Did hypnobirth/hypnobabies work for you?? - Page 2

[roseq]

Originally Posted by Nora'sMama

I did the Hypnobabies home study course and I think it is overpriced (many of the CDs were such poor copies that they would not play on my CD player until I tried them over and over and over...) but it was helpful.

That is so surprising!! Did you contact Kerry to get replacements? I had copies of copies and mine worked fine. I really hope you let her know about that, I'm sure she would be very upset to learn that happened.

after a long back labor and some other issues. BUT the fact that I went through 16 hours of labor that was as difficult

I'm just curious, did you receive the "back labor no more" book with your course? If so, did you use the suggestions in the book? I ask because I've never known anyone IRL who used the techniques in the book. I'd be really interested to know if anyone did use them and they didn't work, or tried to use them, etc.

[courtenay_e]

Originally Posted by freebirth2

on Sarah J Buckley website she has a great article about the hormones during birth and how they are screwed up when a women is observed and being in the wrong enviroment like a hospital. It's called "Estatic birth" I hope you all read it. Hospitals are not the safest place to give birth if you actually do the reasearch and think for your self.

Okay, I WAS at home. Then I had a transfer of care. Hypnobirthing worked better once I was at the hospital, because I felt safer with the level of care I received from the midwife caring for me. NOT because I was in the hospital (I wanted to avoid that!), but because of the caregiver. Hypnobirthing still worked. No, it's not simple. But, it CAN be effective!

[ABand3]

Originally Posted by roseq

I'm just curious, did you receive the "back labor no more" book with your course? If so, did you use the suggestions in the book? I ask because I've never known anyone IRL who used the techniques in the book. I'd be really interested to know if anyone did use them and they didn't work, or tried to use them, etc.

I read "back labor no more" during my 2nd pregnancy and did successfully turn my posterior baby during labor. My first labor was all back labor, very long and difficult. I was moving and leaning forward for most of the labor, but hadn't really learned anything (in Bradley class or my own reading) specifically about back labor.

So, during my second pregnancy I did hypnobirthing and studied everything I could about back labor. I started my second labor with back pain/pressure, and about 7 hours through an 11 hour labor, I walked up and down the stairs with a very wide stance. It was hard, and took a long time, but sometime during that stair walking the baby must have turned becuase when I came down the difference was night and day. I wasn't doubled over in pain, I could sit, lay down, stand upright, and was comfortable. I remember feeling tired of walking, so I sat on the birth stool and for the rest of labor, experienced NO pain until pushing. The difference was amazing.

[Nora'sMama]

Originally Posted by roseq

That is so surprising!! Did you contact Kerry to get replacements? I had copies of copies and mine worked fine. I really hope you let her know about that, I'm sure she would be very upset to learn that happened.



I'm just curious, did you receive the "back labor no more" book with your course? If so, did you use the suggestions in the book? I ask because I've never known anyone IRL who used the techniques in the book. I'd be really interested to know if anyone did use them and they didn't work, or tried to use them, etc.

I should have asked for replacements, but the CDs would work if I put them in over and over again...eventually the CD player would recognize them...I tried them in all the different CD players and ended up saving the files to my computer and playing them from there. I was on the Hypnobabies listserv and it does seem like I asked about it and several other people had had similar experiences. The "Back Labor No More" book is an "extra", or at least it was when I purchased the program...it didn't come with the course. However, I read a lot about optimal fetal positioning and did exercises on all-fours every day, and tried to do everything I could to avoid back labor...but sometimes it's not that easy. I beat myself up a little bit after the birth about having sat in my computer chair too much during pregnancy...but the reality is that I consciously tried to sit in a way that would encourage optimal positioning, sleep in a way that would encourage optimal positioning, did the exercises, blah blah, blah...and still, from about week 32 on, she was facing my side, and that's how she was for most of labor (she turned on her own and came out face-down).

Many of the women on the listserv and another board I posted on where lots of people did Hypnobabies also read "BLNM" and I don't think from what they said that it was anything magical and foolproof, just more strategies to help avoid back labor if possible.

I'll probably read it next time just to be sure I didn't miss anything, though. Back labor is no fun.

[freebirth2]

Originally Posted by lotus.blossom

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Are you sure those complications did not happen because of the hospital?

I'am trying to get you to think for yourself and do the research.
What I posted was not abunch of all bull$hit. "The OB'S are god's, "oh I'am glad I was in the hospital" game is a bunch of nonsense.

