Natural Childbirth - A Much Better Way

“HypnoBirthing® provides the missing link that allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing. Emphasis is placed on pregnancy and childbirth, as well as on pre-birth parenting and the consciousness of the pre-born baby. ” Hypnobirthing.com

Author: Jamie McMillan

Ever thought about having a natural childbirth and then scared yourself with thoughts of how painful it will be? Well, here’s a new concept - Birth Hypnotherapy. The concept of hypnotherapy during labor is to naturally anaesthetize your body into thinking it feels no pain during labor. Utilizing hypno-birthing, more and more mothers are able to have natural childbirths at home, or in the bath tub making it a truly relaxing and wonderful experience.

You may be thinking “will I be asleep during labor?” The answer is no. Normally you would associate hypnosis with being in a sedative state, not knowing what’s happening around you, but with the hypno-birthing techniques, you are in complete control of your surroundings, and are experiencing little or no pain.

“According to Dr. Dick-Read, use of hypnosis during labor helps laboring women break what he termed the “Fear-Tension-Pain syndrome” which makes labor more difficult. He believed the syndrome actually caused blood to flow away from nonessential organs such as the uterus to large muscle groups in the legs. He theorized that relaxation achieved through hypnosis would prevent that from happening.” Health.discovery.com

Each pregnancy and deliver is different. There’s no way to anticipate exactly what will happen. There is, however a way to prepare your body to be calm and relaxed. While under self-hypnosis, you allow your body to naturally bring your baby down the birth canal. Being in a relaxed state during pregnancy will help reduce fatigue so you can be fully involved in the delivery process.

You should start preparing yourself for birth hypnosis somewhere around the 5th to 7th month of pregnancy. Listening to tapes and reading hypnosis scripts will help in preparation. Your body will become aware of “cues” that will allow a quick transition into the hypnotic state when you need it during labor.

Check into some home-study hypno-birth courses as well as classes you can attend with your birthing partner.

“Hypnosis for childbirth teaches a woman how to enter into self-hypnosis instantly, and create her own natural anesthesia whenever and wherever she needs it. This is important as any drugs taken by a laboring woman can be dangerous for her, and especially her baby. She has total control over her body, and is an active participant in her birth process. ” Childbirthsolutions.com

• Buy the Hypnobirthing CD
• Find a Hypnobirthing practitioner
• Find books on Birth Hypnotherapy
• Find more information on achieving a pain-free pregnancy

About the author:
Jamie McMillan is a stay at home mom that runs a website at
http://www.w5481.net/ selling How-To information on various
topics

This poor baby. His mother butchered so he can be dragged from his uterine home. He is exposed to harsh light, dragged out by his head and then carried away, cold and scared, into the arms of strangers while mom looks on helplessly.

Today is the last day of April and the last day of cesarean awareness month. Yes, cesareans are valuable in a very small number of instances such as placenta previa but those cases account for somewhere in the neighborhood of 1-5% of births. Most cesareans are simply lining the wallets of obstetricians while allowing them to be home for dinner (and conveniently dodge lawsuits at the same time).

Want to avoid a cesarean? Have a homebirth. Period.

Think you can avoid a forceps delivery by opting for a cesarean section? Think again. Babies do not slide out any easier when pulled from your abdomen than when they are naturally expelled through your vagina. If you watch enough cesarean videos, you will see doctor after doctor pulling babies out by their heads, using forceps and dragging on the babies skull with all their might.

Why don’t you check with your chiropractor about the damage babies incur when dragged out of the womb by their heads vs being gently pushed out through a uterine contraction/gravity combo.

Most women wish to avoid a cesarean despite popular opinion that women are opting for surgery vs. vaginal birth. The unfortunate reality is, however, that if you choose to give birth in a hospital, you are going to subject yourself to arbitrary labor timelines, potentially harmful interventions and monitoring that will increase your chances of having a surgical birth. If you are going to deliver in a hospital, no matter what your intentions, you should always be prepared for the possibility of a cesarean delivery.

Recent research shows that c-sections today account for almost 30% of all births. If you’re an expectant mom, you may want to think about that.

Most c-sections are planned due to medical conditions, some c-sections are even a choice women make to avoid childbirth pain, however many occur in the wake of complications during labor, and these are the c-sections that catch moms off guard.

For a mom planning a vaginal birth it can be a mental and often emotional shock to know that your birth expectations won’t be met. Instead you’ll be confronted with anesthesia, catheters, surgery, a longer hospital stay and a host of potential complications.

Without careful thought and planning, you are left with your doctor and hospital staff making decisions for you that can leave you feeling out of control and emotionally compromised.

But whether a c-section is expected or unexpected, you still need to be prepared.

Statistics show that women suffer a lesser degree of emotional stress and depression from having a c-section if they are prepared for the process by fully understanding why it is needed and take part in the decisions being made.

You may be thinking that it’s easy to plan for something you expect to happen, but how do you plan for something you don’t expect?

“Expect the unexpected”, as they say and plan accordingly.

Regardless of whether you expect to have a c-section or it comes as a surprise, be prepared! That means understanding the risks, familiarizing yourself with the procedures, knowing your options and giving careful thought to what you want most for you and your baby. If problems should occur, be familiar with what they are and be ready for how you will respond to them.

Let’s take a look at why c-sections occur in the first place.

Planned c-sections typically occur because of things like breech birth, carrying multiple babies, having had a previous Cesarean, age, obesity and other medical conditions that clearly dictate a surgical birth.

Sheryl’s comment:
Most of the reasons listed in the previous paragraph are not valid reasons for a cesarean. They are doctor invented, not based in medical science and may protect the doctor but a cesarean is always more risky for both mom and baby. You need to know your facts so you can refuse a cesarean. Any doctor who fillets a mother’s baby from her womb because she has crossed an arbitrary age limit, should be drawn and quartered (in my humble opinion).

For healthy moms that don’t expect a c-section, things like failure of labor to progress, fetal distress or baby isn’t able to successfully pass through the birth canal can also require a c-section.

So how do you effectively prepare?

You’ve probably heard women say that they didn’t feel their c-section was really necessary or that doctors are often too quick to perform c-sections due to convenience or avoidance of legal issues. This may or may not be true in many cases however; wouldn’t you want to be sure that your c-section was the best choice for you?

Making clear decisions and immediate choices are a lot harder while flat on your back in labor. This is why keeping yourself informed, and having a plan for what may occur is so important. The last thing you want is your doctor and/or hospital staff making decisions for you. This is your baby’s birth and it should be as you would like it.

No matter how you expect the birth of your baby to go, take the time to go over possible complications, understand the choices and be ready emotionally and physically.

Here are some things you should think about and work into your plan:

The anesthesia There are basically 3 types of anesthesia, spinal, epidural and General. Spinal and Epidural are regional anesthesias which mean they numb a region of your body. In the case of a c-section the region is roughly from the waist down. A general anesthesia puts you completely under. Most c-sections use a spinal or epidural. In case a c-section should occur you should have an idea for which one you would prefer.

The urinary catheter You will be admini

April is cesarean awareness month so to do my part I decided to only post cesarean section videos for the rest of the month rather than the feel good, warm and fuzzy home birth videos.

Many women in America and around the world are currently under the impression that cesarean sections are somehow cleaner, neater, easier and more civilized. While they can save the lives of women and babies in rare, extreme circumstances, by and large they are unnecessary and overused either to prevent a lawsuit, to fix the damage caused by other interventions or worst of all, for convenience sake.

Hopefully this video, which shows a cesarean in graphic detail will put to rest the notion that a cesarean is better. It is a violent start for both mother and baby and women who think for themselves avoid them at all costs.