Royal Birth Hypnotherapy

 

Natal Hypnotherapy for Birth

As the royal birth draws closer more bloggers are relecting on their own birthing experience. Writer and Journalist Fran Benson thinks it is a good thing that the Duchess of Cambridge is considering the use of hypnotherapy for her birth. Below are extracts of her opinions and experience - for more on Fran Benson's Natal Hypnotherapy annd Birth experience see Fran Benson. (There are also other great articles about Pregnancy, Birth, Children and Family)

"The royal baby is due anytime now and rumours have abounded in the press that Kate is using hypnotherapy to prepare for the birth. I think this is fantastic and if the Kate effect influences more mothers-to-be to try this gentle technique then the world of birthing will be a better one."..........

"Just like Kate is rumoured to be, I too was preparing for my birth with hypnotherapy. There are two types of birth hypnotherapy: Hypnobirthing, the US version that was developed by Marie Mongan and Natal Hypnotherapy, the UK version, developed by Maggie Howell, which I was using.

It had started off with a pregnancy relaxation cd when I was just five weeks pregnant.  As I became more relaxed and confident I decided on a homebirth and ordered the Home Birth Preparation cd.
Like Kate, my baby was due in mid-July and as I listened to the gentle words every day I was transported to a soothing place."...........

"There’s no magic to it. It’s just the voice of the practitioner – in this case Maggie Howell – talking the listener into a hypnotic state a bit like a day dream.  She instils positive messages about pregnancy and birth and every time – if I hadn’t fallen asleep – I would rouse at the end feeling energised and happy and excited about the birth.".........

"There are no guarantees in birth.  Nature will take its course.  But if Kate can maintain the composure she has shown during the last eight months she is enhancing her chances of the natural birth she seems so keen to achieve."..........