Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged HBAC, intuition-birth, VBAC on March 21, 2008 | 15 Comments »
I have had 2 moms who were going to have their babies at any time for the past few weeks. They also happen to be good friends, so I really wanted to make sure I made it to both births!
Birth 1 - hospital birth
S. was having her 4th baby. She had never gone past 37 weeks [...]
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I have 2 spots left in my class starting in March. This is a 6 week class for expecting moms who want to use hypnosis for childbirth! You can learn more about Hypnobabies at my website.
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Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, VBAC on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Alison’s homebirth midwife and assistant came over today. The whole birth team gathered together, so Dan, Grandma (who will be watching Abby) and I (as doula) was there too. It was lovely. I am so looking forward to this birth. It will be the first homebirth I attend!
The midwife, Michelle was great. She really trusts [...]
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Here I am on vacation, checking e-mails and blogging. I am the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group Moderator. It probably takes me about 1 hour a day on average to be in charge of that group. Well maybe 5 hours a week, there are not as many messages on the weekend. I do not get paid for [...]
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Here is a link to an article about it.
I am not sure which program she is using, but I think it is so cool that she is using hypnosis for childbirth. Maybe now more moms will be aware that is even a choice!
There are a lot of different programs out there, here are some options [...]
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As noted in my previous post, I am on vacation, so I haven’t been tied to my cell phone. I discovered a lovely phone message on there from this morning from one of my students. The message was from G., from this post, with the OB who tried to scare her that the routine interventions [...]
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This is a common concern of moms interested in using hypnosis for childbirth. They wonder if they will just be zoned out on a bed and not aware of what is going on.
The easy answer is NO, but read on for more details. One of the great things about the Hypnobabies program is that [...]
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This mom used the Hypnobabies Home Study and ideas from Ina May’s book to have this beautiful birth!
You can read here story here!
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“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
Fear should not be our motivator as we bring our children into this world. There are things around us that can cause us fear during pregnancy and birth. Whether our own anxiety, [...]
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Please call me if you are interested in enrolling. This 6 week childbirth education series combines childbirth information with hypnosis to help you acheive the most comfortable birth possible.
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