Can you hypnotize yourself to a pain-free birth"
Childbirth is terrifying. Whether it?s your first or your fifth, you have no idea what it will be like for you and this baby. So, the prospect that you can use your mind to move through a scary, painful experience like labour, is miraculous.
Like most expectant women who seek out hypnosis coaching before their due date, I was highly motivated by fear: I?ve been told it hurts, I?ve seen in movies that it hurts. But how intensely" For how long" I was reluctant to have an epidural; I?m afraid of needles and worried about the side effects not only for me, but for my baby?would it interfere with breastfeeding and bonding" I was overthinking and over-anticipating in every way. I needed to calm down, and the occasional prenatal yoga class wasn?t cutting it. My hatha instructor also led an eight-week Hypnobirthing course for couples, so I signed us up. I?d had a pretty dreamy pregnancy, but my inscrutable birth loomed large. I hoped that a touch of hypnosis could fly me over my anxiety so that I could magically find my baby on the other side.
Hypnosis is a tool?along with breathing, massage techniques and hydrotherapy?women can use for a pain-free, or pain managed, birth. It?s the practice of moving past the conscious mind, the place that recognizes (and freaks out about) the pain, to a state of inner focus and absorption, what Shawn Gallagher, a former midwife and board-certified hypnotist in Toronto, calls trance. ?When the conscious mind is distracted or offline, ...
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