Comments on: HypnoBirthing: Meh. http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/hypnobirthing-meh Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amanda http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/hypnobirthing-meh#comment-62 Amanda Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:08:41 +0000 http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/?p=517#comment-62 I was one of those poor unfortunate women who had her baby in a hospital. Had I insisted on a home birth, my child and I neither one would have survived (and no, that's not just what the doctor told us. It's a fact). So please spare your sympathy for people who have actual misfortune during their labor and birth experiences and not just for people who have to "settle" for something less than the natural childbirth gurus have duped you into believing is "ideal." I was one of those poor unfortunate women who had her baby in a hospital. Had I insisted on a home birth, my child and I neither one would have survived (and no, that’s not just what the doctor told us. It’s a fact). So please spare your sympathy for people who have actual misfortune during their labor and birth experiences and not just for people who have to “settle” for something less than the natural childbirth gurus have duped you into believing is “ideal.”

]]> By: Natalie http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/hypnobirthing-meh#comment-61 Natalie Thu, 21 May 2009 08:50:24 +0000 http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/?p=517#comment-61 Can I just echo Caz's comments. I am a practitioner too, and I've had all my babies at home, the third using HypnoBirthing. If you can face another birth video, take a look at http://www.mybirth.tv/video-diary.cfm?id=13, it a UK homebirth HypnoBirth, and completely different to the US hospital-based births you will have been shown. I think Brian's comment is v funny :-) ... and spot on! It really does work you know, I couldn't believe the difference btw babies 2 and 3, and I thought I was pretty laid back and calm with the 2nd. Wishing you a comfortable, peaceful birth Natalie x Can I just echo Caz’s comments. I am a practitioner too, and I’ve had all my babies at home, the third using HypnoBirthing. If you can face another birth video, take a look at http://www.mybirth.tv/video-diary.cfm?id=13, it a UK homebirth HypnoBirth, and completely different to the US hospital-based births you will have been shown. I think Brian’s comment is v funny :-) … and spot on!
It really does work you know, I couldn’t believe the difference btw babies 2 and 3, and I thought I was pretty laid back and calm with the 2nd.
Wishing you a comfortable, peaceful birth
Natalie x

]]> By: Caz http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/hypnobirthing-meh#comment-60 Caz Wed, 20 May 2009 22:32:33 +0000 http://www.goodbyesmallheart.com/?p=517#comment-60 Hi Jessica sorry your class is focussed on hospital births so much, not all of them are like that and in the UK we emphasise home births much more, since there's a bigger choice over birth location here afaik. Some mums just feel safer there, but in a normal situation where mum & baby are both healthy, then homebirth is as safe as place as any. Try to use the skills from class on how your birthing partner should read the various scripts to relax or deepen your hypnosis, & the extra bits like fear release sessions are there to help you. Please speak to your practitioner about your concerns, even though it's your last class - she won't know things may need to be adapted without feedback & not knowing how many others are in your class, she may be emphasising hospital birth as that's what the majority favour? Best wishes for a successful birth! Hi Jessica
sorry your class is focussed on hospital births so much, not all of them are like that and in the UK we emphasise home births much more, since there’s a bigger choice over birth location here afaik. Some mums just feel safer there, but in a normal situation where mum & baby are both healthy, then homebirth is as safe as place as any.
Try to use the skills from class on how your birthing partner should read the various scripts to relax or deepen your hypnosis, & the extra bits like fear release sessions are there to help you. Please speak to your practitioner about your concerns, even though it’s your last class – she won’t know things may need to be adapted without feedback & not knowing how many others are in your class, she may be emphasising hospital birth as that’s what the majority favour?

Best wishes for a successful birth!

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