“ When you change the way you view birth , the way you birth will change .” Marie Mongan , Founder of HypnoBirthing ®
The answer to the initial questions is actually rather simple : Fear . For most of their lives , women have been inundated with the negative stories of other women ’ s birth experiences . Everyone , from their mothers , sis- ters , aunts , cousins , friends , and even strangers , wants to tell them the horrors of giving birth . They have been conditioned to believe that excruciating pain is associated with the delivery . And because of this , women today hold an unprecedented fear of giving birth . Where there is fear , there is tension , where there is tension , there is contraction , and with it come limited perception and limited physiological functions .
This extreme fear not only causes women ‘ s bodies to become tense with the approaching birthing date – and that tension prohibits their bodies from easily performing what should be a normal natural birthing procedure , resulting in exactly the feared long , painful „ labour “ or unnecessary intervention – but also , even before conception , in a lack of confidence in their body ‘ inherent capacities to birth . Most women who give birth by the vaginal route rely on pharmaceutical drugs and technologised treatments in the clinical labour rooms , because they fear they cannot manage birth by themselves .
The HypnoBirthing ® program is built around an educational process that includes special breathing , relaxation , visualization , meditative practice , clearing of subconscious limiting beliefs , attention to nutrition and positive body toning . Expectant women learn to dismiss fear-based stories , misinformation and birthing myths . And they are helped to see birth as normal . They learn to trust that their bodies know how to bring their babies into the world in the calm and gentle way that nature intended .
„ Wow , this is what I was looking for . Deep within I always knew natural birthing methods must exist . Now I feel truly empowered . Even ready to birth alone in a forest , if necessary .“
First time expectant mother after HypnoBirthing ® course .