Did hypnobirthing work for you?

[Lizbiz89]

I've just finished the positive birth company videos and feel a lot better about my second labour (due in 7 weeks). First labour was unnecessarily awful. From ladies who have had their baby and done hypnobirthing, please let me know if it worked for you?

It helped me with the first part of birth when it didn’t hurt so much but when labour properly kicked off it was useless, No amount of visualisation or affermations are going to cut it. Having said that, I’m pregnant with my second and I will using the techniques again to help keep me calm during the beginning. Plus my sister managed to use it throughout both labours and didn’t even use gas and air.

I absolutely loved hypnobirthing.
I had a really positive birth experience, I felt in control the whole time (minus one 10 minute period where I had a wobble) and managed to do the whole thing in silence, just enjoying my music.

I was actually playing a game on my phone whilst pushing as it was a nice distraction lol