[freebirth2]

If you are stilling going to the hospital, you are still fearful, so that would still spark the fight-flight response, and cause problems. If you trust birth then you will ask then why do I need a hospital or doctor.

[lotus.blossom]

Originally Posted by freebirth2

Are you sure those complications did not happen because of the hospital?

I'am trying to get you to think for yourself and do the research.

I don't mean to clog this thread, but I was at a birth center with a midwife and was transferred to a hospital due to my child being in distress. I did everything right. Hypnobirthing classes, research, yoga, nutritious eating, red raspberry leaf tea, chiropractic adjustments, correct posture for optimal fetal positioning. I read all the books and knew for years that I wanted a natural birth. Yet you cannot predict how your labor will end up.

I certainly hope that when you grow up and get pregnant that you make the right decision for YOU and stop trying to hijack threads pushing your beliefs. IN a perfect world women would be able to deliver their own babies but we don't live in a perfect world.

[jjrush]

Well said, Lotus Blossom... The last thing I needed was to be chastised for researching my opinion by someone who hasn't even had a child yet. It's daunting enough being pregnant for the first time! Thanks to all you other ladies who confidently and intelligently answered my post!

-JJRUSH

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[majikfaerie]

Just to jump back to the OP,
I am a doula, and 2 weeks ago I attended my first Hypnobabies birth (a planned hospital birth) and I was very impressed. The labour ws VERY intense, only 6 hours, but very fast and painful, and the mother felt like she wasn't coping, but I could see how well she WAS coping.
When the pressure waves (contractions) were getting to be back-to-back and through transition, the mother was still able to "switch off" and relax though it. I'm sure things could have been a bit easier had we stayed at home (we transferred after 4.5 hours of labour, when the mama was 9 cm, its 25 minute drive, and we arrived at 10 cm, the baby was born an hour after arrival) but the mama really didn't feel safe birthing at home, and she really visibly relaxed when we arrived at the hospital.

About the CDs being bad quality, this mother also got some CDs that wouldnt play, she contacted the company, and she got a personal phone call from the owner (I forgot her name) and replacements were rushed to her.

Also the mother really felt that having a doula really helped her. I'll admit, that when we got to the hospital, the first thing she said to the doctor was "can I please have an epidural?" and I was able to help her through the hard parts, mostly to remind her on the "hypnosis keywords"

Anyway, I 'm thinking about buying the program now, it seemed really great to me. Of course, every mama finds what works for them, and like everything, it works miracles for some, and not for others

[Lilcrunchie]

Hmmmm....I never felt like I had to "force" my body to relax using Hypnobirthing. I enjoyed practicing, and have found it a very valuable experience (I have insomnia problems and it has really helped with that too).

I was overall very happy w/ my hospital birth (attended by a midwife). I've since moved and this time will be using a birth center and Hypnobirthing/Hypnobabies again.

I totally support homebirth, and I'm sure I'd be happy with one, but for insurance reasons and several other reasons, we're opting for a birth center this time.

I never felt I was forcing my body to do anything, even in the hospital. It was all very relaxing and I had an awesome, easy labor and delivery. I didn't care for my experience with recovering in the hospital (should have pushed for early discharge...I never asked), but the birth itself went VERY well and was very relaxed, largely because of hypnobirthing

[Avarie]

I did a "home study" version of the Mongan Hypnobirthing method. The nearest teacher was over 2.5 hours away. The relaxation techniques plus my own personal resolve to go drug-free combined to allow for a med and intervention-free birth in a hospital (the first med-free birth my L&D nurse had seen!). Like other posters, I knew I could probably give birth at home and be OK, but I felt comfortable being in the hospital "just in case." They never pushed drugs or anything. In fact, the nurses pretty much left me alone until it I was 10cm. They were fabulous about respecting my birth preferences. The OB did tell me that the only way to get through the ring of fire was to push past it and push through it, but that was the only time anyone told me what to do or how to do it.

I certainly didn't have a pain-free L&D. But I was able to keep myself focused and relaxed with the techniques I learned. I had a physically easy pregnancy that was fraught with emotional hardships which (coupled with my pre-existing depression) made it very hard for me to practice the techniques the last 8 weeks of my pregnancy. You see, my husband lost his job at the end of February, and didn't get another one until two weeks before Spencer was born. If I thought about L&D, I would get freaked out about how in the world were we going to be able to afford having a baby and start crying. There were days when I had to close the door to the nursery and not think about having my baby because otherwise I would have a meltdown.

Boy that's a long and random post! Yes, hypnobirthing helped me have the med-free delivery I wanted. I will certainly take a refresher course with future babies.