Hypnobirthing- shall I try it? Cd or lessons?

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Would really appreciate hearing your experiences...

I am considering hypnobirthing because I had an epidural with my first DS. The epidural was great but it slowed the labour down and I ended up having forceps delivery and some complications due to that. I would like to avoid having an epidural this time around but I can't in all honesty face the thought of all that pain without some kind of plan of action!

A friend of mine listened to hypnobirthing CDs in the run up to her labour and had one of those amazing birthing experiences that only a few people seem to have had. Anyone else have the same experience?

Are the CDs good enough or should I invest in the classes? £260 seems to be the going rate locally.

Equally important, Is there anyone out there that has tried it and thinks its a load of hippy bollocks?

TIA for your help.

Richinlove that's interesting, because just as I got towards 10cm dilation my contractions were virtually painless which did cause the only trouble I had (which wasn't much trouble at all) The midwives were confused that I wasn't in pain and didn't have urge to push and I ended up succumbing to sytocinon drip at the very last minute because they started getting twitchy that nothing was happening.,,, they were very melodramatic and my dh and DM joined in the worrying, even though there were no indications of distress from dd.

My only regret us that I didn't stand firm on waiting for the urge to push. They got me pushing with no urge and it was awful.