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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LABOUR & BIRTH HOLDING ON TO FEAR

May 1, 2022 By Susan Ross

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO INTO LABOUR HOLDING ON TO FEAR?

HOLDING ON TO FEAR?

IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN PREGNANT OR ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, YOU MAY WELL HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO, OR RECOGNISE SOME OF THESE ‘helpful’ TIPS THAT OTHERS JUST LOVE TO SHARE

 
 
 
 
 

THE ‘ADVICE’

  • “It’s normal to be fearful of birth”
  • “All women have fears going into birth”
  • “Don’t worry, just leave it in the hands of your obstetrician, that’s what you’re paying him for”
  • “There’s always the epidural available anytime you want it.  I had one and it was a life-saver”
  • “Look, birth is excruciatingly painful, but that’s why they have drugs!”
  • “You’re going to a great hospital where all the services are available if something goes wrong”
  • “Just book an induction, early, so it won’t hurt as much. That’s what my doctor has advised”

Unfortunately, it has become a battle for many women who, at the beginning of their pregnancy are excited, elated and positive and then just get slowly beaten down, and down, until they give in to the unrelenting verbal assault of pregnancy ‘advice’!

Some of this ‘advice’ comes from people who actually believe they are ‘setting this woman on the right path’!  Maybe they have had ONE experience of birth, which was an unexpected event, which has left them traumatised.  Maybe they consider themselves to be ‘expert’ because they work in the medical field or ‘alternative’ health area.  Maybe they are a journalist who has had a baby and now just has to write a book about it – to let the world know what it is really like!

Pregnant women will tell you it is rare to meet someone who tells them how amazing and wonderful labour and birth is, and the overwhelming joyous moment of meeting your baby on the outside

 HOW FEAR IMPACTS LABOUR & BIRTH

The unborn baby is listening and learning and absorbing and laying down a blueprint for how the world is and how it will be on the outside.  Baby feels his Mum’s reaction to all comments made, all she reads, listens to and watches on TV/movies.  This is the time where we all form beliefs about our parents, about life, about other people, about relationships.

FEAR CYCLE

 

 

FEAR=TENSION=PAIN cycle is present in women during pregnancy and manifests in labour, if not addressed.  When there is a tight, tense muscle, in any part of the body, it causes pain.  The uterine muscle, by weight, is the strongest muscle.  This is the main reason we have so much medical interference in birth.

THE ANTIDOTE – 4 ways to ensure a happy, enjoyable labour/birth for you & baby

  • Notice that you are carrying fear from the present or past imprinting
  • Healing is essential to change negative & unwanted unconscious patterns about birth
  • Nurture yourself and practise relaxation/meditation
  • Learn to manage the negative comments by a well rehearsed one-liner e.g  “my baby and I would appreciate positive words only”.  Think of it as educating the friends/family/general public.

A baby who is grown in a loving, safe and fearless womb environment is looking forward to meeting his Mum/Dad on the outside.  A joyous connection in pregnancy creates an enjoyable labour/birth and a happy, calm, confident and secure baby.

IMPORTANT:  Early imprints can be healed and transformed with hypnosis.  You and your unborn baby deserve to experience the Hypno-Pregnancy program.  More info. and to book

https://birthright.com.au/hypno-pregnancy-program/

Filed Under: Birth Right Tagged With: birth, fear, fear in birth, fear in pregnancy, hypnotherapy, labour, pregnancy

HOW TO TURN A BREECH BABY – SAFELY

September 11, 2021 By Susan Ross

 

HOW TO TURN A BREECH BABY – SAFELY

If baby is breech?

Most babies present in a head down position when ready for birth, but there is a small percentage that stay breech.  Unfortunately this inevitably involves lots of medical intervention during labour and birth.  There are ‘some’ skilled obstetricians experienced and educated in supporting a Mum in a vaginal breech birth, but not many.

Women worry, a lot, if baby is breech, although it is quite common for a baby to be in this position from about 28-32 weeks pregnancy.  Remember baby is moving around and changes position frequently, so his ‘position’ is not relevant until about 36-37 weeks.  Problems occur when a midwife/doctor makes a ‘big’ announcement that baby is breech, before it is relevant, and this causes so much anxiety, stress and worry – unnecessarily.

THE MIND CONNECTION

When a pregnant woman is presented with the ‘possibility’ of baby remaining breech until birth, the panic sets in as her focus turns to trying every ‘natural’ method of turning baby.  This increased tension can cause increased tightness in all muscles, including the uterine muscle.

HYPNOSIS – in 1994 a study at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in the USA involved 100 women whose babies were in breech position and were given regular hypnotherapy sessions to reduce anxiety and tension, promote deep relaxation in the womb, and directly encourage their baby to move into an optimal position for birth.  When these women were compared to a matched group of women with breech babies who received the same degree of medical care but did not receive hypnosis, there was a significant difference.  Of the hypnosis group, 82% of the babies turned before birth, compared to only 48% in the non-hypnosis group. (1)

Hypnosis has been used for many years to induce positive physical changes in the body and there is solid evidence that hypnosis can be used to enhance the immune system, reduce pain and inflammation, and speed up healing, so it makes sense that hypnosis can improve your chances of baby turning.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS SESSION

The hypnotherapy session involves helping you to deeply relax the muscles around the womb to give your baby more space to turn, help you feel much calmer and more relaxed generally, and it will guide you through a powerful mental imagery process that will gently encourage your baby to turn by itself, naturally and spontaneously.

(1)  Reference:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8000559/

All my hypnotherapy appointments are on Zoom or in person.

http://susanrosshypnotherapy.com/talk-to-me/

Filed Under: Birth Right Tagged With: Breech baby, hypnotherapy, turning breech

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