Are any of you mamas planning to use hipnobabies or any kind of hipnosis for birth?

My preparation for birth last time consisted primarily of focusing on the fact that I could get through the pain. No harder then a bowel movement. Well, my bowel movements were excruciating, and so was the later half of my labor. Quite unlike my first birth, with was just sensations until they broke my water. So I am hoping with better prep, this birth will be less difficult. So I'm doing yoga a few times a week, in my home, and practicing a few of the activities in the HypnoBirthing book at night before bed. I'm also planning on working through some of the stuff in Birthing from Within (going through my ideas about pregnancy, labor, and birth through art, journalling, etc., hoping to uncover and deal with my fears.)

I did hypnobirthing w/my son. My husband and my doula went to all the classes w/me. When I was in labor, my hubby and my doula just put the tapes on for me I had absolutely no support in it, except for those tapes which I practiced 4 or 5x a day (I was on bedrest). I had wanted support from those 2 people and b/c of the intensity of the pain (back labor) and the length of my labor (60 hrs), those 2 were totally not there for me.

So make sure your partner or doula is on board w/it. I'm sure it would have worked much better if I didn't feel so abandoned.

Amy