The Main Challenge to Mothers is Fear

One of the main challenges facing mothers-to-be is the fear factor. Having trained and qualified as a HypnoBirthing®practitioner, I now appreciate that the HypnoBirthing®Childbirth method is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing.

HypnoBirthing® teaches you, along with your birthing companion, the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable and relaxed way.  Mothers-to-be learn to uitilise their body’s own natural relaxant and thus lessen or eliminate discomfort and the need for medication.  When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth and the body and mind are in harmony, nature is free to function in the same well-designed manner that it does with all other creatures.

Mothers are taught in HypnoBirthing® to let go of all previous programming about birth, how to trust your body and work with it, as well as how to free yourself of harmful emotions that lead to pain-causing fear and rigid muscles.

HypnoBirthing® teaches the art of using natural birthing instincts, being aware and yet fully in control, but profoundly relaxed. There are HypnoBirthing® films showing labouring mothers, awake, alert and in good humor as they experience the kind of gentle birth that you, too, can know when you are free of the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome.

Midwives, Hypnotherapists and Mothers-to-be

The clear evidence for me as an experienced hypnotherapist when I was training was the cross-section of attendees:  Midwives, clinical hypnotherapists, and HypnoBirthing®mum’s all learning the Maria Mongan method of HypnoBirthing®.

With HypnoBirthing® mother’s also attending there was living proof that this can help mums, dads and the baby to have a wonderful birth experience and with minimal discomfort.

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Author’s Details

Pam Morgan PDC Hyp MBSCH

Hypnotherapist in Rugby, Warwickshire and Daventry, Northamptonshire

Website: www.hypnotherapy-reflexology.co.uk/hypnobirthing-901-0.html
Email: hypnobirthing@sky.com

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As a Hypnotherapist I work with expectant mums who want that extra support – I build up strong albeit temporary rapport and trust with them and help them discover how powerful they and their minds truly are. Along with treating children, working with mums-to-be gives me an enormous amount of satisfaction because you know at the end of it all there will be beautiful bundle of joy to look forward to.

I will of course not be there to support the mum at the actual moment of childbirth so my job is to make sure they can support themselves with the help of self-hypnosis. Self-hypnosis is very easy to learn and the techniques I teach can be used at any time in the future to help with situations other than childbirth. Incorporated into the sessions with this is Suggestion Therapy – positively phrased suggestions which take root in the subconscious mind.

Being out of control is often the biggest fear a pregnant woman has – possibly with regards to the sensations in her own body or not being able to make their own choices when they need to. Other less obvious concerns can be doubts about how they will cope with the new arrival, if they will lose their own identity and how easily they will bond with their baby.

Fears often have 9 months to build (from previous experiences, media stories etc) so by helping expectant mums overcome their fears it helps them feel so much more in control and reassured. Prior to or during childbirth often a woman will expect pain on a subconscious level so their body produces certain hormones during labour and the outcome is a restricted flow of blood and oxygen to her uterus and tightening of muscles in the cervix – the areas which needs the most help at this stage!

On the other hand if a woman is relaxed and looking forward to the birth, there will be more synergy between her mind and her body. When a woman feels no fear during childbirth there is little or no discomfort – the contractions come regularly and rhythmically and the baby is born more easily (and often faster).

It is important not to forget that partners often need support. They can sometimes feel a bit left out or useless when it comes to helping support the mother and they may even have their own fears or doubts. By being able to assess and deal with the likely weaknesses of the other person present at the birth, we can ensure the mother has the greatest possible support and that the partner feels both a part of the process and able to enjoy the experience.

So if you would like extra support from someone like myself, all you have to do is ASK for it!

