Hypnobabies Birth Video of Willem’s Birth

Beautiful Homebirth!

 

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Valerie’s Birth – A Hypnobabies Home Birth

The Birth of Valerie Lynn
 

Summary:
Thurs 3/6 @ 9:15PM notice first pressure waves 10 mins apart, got to
bed around 11:30PM
Friday 3/7 @ 7:20AM, can’t sleep through it anymore.
At 8:49AM I called the midwife to give heads up.
At 11:38AM I called again with no change.
By 1:13PM we decided this was it.
Donna arrived by 5PM, first vaginal check was 5-6cm.
Around 7:45PM second vaginal check was 8-9.75cm
Waters broke on the toilet before 8PM.
Baby born at 8:12PM.

Thinking back after being asked if I was in pain at anytime, I can honestly say, “No I wasn’t in pain!” This was the most intense activity I have ever done and even though there might have been a TON of pressure in my hips and mild discomfort as my baby crowned, none of it *hurt* and none of it was un-manageable. I can honestly say my daughter’s birth was pain-free!

To read Kristi’s complete story you can go here.  

This birth story was shared by a mom from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group.  Come join us if you want to learn more about Hypnobabies!  (You must send an introduction to be approved to the group) 

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Painless Childbirth Book Review

I enjoyed reading Painless Childbirth by Giuditta Tornetta, she is a birth doula and also uses hypnosis with her clients.   It was a positive, uplifting book about pregnancy and birth.   It is always wonderful to have a book showing that birth can be comfortable and enjoyable.

Reasons I liked this book: 

It shows that birth can be comfortable and enjoyable.  There are some good birth stories included, under many different circumstances, home birth, hospital births, induced births, etc.  These stories demonstrate how mom’s beliefs can create their reality. 

The book helps moms see how they can be empowered by educating themselves and making choices that are best for them and their baby!  Birth is not a one size fits all kind of situation.  Learn what your choices are, trust your body and baby and you can be empowered. 

The only thing that would make me hesitant to say every mom should read the book, is that it is fairly “new-agey”.  Personally, I am pretty open minded, so this didn’t bother me.   I just took what I liked and dismissed what didn’t fit into my beliefs.  For instance, Giuditta divided the book into 10 months, and connected the chakras to the different months of pregnancy.   I found that interesting, but others might be turned off by that.  

Some moms are very hesitant to try hypnosis for childbirth, because they worry it won’t fit into their belief structure.  One thing I like about Hypnobabies is that it is very main stream and can fit into anyone’s beliefs.  It isn’t new-agey at all.  I would worry that some of these moms, if they started to read this book would straight away assume that hypnosis is only for new-agey people. 

In conclusion I would let moms know if they are open to new and different ideas, then this is a great book for them to read in preparation for birth.    It will give them some tools and ideas to help them prepare for birth and parenting.  I would add that they most likely will need more than just this book for preparation.  If they want more tools, scripts, childbirth information, etc. Hypnobabies would give them these things. 

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Results for the Hypnosis for Childbirth Survey

I have broken it down into a few different categories. 

Basic Information – Most were first time moms, had their babies in the hospital and had birthing times

Comfort and Satisfaction – The majority of moms were comfortable or had manageable discomfort during parts of their birth.  98% felt their hypnosis tools helped during their births.

Unmedicated – 100% of the moms used hypnosis to try and go unmedicated.  80% did go unmedicated.

VBAC Moms – I was disappointed I only had 4 moms respond to this section, BUT they all did acheive their VBAC and felt hypnosis was helpful in this. 

Cesarean – 15% of the moms had cesareans.  They felt that hypnosis was still helpful. 

Reasons for Using and Helpfulness of Hypnosis – Pretty self explanatory.  🙂 

I wish that I had the advanced survey monkey account, so everyone could go read all the comments, etc.  But here are the responses.   They don’t look very pretty, it was hard to get it formatted right in the blog. 

The percentages are the percentage results, the number next to it is the number that responded to that question. 

Overall I thought the responses were positive.  Even moms who ended up with a cesarean birth, still felt their hypnosis training was beneficial.  96% of the moms said they would recommend hypnosis for childbirth to their friends! 

So, if you are pregnant, do some research on the different options out there for hypnosis for childbirth and find the best one for you!  The majority of the moms who responded to this survey either used Hypnobabies or HypnoBirthing. 

