all about the complications and what to expect. I would recommend this information very strongly and without that they would have been so scared. Hypnobirthing worked beautifully for them in an unexpected way, they remained calm and confident. They discussed their options with medical staff and understood what was happening and were able to make informed decisions. The wonderful thing is that they don't see any of it as a failure as they both wanted a live healthy baby and mum. Both mum and baby Ruby are recovering well.

Hope this gives food for thought.

Best wishes to you and your friend.

Helen

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