Tell me about hypnotherapy

[Pruni]

I'm completely stressed, doing ivf cycle atm and need a bit of a helping hand, really.
Friend recommended hypnotherapy but I am skint so will pay but only if other people can attest that it's worth the money, iyswim.
Also, if you know any good hypnotherapists I'd love a personal recommendation. I'm in Oxford.
TIA
A Very Stressed-Out Pruni

do you need the hypnotherapy to de-stress pruni? Sorry if i'm being thick! I had reflexolgy when I did iui. Have you thought about reiki too? Sorry, don't know any hypnotherapists. Good luck

yy to deal with the upcoming bit of surgery involved in the ivf
am unaccountably nervous

I see, well I hope someone can recommend one. Have you thought about a relaxation cd? I've never used one though I think I have one knocking about. Would you like it if I can find it?

Bump

Pruni,I had hypnotherapy a while ago for weight loss. Initially I thought it was great but haven't listened to the cd I was given as part of the price £130 for two sessions .Believe it or not I haven't listened to it and that was about 3 months ago!!
I think it would have worked if I was an excessive eater ie. ate chocolate all day or something.But I'm not really.
I think you'd be better off with another type of alternative therapy to relax such as reiki or acupuncture.It hasn't worked for me at all.

Oooh delgirl didn't see you rpost there!
yy would love a cd (am happy to copy and return it to you)
I am prunepruni at hotmail dot com

i paid £60 for initial consultation and one full session, if you have the money it is definitely worth it. haven't used it for stress though. could you try counselling/relaxation via your gp to avoid costs?

i'll see if I can find it then, may take a while cos I don't think i've seen it since I moved 2 and a hlf years ago

as if by magic, it has appeared on the shelf next to me. It's called Zen Garden, 'compositions to create the perfect mood for peaceful meditation & enlightenment' .

I'll just email you.

Dh has had hynotherapy for his pain, I think it was semi-useful and is on my list of things to re-arrange for him since we've moved (ahem, six months ago!).

Would deffo try cheaper alternatives for relaxation first, I used to listen to a tape the hypnotherapist did for dh and fall instantly asleep! I could copy that for you with the hypnotherapist's permission, he is based in Suffolk so no good for a local consult, although I could ask him if he could recommend someone in Oxford?

Trib that would be lovely xxP

Sorry you're feeling stressed out Pruni. I've had hynotherapy three times - two successful and one rubbish.

First time I had it was for infertility/stopping smoking. Initially I went to the woman to get rid of my fag/nicotene gum addiction but when I told her why I wanted to stop smoking/chewing (ie had been trying to get pg for three years) she told me she did hypnosis for infertility too. I was VV sceptical about this but she did a sort of 'combo session' ie relaxed me, made e imagine my baby somewhere in the ether and made me tell the 'baby' I had stopped smoking etc. and was now ready for the baby to arrive. I thought she was completely barking and actually snorted out loud with laughter a couple of times during the session. However, when I came out of that place I couldn't face smoking or gum and was pg the next month. Basically, the session made me very relaxed about getting pg - very confident. I felt even if I didn't get pg that month I would another which was a complete turnabout because I'd been a total stress bunny about the whole thing for three years!

Second time - I went back to her because I was evading a huge headline and wanted a kick up the bum. She diagnosed that I was stressed out about it, did a new routine on me and it was rollocks. Actually, maybe it wasn't - but it made me so relaxed about the whole thing that I didn't complete the commission for another four years...

Third time - I was referred by GP because of post-birth trauma after having pph with dd. This was a GP hypnotherapist on the NHS (check that out - it might be available in your area). He was brilliant and completely changed my life after only one session. However I should have gone back for follow up sessions as the job wasn't totally done.

I think smoking/baby and trauma sessions worked for me because I am hugely suggestable and basically an 'obedient' type of person. If you are the same I would go for it - esp if you can find someone who specialises in fertility/stress issues. The other thing which might be worth considering is acupuncture - I don't have any experience of it but it was next on my list when trying to get pg.

Sorry - this is a huge post but it's a subject close to my heart. I hope you find a solution to the stress and that the IVF is successful.And do check out the NHS options (you're in the UK aren't you?).

thanks zippi
I am going to give it a go. I am quite suggestible, I think, and am quite curious about it anyway.
Hope it works too...

Just come back to this to say: Job done - had three sessions and it is fantastic!
I feel like my old self again, and am very enthusiastic about the ivf (was sort of blocking it out before). I feel like I've had that first beer of the evening pretty much all the time.

Can highly recommend it!