*****This is not a scientific study.  I had 60 results.  These results are from moms using a few different types of Childbirth for Hypnosis classes. ****** 

 

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Results Basic Information

1. What number baby did you use hypnosis for birth and this survey is in response to?	Response Percent	Response Count
1	51.70%	31
2	26.70%	16
3	13.30%	8
4	5.00%	3
5	1.70%	1
6	1.70%	1
2. Where did you have this birth?
Hospital – with OB	50.00%	29
Hospital – with midwife	27.60%	16
Birth center – with midwife	12.10%	7
Home – with midwife	10.30%	6
Home – unassisted	0.00%	0
Bitmap 3. How long was your birthing time?
4 hours and less	16.70%	10
4-6 hours	18.30%	11
6-8 hours	10.00%	6
8-10 hours	8.30%	5
10-12 hours	11.70%	7
12-18 hours	6.70%	4
18-24 hours	11.70%	7
24 hours and over	16.70%	10
Bitmap 4. Did you get induced to start your birthing time?
yes	20.00%	12
no	80.00%	48
5. Did you get any augmentation during your birth? (for example: pitocin for “moving things along”)
yes	27.10%	16
no	72.90%	43
1. Which program did you use?
Hypnobabies – Live Class	8.80%	5
Hypnobabies Home Study	64.90%	37
HypnoBirthing – Live Class	22.80%	13
HypnoBirthing – read book on my own	3.50%	2
HypBirth	0.00%	0
LeClaire	0.00%	0
Natal Hypnotherapy	0.00%	0
2. What was your motivation to take a Hypnosis for Childbirth Class?
Recommendation of a friend	28.30%	13
Learned about it online	69.60%	32
Recommended by my care provider	10.90%	5

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Reasons for Using Hypnosis Survey Results

What was your MAIN goal in taking this class?
Feel more confident about Birth before it starts	5.30%	3
Learn about different choices that come up during birth	0.00%	0
Sleep better during pregnancy	0.00%	0
Pain-free birth	19.30%	11
Most comfortable birth possible	21.10%	12
Tools to have un-medicated birth	36.80%	21
Stay Relaxed and Calm during birth	12.30%	7
To help achieve a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)	5.30%	3
Did you find your hypnosis “tools” useful during your pregnancy?
yes	98.30%	57
no	1.70%	1
Did you find the information you learned useful in your pregnancy?
yes	93.10%	54
no	1.70%	1
unsure	5.20%	3

 

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Cesarean Hypnosis Results

Did this birth end in a cesarean?
yes	15.30%	9
no	84.70%	50
Page: Cesarean Information
1. What was the reason for this cesarean?
Emergency (mom or baby’s life at immediate risk, baby out within minutes)	12.50%	1
Urgent	25.00%	2
Exahaustion of mother	0.00%	0
Failure to Progress	37.50%	3
CPD (baby to big)	12.50%	1
Breech	12.50%	1
Twins	0.00%	0
Planned	12.50%	1
Other	12.50%	1
2. Do you feel your cesarean was medically necessary?
yes	37.50%	3
no	12.50%	1
unsure	50.00%	4
Bitmap 4. Do you feel that your hypnosis tools were helpful during your cesarean?
	yes	no	unsure
before	100.0% (8)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)
during	87.5% (7)	0.0% (0)	12.5% (1)
after	75.0% (6)	12.5% (1)	12.5% (1)

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VBAC Survey Results

1. Do you feel like hypnosis helped you be able to move past your cesarean birth so you could focus on this new and different birth?
yes	100.00%	3
no	0.00%	0
2. Regardless of the outcome of this birth, are you grateful you used hypnosis during your pregnancy?
yes	100.00%	4
no	0.00%	0
3. Were you successful in getting your VBAC?
yes	100.00%	4
no	0.00%	0
4. Would you recommend hypnosis to other moms going for a VBAC?
yes	100.00%	4
no	0.00%	0
unsure	0.00%	0

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Unmedicated Survey Results

*****This is not a scientific study.  I had 60 results.  These results are from moms using a few different types of Childbirth for Hypnosis classes. ******  

1. Was one of your main goals in taking a Hypnosis for Childbirth class to have a birth with NO pain medication?
yes	100.00%	48
no	0.00%	0
2. Did you end up wanting pain medication at some point during this birth?
yes	34.00%	17
no	66.00%	33
3. Did you get pain medication?
no	80.00%	40
yes – drugs through IV	2.00%	1
yes – epidural	18.00%	9

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Comfort and Satisfaction Results

*****This is not a scientific study.  I had 60 results.  These results are from moms using a few different types of Childbirth for Hypnosis classes. ****** 

How would you rate your comfort level during your birth?
Completely Comfortable for the Entire birth.	11.80%	6
Completely Comfortable until Manageable discomfort during Pushing	7.80%	4
Completely Comfortable until Discomfort during Pushing	7.80%	4
Completely Comfortable until Manageable discomfort during Transformation	17.60%	9
Completely Comfortable until Discomfort during Transformation	17.60%	9
Some Manageable discomfort throughout the birthing time	29.40%	15
Discomfort throughout the birthing time	7.80%	4
Were you happy with this birth experience?
yes	79.30%	46
no	20.70%	12
Do you feel your hypnosis tools helped you during your birth?
yes	98.30%	57
no	1.70%	1
Would you use hypnosis again for future births?
yes, same program	81.00%	47
yes, different program	8.60%	5
no	3.40%	2
unsure	6.90%	4
Would your recommend hypnosis for childbirth to your friends?
yes	96.60%	56
no	3.40%	2

 

 

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