Nowadays, you mention the word childbirth and labor and most women would cringe.  Why is that?  Why do we associate the labor delivery process as something to be feared and painful?  A woman’s body was designed for giving birth and it is a natural process for life.  Since women in the past did not have the benefit of painkillers, how were they able to cope?  Even now, how are the women of societies less well developed coping with childbirth?

In the Western world, we  have been conditioned to think that childbirth is something negative.  We use words in our vocabulary that have negative connotations in association with childbirth.  Therefore, in hypno birthing, we reframe the context altogether.  Babies as not delivered the same way as pizza.  Babies are birthed through the birthing process and not labor.  Labor is too work intensive.  Moms don’t push out their babies, they breathe them down.  Instead of contractions, moms have surges.

Hypno birthing is all about reaching a calm happy state of self-hypnosis.  In this state, the childbirth process can proceed naturally without the intervention of pain medication as the body naturally releases all the endorphins and chemicals it needs for pain relief.  A relaxed body does not fight the birthing process as one does when the body is fearful and tense.  When one is fearful, the muscles in the uterus constrict and tense up which leads to pain.  With hypno birthing mothers, they learn techniques to relax which will lead to the muscles of the uterus opening naturally as it prepares for birthing.  It is with this type of calmness and relaxation we should adopt when giving birth.  In order to do so, we need to deprogram what we’ve been told about the childbirth labor process that we’ve heard through our lives.  The birth process is a beautiful natural process to be welcomed with joy.  It is with these affirmations, visualization and breathing techniques that will help guide your hypno birthing process into a positive experience.

Women who are students of hypno birthing know how to eliminate fear, tension, pain cycle from the birthing process with the power of their minds.  By going through a self induced hypnosis, it promotes calming thoughts and relaxation techniques.  With these techniques, the chances are greatly reduced the need for painkillers or the mother feels comfortable enough to do away with them altogether.  Hypno birthing can also greatly shorten the first group stage of labor by several hours.  Due to the calm nature of the labor process the mother has more energy for the actual childbirth.  Hypno birthing also reduces the risk of breach presentations and other special-needs cases.

Hypno birthing is not only a great experience for them on their but you can also be a great experience for the father as well.  In the past the father might not actually know his role in the labor process feeling that he might get in the way.  But with hypno birthing, the father becomes an active participant in the birth process which benefits the couple by strengthening the family bond.  The father’s role is seen as the birthing companion in which he guides the mother in her relaxation techniques in order to release the body’s natural endorphin painkillers.

The one other family member in which the hypno birth benefits is of course the baby itself.  By reducing the need for drugs or going drug free altogether, babies are more alert when they enter the world free from the anesthesia.  These babies tend to have high Apgar scores as they are alert and attentive to their surroundings.  This makes them immediately able to start the bonding process with mom and dad.  And undoubtedly, hyno babies seem to be much calmer, relaxed beings as that was how they were brought into the world.