I am sure you have all read the reports and know why it is a great way to have a baby but just to remind you of the benefits:
Benefits of Hypnobirthing
- Manage any discomfort through powerful breathing techniques
- Reduces fear, tension and discomfort and thus naturally increase discomfort threshold
- Learn relaxation techniques that will help your body to work the way it is designed to
- Learn how to put yourself in control of your birth - rather than blindly turning your birthing experience over to your doctor or midwife
- Less medication and chemical anaesthesia is needed as muscles thin and open easily
- Hypnosis shortens the first stage of delivery by approximately 3 – 4 hours for mothers delivery their babies. For subsequent deliveries, it is not unusual for them to be as quick as 60-120 minutes long
- Learn visualization techniques that can help your body to do what it wants to do
- Allow your mind and body to work together in harmony
- Experience the pleasures of birth rather than the negative experiences you may have heard from others
- Release worries and concerns you may have about birth
- Enables mother to go into “hypnotic relaxation” if unable to sleep between feeds
- Raises resistance to fatigue during delivery thus minimizing maternal exhaustion
- Encourages the production of milk
- Decreases “post natal blues” and speed recovery
- Use the endorphin release to increase your body's natural anaesthetic – a much safer option than relying on pharmaceuticals and other drugs
