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Article: Hypnosis for birthing - a natural option: Part 1
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright Australian Academic Press Mar 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Hypnosis and birthing, two words that conjure up all sorts of different images and feelings, in the minds of mothers, fathers, the general public and the medical community. Ask a group of mothers who have experienced childbirth what it was like. A great number reply that childbirth is painful. This answer is based on their personal experience as they speak of long periods of pain and feelings of helplessness, which are sometimes amplified by the drugs they receive. Many couples come away from their birth experience disappointed in themselves. Ask a group of first time mothers prior to their birth experience what their expectations of childbirth are. Many of them express feelings of fear and ...