childbirth but when I did I grabbed onto it wholeheartedly.
I came home from work every day and listened to the CDs. I read through all of the materials. I prepared my birthing plan and I thought I knew what I wanted.
Here’s my experience…
I did not have a pain-free childbirth. I did however find that I was able to release and let the contractions do their thing without fighting it and tensing up and making it worse. Tensing up and grabbing onto the bedrails and fighting every wave is working against what the muscles are trying to do. It makes it more painful and difficult.
The part of Hynobabies that really worked for me was the partner induced hypnosis. Every time a contraction started my husband would put his hand on my forehead and push down firmly on my head. Our practicing must have worked because it did make my body release and go limp and let the contraction do its thing. I know for a fact this was working because for the few contractions that he wasn’t there to do the forehead thing it was much more difficult to get through.
I also know for a fact that the hypnosis was working to a degree because several months later I used the finger drop technique and I actually felt it work. I had a migraine for the first time ever in my life. I was sitting in the dark bedroom trying to relax when I thought of the finger drop technique so I tried it and I instantly relaxed. The finger drop technique is taught in the course to help you drop into instant hypnosis.
The part of Hypnobabies that really didn’t work for me was convincing me that I could have a pain-free delivery. I know there are women out there that do it but it is not in the cards for all of us. I will say that I had to have pitocin because my water had broke hours ago and my contractions were not getting strong enough fast enough. Pitocin is known to make contractions more painful. Perhaps this interference made it impossible for me to get pain relief from the hypnosis.
I Wish I Had Known…
…that I needed to have every decision made before going into labor. I mean everything. Do not say to yourself, “Oh, we will decide when the time comes if I want this or that done.” If you are in full labor and having painful contractions or if you have been up allllll night long in labor you will not be able to think straight and make important decisions logically. Go through all the scenarios and try to make a plan and a solid decision for everything so you don’t regret anything later.
…that Hypnobabies was no guarantee for a pain-free birth. In my opinion they oversell this point a bit. I believed it was possible and everyone supported me but it didn’t work out that way. Just be prepared in case Hypnobabies doesn’t bring you as much pain relief as you had hoped.
I Recommend Hynobabies
I recommend Hypnobabies because I think it was an incredible resource. It allowed me to spend an hour every day in complete relaxation during my pregnancy which I’m sure was very healthy for my baby.
It taught me a lot about how the body works and how medical procedures affect the natural birthing process.
It may not have given me a pain-free birth but I am so incredibly grateful that I was able to release myself to the contractions and have a peaceful birth rather then writhing and screaming while my baby was being born. Hypnobabies is a wonderful birthing course and it is sure to bring you at the very least some peace and relaxation during your pregnancy and delivery.
It eased my fears. This was my first child and I will admit I was scared of the unknown pain. After finishing the course I felt more confident that no matter what happened this was my body doing an amazing thing and I would do it perfectly. I knew what to expect throughout the birthing process and how things were going to proceed. This wasn’t a course just about hypnosis, it was a prep course for the whole process of childbirth.
After all is said and done I will admit that feeling my baby moving down the birth canal and crowning and being born was an experience I would not give up to a completely numbing epidural. It was truly amazing.
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