Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better

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She is a former college dean who, early in her career, was named one of five outstanding educational leaders in New Hampshire and was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship to Harvard University. Lamaze is a method that aims to help couples feel more confident in the birthing process. It focuses on pain management techniques, like breathing and massage, to help move labor along and serve as natural pain management. Hypnobabies is another method of using hypnosis during the birth process. It’s based on the Painless Childbirth Program, which was developed by master hypnotherapist Gerald Kein. Mongan's recommendation that women not be told the problems that can arise during birth also disturbed me. While some individuals may be comfortable with less information, I for one want to know as much as possible about the process and intend to educate myself to the best of my ability. In doing that I hope to find out about both "normal" and problematic childbirth with the hope that I will be prepared for either.

Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better

I was disappointed that not all the relaxation exercises are given as audios but you're expected to read them or have them read to you. We believe community is everything, especially when it comes to growing and birthing a baby. Our communities are special - they’re not just a Facebook group. What’s more, you only get access when you’ve signed up to one of our courses, meaning you are in a place with like-minded people who are also using The Positive Birth Company’s hypnobirthing framework to prepare for birth. We go beyond to ensure every single member of our community feels supported as they navigate their pregnancy and birth, and people tell us access to these communities is worth the sign-up fee alone!

Filled with redundancies and irksome phrases like "Hugs before drugs" (Yes; used several times!), this book reads more like a hoakey, overly simplistic pamphlet. It continually references you to take the classes, so it is more of an advertisement for them than a teaching tool of its own. In the brief paragraphs that touch on the different visualization techniques, they are vaguely described and poorly explained. While urged to practice them often, they are not taught well enough that I would know if I was doing them right or what Mongan even means by certain instructions. Therefore, I feel if I tried to practice the techniques as outlined in the book, it would be a waste of time. It often states that your birthing companion will guide you with prompts, but you won't find those in the book. Nope; you have to spend more money to take the classes. More than 500 news organizations — including Good Morning America, The Today Show, Dateline, The Richard & Judy Show, Time, Newsweek, Parenting and Better Homes & Gardens — have joined the movement for better birthing. Created by author and midwife Tracy Donegan, the GentleBirth app is a helpful tool for mums during pregnancy and labour. Covers postpartum advice and support only, so you’ll want a different book when preparing for birth Give a feeling of control. Women in the 2013 study also reported feeling more relaxed and in control. As a result, they had less fear about labor and birth.

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She doesn’t claim that a birth will be perfect but that it can be a positive experience for both mum and baby. Through Your Birth, Your Baby, Hollie’s aim is to build confidence in women so that they listen to their instincts during childbirth. If you don’t want to fork out lots of money, but would like to learn the techniques of hypnobirthing, Maggie Howell has produced a CD for helping women prepare for birth in a hospital setting Prepares you for some of the breastfeeding challenges you may encounter and how you can overcome them If you’re looking for a pregnancy book full of factual advice you can trust, you can’t really go wrong with a book written by an experienced senior midwife and UK based hypnobirthing practitioner. Very factual, evidence-based, none of the patronising stuff a lot of pregnancy books have, and pretty balanced views on things too.” (Tried and tested by Mumsnet user Lola871)If you’re expecting a baby, you may be considering hypnobirthing, a technique that can help relieve pain and feelings of stress during pregnancy and labour. Like lots of things to do with becoming a parent though, it can feel overwhelming trying to find the right information, which is where the best hypnobirthing book comes in very handy. It is Marie F. Mongan’s mission to empower women to believe in their bodies so that childbirth doesn’t have to be a painful and distressing experience. I also didn't appreciate the relentless heterocentrism, which went beyond using "he" for your partner into constantly telling you that your baby was conceived through perfect lovemaking - no, he wasn't. That doesn't even hold true for all straight women, but she obviously finds the idea of lesbian and otherwise non-heterosexually partnered mothers completely inconceivable. It's also cringeingly racist. The "happy simple primitives speaking in broken English" she presents as totally real people she's worked with made me die a little inside. It Finally, it speaks only to wealthy women who have completely unrestricted financial choices about birth - she actually says that if you say you can't afford something, then it's your own fault that you're poor, because, you know, the Secret. KATHARINE GRAVES has personally taught over 1,000 mothers and her methods are taught internationally. She is a qualified advanced hypnotherapist and a qualified doula, having trained with Michel Odent, the internationally renowned obstretician. Katharine is a member of the International Advisory Board of the HypnoFertility Foundation of America, the Maternity and Newborn Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, and an associate member of the Royal College of Midwives. She has four grown-up children and five grandchildren. Expert author?: What is the expertise of the author and can you trust their advice? Look for books written from reliable sources of information, particularly if they are focused on a particular approach to childbirth. We recommend books written by medical or pregnancy experts or coaches. Whilst celebrity parent books can be helpful, ultimately they tend to be based on a personal experience.