Hi ladies,
I thought it would be nice to have a space for those of us planning to use hypnobirthing to discuss what we're doing and how we're preparing. I feel a bit overwhelmed with information, and not really sure what I'm meant to do to prepare!
I'm due with my first baby at the start of August. I'm hoping for a water birth at a midwife-led unit with as few interventions as possible. I really don't like the idea of an epidural and am hoping gas and air will be the most pain relief I'll need - though I am open to this all changing (Especially as I had a low-lying placenta at 20 weeks and won't know until next week if it has moved or not. If not, a C-section is on the cards, but I think hypnobirthing techniques will still be useful in preparing me for that.)
I've always done yoga and have been continuing to do so through pregnancy (though with limited poses due to the placenta issue), I've been reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth and Maggie Howell's Effective Birth Preparation and listening to her CDs. Not really sure if that's all I'm meant to do, or if I'm meant to be preparing my own hypnobirthing script too. Partner is lovely and supportive, but I think he is currently at 'freaked out about imminent arrival of small person' stage, and is reluctant to watch/listen/read a lot of things about childbirth (OBEM has put him off!), which is making it a bit difficult to get him on board!
What are everyone else's plans? Which books or CDs are you using? Any tips for involving partners?
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Anyone else planning on using hypnobirthing?
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Sophia1984 · 30/05/2016 13:08
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