Re: [ozmidwifery] Yahoo news article

[jayne]

Dear Diane,   Would you care to share with us more about hypnobirthing?   Some questions I have are:   Does the partner have to be involved?   Do you conduct 'classes' or one on one sessions with the woman?   How much contact would a woman have with you to learn the methods?   How soon into the pregnancy would you begin?   Thanks   Jayne     I have attended many births here and wittnessed many women feeling only tightening and pressure, no pain. Others discomfort but not pain. All had comfortable births. Midwives often were a little confused because these women didn't show the "normal" pain signs during labour and so often weren't ready for the birth itself. They also commented afterwards that it had been years since they had seen a natural birth in a labour room without being medically managed. They were really impressed at the trust that the labouring mum had in herself. Trust? or the belief that they had that women are designed to give birth comfortably with little or no discomfort.   I have a video from Dateline USA who filmed 2 couples last August or September and followed them through their pregnancies and giving birth, pain free and it went to air in the USA. The interviewers too doubted it. The couples had 6 hypnosis sessions with their Obstetrician and gave birth with only pressure and very comfortably. All recorded on film. Their belief systems were taught that pain is a conditioned response, so gave it something else to believe instead. And it did. Beautifully.   regards Diane Gardner