International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 51 | Page 125
What’s the Hippo all about?!
Without fear, or constant
interaction
from
others,
women naturally move into a
state of trance during labour
which then enables them to
birth more comfortably and
easily. Hippos birth easily in
the water and the father hippo
is very much the protector
of the birthing environment.
The only difference between
a pregnant woman and the
hippo is the ability for the
conscious analytical mind (the
fear factor) to get in the way.
Hypnobirthing ensures that it
doesn’t and in turn enables
a woman to go back to her
natural birthing instincts. One
Hypnobirthing mother, after a
6 hour labour in a Hertfordshire
hospital using The Wise Hippo
Birthing
techniques,
easily
birthed her twin girls calmly and
drug free ! She was reported
saying “I Can’t believe I
actually had a completely
natural birth for both of my
babies without the need of
any interventions or drugs.The
breathing techniques really
helped me and I remained
calm the entire time’
Co-founder of the Wise Hippo
Birthing
programme,Tamara
Cianfini comments, “As a
mother of 2 children, who were
both born in very different ways,
I know that birth does not have
to be the horrendous, painful
experience I unfortunately
had to endure during the birth
of my first child. The only birth
preparation classes that were
recommended to me during
my first pregnancy were NHS
classes that focused primarily
on pain relief. The worrying
thing is that this is still the case
for many women. There is
nothing more important than
getting the right education
when it comes to birthing your
baby…I know that now! Thanks
to self-hypnosis, relaxation and
breathing I was able to achieve
a deep state of relaxation
during labour with my second
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