Blissborn - birth hypnosis classes

"The one thing that I kept thinking about was to keep calm and relax even though I was getting Pitocin to induce the labor. The contractions got more intense and the hypnosis techniques really helped. I just relaxed and concentrated on what I needed to do for the baby. I know there were times during the strongest contractions when I considered taking additional pain relieving measures (i.e. epidural) when I got tired and lost my focus. But, with R. there to remind me of the techniques and use trigger words to re-focus me (like we learned in the class), I was able to make it through.

"In fact, I was so relaxed that I guess I was rested for the actual delivery. The doctor was only there for maybe 5-10 minutes, because M. was out with only two sets of pushes. R. and I were like, 'Is that it? That was so fast.'

"She was calm when she came out and just content to be in mom's and dad's arms. After the delivery I had so much energy (and probably a natural high).

"R. and I talked about the class and techniques we learned to every expecting parent that we know. I am still so glad because I was able to experience the feeling of M. being born. And that is a gift that I will have for the rest of my life."

P. and R.

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Welcome to the official home of Blissborn, the birth hypnosis classes that offer a natural alternative to painful, scary birth and drugs. Blissborn educators are forming classes all over the country. To find one, click here.

Parent Materials Despite the nightclub comedy reputation, hypnosis is a legitimate, natural and highly effective way to control pain, stay calm and enjoy an easier birth. The American Medical Association has accepted hypnosis for medical uses since the 1950s. Studies have shown that it shortens labor, reduces pain, decreases interventions, decreases post-partum depression and makes for calmer babies, too.

Anyone can do it. Read more about the birth classes here. Blissborn is formerly known as Practical Hypnosis for Birth, but it's the same great class!

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Interesting Links

Watch an ABC special on the sensual side of birth, including one with hypnosis.
See a preview of The Business of Being Born, a documentary movie about the crisis facing pregnant women and birth in America.
Watch a trailer for Orgasmic Birth, a film about the physical joy that's possible during labor.
Read 'Ecstatic Birth - Nature's Hormonal Blueprint for Labor' by Dr. Sarah J. Buckley, describing the beneficial hormone cocktail that makes natural birth work.
View an inspirational 10 minutes of Birth As We Know It.
See two videos of normal birth in simplified 3D animation format: one with a focus on the cervix, and one with a focus on the pelvic bones.
Hypnosis is great for pain control. Watch this video of a hernia operation with hypnosis as the only anesthetic. Fairly graphic.
Dr. Angel Escudero of Spain operates without anesthesia, using only the patient's power of thought to create numbness. Caution: This one's graphic.
Discovery Channel shows how hypnosis helps alleviate pain in the office of a dentist using hypnosis instead of anesthesia.
Get inspired by meditations for any parenting situation: Meditating Mamas.
Try out a few acupressure points to help in labor.
Read about the findings of the second Listening to Mothers study.

Top 10 Reasons To Take the Blissborn Course

These are the top reasons given by Blissborn students, and they are also the top benefits reported by parents in interviews after their births:

Minimize or eliminate pain
Shorten your labor by 3 to 6 hours
Let go of fears and learn how to cope with anything
Increase your sense of control
Triple your chance of having a natural labor & birth
Have a calmer baby who sleeps better
Meet other like-minded couples in a fun, easy class (great manual and CDs too!)
Set aside 2 hours every week to relax and learn about birth
Develop a deeper connection with your partner as he/she learns what really helps
Reduce complications, bleeding, recovery time, baby blues and post-partum depression

Blissborn - birth hypnosis classes

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