Hypno-pregnancy

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Permalink Reply by Mary Winstanley on February 20, 2011 at 2:06am

Dear Joshua,

That's a good point. My assumption would be that, in addition to telling clients that being stressed increases their babies' stress etc, the therapist would spend a lot of time with them on stress management, allaying fears, confidence and ego-building, future pacing, positive suggestions that they are and will remain relaxed etc, with exhortations to practise every day so that the likelihood is that they will be relaxed (and the whole stress thing just seems so out of context/unfamiliar) by the time the birth date comes around.

I don't have a lot of experience of this, so I would be interested in hearing what other people have to say.

Mary

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Permalink Reply by Kathryn Beck on February 20, 2011 at 7:36am

Hi Joshua,

I'm actually a Certified HypnoBirthing childbirth educator and Fertility consultant.  

 

Of course, telling a mother to be that she's stressed out and that is going to harm her baby is not going to be a productive way to get her to relax.  :)  It's more of finding out WHY she is stressed, and teaching her ways to learn how to relax her mind and body so that she can experience those wonderful endorphins again!  Then telling her how those wonderful endorphins are going to work positively on her and her baby (or future baby).  

Mary is right too...spending time releasing fears, building up her confidence, forgiveness work, future pacing, all those things help tremendously.  With daily practice, the mom learns how to turn off that stress response, and relax more....which helps her to get pregnant, or have a more comfortable birth experience.

 

:)
Kathryn Beck, CH, HBCE, HBFC, RMT 

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Permalink Reply by Graham Old on February 20, 2011 at 7:43am

Hi Joshua,

I think the key has to be pre-education. You teach and instill this stuff prior to labour and then simply remind the mother, rather than try to convince her.

Also, education about the "crisis" point when she may briefly feel that sense of panic as she reaches the point of no-return means that she won't be surprised later on.

Don't forget that there are multitudes of women out there who have gone through a hypno-birth painlessly. Find a good forum or series of youtube clips and employ "My friend Joan". ;-)

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on February 20, 2011 at 8:45am

Why not explain that the difference between positive stress and negative stress is how we react to life which is usually unconsciously programmed by our experience, beliefs and expectations about life and teach her how to release any toxic feelings and emotions that she is feeling as they come up...

 

An Ellner/Barsky Detox is an ideal tool for this kind of situation-

 

Michael E @ http://www.nycanxietyhypnosis.com

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