Home Birth Preparion CD £11.99 (38 minutes). The perfect compliment to the "Effective birth preparation book"
Giving birth at home can be the most rewarding and fulfilling experience. By listening to the CD during pregnancy, you are effectively rehearsing the way you will act both physically as well as emotionally during the birthing process.
The CD uses a combination of deep relaxation and guided visualization to help you overcome any fears, create a state of calm and relaxation, increase your confidence, maintain your health, increase bonding with your baby and maximize your body’s potential to give birth naturally.
The CD teaches you deep relaxation and breathing exercises as well as powerful pain management strategies which enable you to be calm, in control and to manage the level of pain during the birth.
To get the best results from this CD, use it as part of the award winning Natal Hypnotherapy™ Programme. In addition the NEW Labour Companion CD will help to reinforce all the positive messages learnt with this CD and help keep you even calmer during labour
"Thank you for enabling me to have the type of birth I really wanted. Third baby at home and the first with no drugs" – Kath, Melbourne, Australia
“When Sam arrived I felt it was a relatively gentle arrival to this world and this was mainly due to the time and effort spent preparing for the birth so that I could enjoy it for the momentous and amazing event that it is. Whenever friends ask about my birth experience I am always so positive and know that the hypnotherapy played an important part in making it a very special day” Chloe Wilmot
“Just before pushing I remember saying to the Midwife mid-contraction that I was quite enjoying this as once the contraction started I knew it would soon be over again if that made sense! She said she couldn’t believe how calm I was! I was only pushing for around 20 mins and delivered my gorgeous boy kneeling over the sofa” Ellen Mulholland.
"I was able to have micronaps between contractions – I do feel the CD had a big part to play in that….I coped really well with the pain…I felt no anxiety through out the labour and indeed trusted my body to do the right thing – which it did. Many thanks" – Angela, London
Benefits of listening to the Home Birth Preparation CD
• Reduce any fears about giving birth
• Increase your ability to manage and reduce pain naturally
• Develop a deep trust of your bodies ability to give birth naturally
• Feel calm, relaxed and prepared for the birth
• Increase your sense of being in control
• Increase your chance of having a drug fee labour
• Reduce the chances of having post natal depression
When to listen to this CD
From 30 weeks 2-3 times per week, from 37 weeks daily
How does it work?
Remember, pain in labour is predominantly the result of tension in your body, and tension is the result of fear. By rehearsing an instinctive natural birth over and over again in your mind, any fear of the birth becomes less and less as your mind and body become familiar with the instinctive process of birthing. So once you have taken away the fear, your body will be far more relaxed, so by removing the tension, you will naturally reduce the pain.
By listening to the CD during pregnancy, you are effectively rehearsing the way you will act both physically as well as emotionally during the birthing process. The CD is divided into 3 tracks. The first gives information on how best to use the CD.
The second track is the full birth preparation hypnosis session which takes you through deep relaxation and breathing exercises followed by a detailed guided visualisation of the birth. It gives you the opportunity to "experience" a wonderful, calm birth in your mind, from the first contraction through to holding your babies in your arms.
Once you have listened to the CD many times (we recommend you listen to it at least 20 times), your mind and body become more and more comfortable with the concept of a calm birth. As the mind does not know the difference between imagination and reality, once labour actually starts your mind simply responds in the way it has rehearsed over and over again.
The suggestions on the CD put in place specific triggers so that when all the way through the birthing process, you remain calm, relaxed and feeling in control. The suggestions build in the sights and sounds of your home environment eg "....and being at home encourages you to sink even deeper into relaxation", "the familiar sights around you increase your confidence in your body’s ability to birth your baby".
The third track is a short 15 minute relaxation for when you want a quick “boost” but do not have time for the full hypnosis session. You will however still be gaining from the relaxation and breathing techniques.
How much is the CD?
Home Birth Preparation CD is £11.99 + p&p. or it can be bought as part of the Natal Hypnotherapy™ Programme for £39.99