Did hypnobirthing work for you?

[Anonymous]

Worked for me. This was my first baby. I will say that it did not give me a painless labor but everything was manageable. I had a doula that was experienced with hypnobirthing and she was a huge help. I'll be using hypnobirthing for subsequent births as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tried it and completely failed. While in the hypnobirthing classes, my husband was totally relaxed and tasting the lemon she was describing. I was peeking all the time and wondering whether I sent that last email to my staff or not. I couldn't relax or release enough to do it. I tried so hard. We did private classes, every night I listened to the tapes....I completely failed. I wonder if you need a certain personality for it. Ultimately, I had problems during my delivery (near uterine rupture) and ended with a c-section.

I'm the PP with the long labor + pitocin. I think a lot of the reason that Hyponbirthing worked for me b/c I am very susceptible to suggestion/hypnosis. Without trying to sound too new-age-y, I was able to completely get "lost" in the scripts and go very deep inside myself both during practice and during labor. I am the same way during yoga practive. This may have also been a feature of the type of birth I had. If it had been more fast and furious, maybe I wouldn't have been able to utilize the techniques. I think it is worth investigating, though, and try to see if you are able to get relaxation out of the practice of it.

As another previous poster said, I have also used the techniques to deal with painful BH contractions and random pains when pregnant, but also as tools to deal wirh regular, non-pregnancy related stress.

In short, I think if you like yoga and meditation, you will probably get something out of Hypnobirthing.