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“There is evidence for the use of hypnotherapy
for turning a breech position”

By month eight the baby was in a breech presentation position. Many hospitals now take the view that it is safer to do a C-section rather than a vaginal breech delivery. The evidence for this has been questioned but, in the meantime, the obstetrics skills needed for breech deliveries are less widely available. For a commentary on this, and advice about changing a breech position, see www.gentlebirth.org. Katy was keen to avoid a C-section so we worked on turning the baby. There is evidence for the use of hypnotherapy for turning a breech position: see Archives of Family Medicine, volume 3, October 1994, “Hypnosis and Conversion of the Breech to the Vertex Presentation” by Lewis E. Mehl. In this study 81% of breech positions were converted using hypnosis. We used imagery, with suggestions to both the mother and the baby (named “Bump” for this purpose), of being in your own swimming pool, and being able to turn somersaults, and of having your head near the exit from the pool. This imagery was also put on to a CD for Katy (and Bump) to listen to. We continued to work on the instant self hypnosis technique, with imagery of a light switch that can be used to turn off unwanted sensations from the lower part of the body, as taught at the Institute of Clinical Hypnosis. With practice it was possible for Katy to go into this state while being able to have her eyes open, move and be able to respond to any instructions from a midwife.

By the ninth month the baby had turned from the breech position, and now we were working on imagery for the birth itself. There is a short article in Contemporary Hypnosis (1996) Volume 13 number 3, pages 202 to 204, by Karola Dillenburger and Mickey Keenan entitled “Obstetric Hypnosis — An Experience” which describes hypnosis being used for a particular birth, and it uses some beautiful imagery of entering a river with flowers floating in it, the flowers having an analgesic effect. Later the river enters a cave, and regular waves begin, and in due course, you are propelled through the narrow exit of the cave into the calm sea beyond. We developed this imagery and put it on another CD for Katy to listen to regularly. In all we had four sessions, with Katy’s husband coming to the fourth session for some hypnotic experience and to hear about the approach that was being used.

“a short period of labour is characteristic of Hypnobirthing”

In the 41st week Katy started to feel contractions at 6:30 a.m. By 9 a.m. the waters had broken and Katy was advised to go to Queen Charlotte’s. Travelling was uncomfortable, as was the walk to the Birthing Suite, and the baby was born within seven minutes of arrival. So Katy achieved her objective of staying at home as long as possible; there was minimal intervention, and no pain medication prior to the birth (though there was some local anaesthetic for stitching subsequently); and the short period of labour is characteristic of Hypnobirthing. A shorter period of labour is likely to contribute to a quicker post-natal recovery.

If you would like more quantitative data there is an interesting article in the October 2007 American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis: see “Hypnosis for Childbirth: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Outcomes in One Obstetrician’s Practice” by Leona VandeVusse and others. This was a comparative study of childbirth outcomes between 50 women who elected for antepartum hypnosis preparation and 51 who did not. Prenatal hypnosis preparation resulted in significantly less use of sedatives, analgesic, and regional anaesthesia during labour and in higher 1-minute neonatal Apgar scores. In addition, the hypnosis-prepared women who delivered vaginally experienced an average 2.2 hour shorter labour length than the comparable women without hypnosis preparation.

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Easy and comfortable contractions … or surges?

Sounds too good to be true!

A growing number of couples are discovering the wonders of HypnoBirthing, a relatively new concept in the UK, which teaches them how to achieve easy, comfortable and natural childbirth, with many mothers experiencing little or even no pain. Not surprisingly it is rapidly gaining recognition in the birthing world and amongst prospective parents as the way to give birth.

HypnoBirthing is based on the belief that a woman’s body is perfectly designed to give birth without experiencing pain. When a woman is properly prepared for childbirth and when mind and body are in harmony, nature is free to function in the same well-designed manner that it does with all other creatures. After all, why should a woman’s uterus not function just as comfortably as other muscles in the body.

The reason, according to Marie Mongan, the founder of HypnoBirthing, that the uterus muscles don’t perform is because a culture of fear of childbirth has been developed over centuries, not due to the actual physical aspect of birth but due to the fear of what may possibly go wrong during and after childbirth. When we are fearful, we are also tense and when we are tense we experience pain. This is because the blood and oxygen necessary for the uterus muscles to work in harmony for an easy, comfortable birth, are directed to the parts of the body that are more important when needing to either fight or run for our lives. The uterus does not play a life saving role and is therefore not nourished when we are in danger and fearful.

HypnoBirthing is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing and stress-free method of birthing. It teaches couples a wide range of techniques and skills that can be used in all areas of life, not just childbirth. Couples learn how to use hypnosis, deep relaxation and breathing techniques to eliminate the fear and tension that cause pain. The result is shorter labour, fewer complications, less or no need for chemical painkillers and, of course, relaxed babies and mothers. Mothers find out how to tune into their natural birthing instincts, trust and work with their bodies and to release all prior programming about birth. HypnoBirthing teaches gentle birthing techniques that allow the mother to breathe her baby into the world without the violence of hard physical pushing.

