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Discover the power of Natal Hypnotherapy for a positive birth experience. Reduce fear, increase confidence, and bond with your baby through effective relaxation and pain management techniques.
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Natural Pain Relief “Nothing has more power over the body than the beliefs of the mind” Deepak Chopra
Introductions • Name • How you came to be on the course • What is your experience of hypnosis to date? • What do you want to get out of the day?
Hopes and Fears • Write down one hope / fear per post-it note • Be as honest as you can • No matter how big or small • Nothing will surprise me • Stick hopes and fears on the board • You can add to it during the course
What is Natal Hypnotherapy • A set of tools and techniques to help you prepare for labour • Simple and easy to use relaxation, breathing, visualisation and pain management exercises • A way to reduce fear and increase your confidence and trust • You absorb positive suggestions relating to the birth • Once labour starts, all the techniques are in place • It empowers you to have a better birth experience • It increases bonding and communication with your baby • It requires practice and reinforcement during pregnancy
Clinical Research on Hypnosis • Shorter labours • Less medication • Less reported pain • Higher APGAR scores • More frequent spontaneous births • Reduced incidence of post-natal depression • Self Hypnosis Intra Partum trial (SHIP) – reduction in fear and anxiety
Additional Benefits • Feel more positive • Good sleep • Less physical discomfort before, during, after birth • Calmer partner and support team • Calmer baby • Easier breastfeeding • Increased confidence • Increased bonding
What is hypnosis? Exercise: Do a mind map of what you think hypnosis is with four branches on the mind, the uses, the process, concerns.
What is hypnosis? Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness involving focused attention when you have an increased receptiveness to positive suggestions • It is a completely natural state similar to daydreaming • It is not the same as being asleep or unconscious • It is a natural state with no negative side effects • You are under your own control, not anyone else’s • Your mind isonlyopen to positive suggestions and will always protect you
Rational, analytical, reasoning, critical Beliefs Memories Physical functions Behaviours Language Emotions Instincts How the mind works
Natural state of hypnosis • It happens frequently while you are awake • You are usually not aware of this communication • Everyone experiences natural hypnotic states many times a day • Hypnosis happens when we are relaxed and the conscious mind is less active, such as when daydreaming • There is also powerful communication between the two levels of mind when we experience intense emotions
Intended hypnosis Hypnosis Beliefs Memories Physical functions Behaviours Language Emotions Instincts
How does it work • It teaches you deep relaxation and breathing • It helps condition your body to relax and focus • It helps overcome fears by creating a new “video” • It re-programmes the mind by changing beliefs and patterns • Practice reinforces suggestions and creates new neural pathways
Post Hypnotic Suggestions (PHS) • The “magic” behind Hypnosis • All actions, behaviours, thoughts are pre-programmed • Cause and effect • when xxx happens your response is yyy • PHS create a better response to actions in the future • The more you hear them, the more your subconscious accepts them as reality • The mind does not know the difference between what is real versus what is imagined so accepts suggestions as real XXX ZZZ
How do mammals give birth?
How do mammals give birth? • Somewhere safe and quiet • In the dark at night • Very relaxed and serene • Remain quiet and calm • Moan quietly and rhythmically
Why is it often so different for humans?
Why is it so different for humans? School birth video Horror stories What if? My mum told me.. OBEM FEAR
Exercise Draw a “gingerbread” pregnant woman and indicate the physical, emotional, mental signs if she is: • Group 1 – stressed during labour • Group 2 – relaxed during labour
What else can cause an adrenaline rush during labour? • Anxiety • Embarrassment • Interruptions • Hostile environment • Cold • Feeling observed • Strangers • Loud noises
Relaxation • Relaxation is your foundation • Relax all the other muscles in your body to channel all your energy to the uterus • It sounds easy, but learning how to relax is a skill that needs practice • Hypnosis naturally teaches you intended relaxation
3 2 1 Relax • Close your eyes • Stroking forehead repeating “3 2 1 relax” • Hands on shoulders, “relaxing more and more” • Stroking arms, “letting go, breathing deeply” • Lifting hand “becoming heavy, comfortable, relaxed” • Letting go hand “even more relaxed as I let go” • “Enjoying this calm, quiet, peace, easy breathing …….” • “Open your eyes when you are ready”
Personalising the exercise • Adapt principles of 3,2,1,Relax • Key is “when I xxxx, you will yyyyy” • Practice at home • Encourage using different positions • Identify triggers and words that are personal to you
Benefits of effective breathing • It relaxes your body • It expands your abdomen and lungs makes more room for the uterus • Your blood pressure remains at a healthy level • It increases the level of oxygen to your muscles and to your baby • It increases the production of birthing hormones • It helps get rid of toxins and lactic acid
Make it your own • Create your own affirmations, visualisations, positive suggestions and your safe place • Think about what you DO want • Make them specific to you • Use powerful, positive, empowering words and images • Refer to them regularly • Keep them with you during the birth
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.The strain in pain is mainly in the brain!Nothing has more power over the body than the beliefs of the mind.
