For most of their lives, women have been inundated with the negative stories of other women’s birth experiences. Everyone, from their mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, and even strangers in the supermarket, wants to tell them the horrors of giving birth. They have been conditioned to believe that excruciating pain is associated with birth; and because of this, women today hold an unprecedented fear of giving birth. This extreme fear causes their bodies to become tense, and that tension often prevents them from easily performing the normal, physiological function of birth. The result, exactly what they feared a long and painful birthing.

You will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony as they were designed to, when your body is sufficiently relaxed. More importantly you will learn how to be more involved in your birthing experience, in partnership with your caregivers.
Hypnosis is a state of heightened mental and physical relaxation characterized by a focused concentration where you are totally conscious of your surroundings, and have complete control of your actions.  This state of deep relaxation is very achievable and allows mothers to call upon the body’s very strong natural relaxants.  The more relaxed you are, the more this cycle builds on itself and acts on the muscles so they are more yielding in this way, a mother can lessen or eliminate discomfort and the need for medication.