Unlike many ‘traditional’ births where fathers are often left very much on the side lines, HypnoBirthing gives fathers a wonderful, integral role in the birth. This allows the mother to relax and internalise, focusing only on her baby, secure in the knowledge that the father is in control of all that surrounds the birth, including communication with the midwives and doctors. He learns how to take the mother into a deep state of relaxation, or trance state through the use of hypnotic texts and affirmations, acting as a guide and anchor to keep the mother relaxed and focused as well as being the intermediary between the mother and midwives.

The classes are run over 3 weeks and are a mix of interesting background information and theory together with plenty of relaxation and practical work. Releasing fear about childbirth or parenting is a major part of the course and there is always a distinct change in attitude, particularly from the mothers, once this part is completed. Couples are fascinated as they view HypnoBirthing films showing labouring mothers, awake, alert, smiling and in good humour, with hardly a sound as their baby is born – they are very real proof that it really is possible to experience the serene and natural birth that nature intended. After all, only the western world has medicalised childbirth to the extent that elected caesarians are now quite the norm. In many cultures women give birth easily and comfortably and animals certainly don’t cry out in agony when their offspring is born.

Many couples start the course with a few doubts saying ‘it sounds great but I can’t imagine we’ll manage a birth like that!’ However, by the end of the course parents feel excited and confident, armed with techniques that allow them to take control of the birth of their baby, instead of allowing fear and lack of knowledge to influence the event.

The course offers a wide menu of techniques and skills for couples to choose from and they are encouraged to personalise the course to their own situation, practicing and using those techniques that work best for them. The hypnotic techniques taught are also very useful in other areas of life to reduce stress, increase confidence, cope with difficult situations and to feel more positive and energetic. The effectiveness of hypnotherapy to give up smoking, help clients lose weight, eliminate phobias or to treat stress related disorders such as IBS or ulcers is now widely recognised. Hypnotherapy has also helped many couples suffering from fertility problems.

Hypnosis is a state we are in several times a day, when dropping off to sleep, when daydreaming, when engrossed in a film or when driving 10 miles without knowing how we got there! It is completely safe and natural and in this deeply relaxed state the subconscious mind can be accessed directly without the conscious mind analysing and putting up barriers. As the subconscious mind doesn’t differentiate between fact and fiction it means that positive suggestions can be made and taken on by the client, fears can be released easily without emotion and future events can be imagined and experienced as though they were reality.

Hypnotherapy often uses visualisation for a client to mentally experience a physical outcome they desire and this is extremely effective for childbirth, allowing the mother to visualise her body, uterus and birth path (vagina) opening up very easily and then imagining her baby moving down and out safely, comfortably and quickly. Couples are encouraged to look forward to the birthing day as a special day to be embraced not endured and, whatever route the birth may take, they will benefit from HypnoBirthing.

The power of words is important to understand – when you think of a lemon your mouth will probably tingle or water and this mental-physical connection works in many other areas. This is why HypnoBirthing has developed a much softer and gentler language for childbirth, talking about a ‘surge’ instead of a ‘contraction’, ‘waters release’ instead of break, ‘breathing the baby down’ instead of ‘pushing’ and ‘birthing’ not ‘delivery’.

There are only 3 different breathing techniques which are vital to understand – sleep breathing which takes the mother into a relaxed state, slow breathing that is used to breath through each surge and the ‘J breath’ which is used to breath the baby down during the final stage of labour as the baby moves down the birth path to crown.

Parents, midwives and doctors are constantly amazed by the wonderfully easy births experienced through HypnoBirthing.

‘HypnoBirthing gave us a most priceless gift, that of a fearless birth.’

‘My parents saw the video of my birthing and couldn’t believe I was even in labour.’

‘I’ve been delivering babies for 20 years and never seen anything like this!’

‘Nothing can describe the beauty of our birthing experience with HypnoBirthing – I had 2 other children using traditional methods and never dreamed labour could be as easy as this!’

What more could you want for the birth of your baby! It’s wonderful and it works!  

Article Posted – 27th February 2007.
Copyright Kristin Hayward

 
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