Guest guest Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Hi, Someone has mentioned the subject of HypnoBirthing, while I was doing a different project for VRG(vrg.org) and I was wondering about researching into this. I'm looking for people who have gone through this, what was your experience like and to also create a list of classes and teachers. Thank you:) You can also e-mail me Tinydasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I did this with my husband when I had our son. We're just outside of Chicago, but the classes we went to were also held in the city proper. Our instructor was Tanya McHale (her website is http://www.tanyamchale.com/). She was the nurse at my midwife's office, but I don't know if she's still there or not. She was just amazing. It does take a lot of practice, besides the class time. I loved it, it really helped me manage the contractions (we also did a water labor, I did end up with a c-section in the end as I wasn't progressing after about 12-14hrs, and my son was 9 days overdue and we when my water broke, he had already passed meconium so we were limited in how much longer they'd let me labor in the tub). It really was a tremendous help, as was the water. I'm not sure what all you want to know, but I highly recommend it, and our instructor. The experience was amazing, the relaxation techniques helped so much (she gave us different things to try in class, and we could pick whatever and alter them as we liked to our own liking/etc - even the music I picked, I still listen to because it was something I really liked to help me drift into 'the state'). I did lose track of time, and I was able to deal with my labor in such a way, my attending midwife on call when I went into labor didn't think I was in active labor when I talked to her (she was the only one in the practice who had not had experience with hypnobirthing). When we went to the hospital, they didn't think I was as far along as I was (I was dilated 7cm when we went in, which was only about 2hrs after I went into labor at 1am). My husband and I were cracking jokes, and I was climbing on the birthing bed, and on the birthing ball and laughing they were amazed at how together I was. Of course, because there were only 2 water birthing rooms, they do have a time limit if you are not progressing as we did, but after the 12hrs or so of being in there they did move me. With that move, I was not able to get back into the state, and things went wacky after that, but it was only a few hours after that that our son was born. I would not have changed my experience with the hypnosis (well, up to the changing of the rooms, but my son was born healthy and perfect, and I couldn't wish for anything better than that!). My case at the end was particularly rare, but up until the last couple of hours, I had no medication, and was able to deal with my labor and everything. I would totally suggest hiring your hypnosis leader if they are available, as we were too tired, and I could have really used the extra support and advocacy she would have provided when we were nearing the end (I don't think we even thought about some of the other visualizations we could have tried, nor did we have them, as we forgot about my suitcase and the scripts and everything in our car - they valet parked it when we were admitted, and my husband thought he'd have time to run out and get it. LOL.) It was wonderful. If there is anything particular about it that you want to know, I will answer any questions. I'm just not sure what exactly you are looking for. Hope this helps. Missie On 1/1/07, tinydasha <TinyDasha wrote: > > Hi, > > Someone has mentioned the subject of HypnoBirthing, while I was doing a > different project for VRG(vrg.org) and I was wondering about > researching into this. > > I'm looking for people who have gone through this, what was your > experience like and to also create a list of classes and teachers. > > Thank you:) > > You can also e-mail me Tinydasha <Tinydasha%40> > > > -- I'm all out of bubblegum. -- http://mszzzi.creepy.net/Dexter/gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszzzi/ http://mszzzi.evite.shutterfly.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hi, Missie, I was going to respond to this today, so it was funny to check my email this morning and see that someone responding had gone to the same HypnoBirthing class and midwife service as I did. [As a side note, I had a similar labor to you, Missie: a long, natural labor that wasn't progressing and ended up in a c-section (mine was 52 hours, though).] My experience with the HypnoBirthing class was that I enjoyed it but I don't think that I'm particularly hypnotizable (is that a word?). We did the practicing at home and really wanted it to work for me, but it really didn't take. It did, however, help to relax me a lot and for that reason alone was totally worth it. I do think that a certain segment of the population is not very easily hypnotized, though, so if that's what you're looking for, you may want to find out first if you are one of them. Also, Missie, I don't know if your family is vegan or not, but if so we do have a great social group here called the Chicago Vegan Family Network. We have fabulous potlucks once a month and a camping trip in the summer. If you're interested in being a part of it, just email me. Not everyone in the group is vegan, but almost all who aren't are leaning that way and respect the vegan lifestyle. We are supportive of all. Happy New Year, everyone! Marla Rose > I did this with my husband when I had our son. We're just outside of > Chicago, but the classes we went to were also held in the city proper. Our > instructor was Tanya McHale (her website is http://www.tanyamchale.com/). > She was the nurse at my midwife's office, but I don't know if she's still > there or not. > She was just amazing. > > It does take a lot of practice, besides the class time. I loved it, it > really helped me manage the contractions (we also did a water labor, I did > end up with a c-section in the end as I wasn't progressing after about > 12-14hrs, and my son was 9 days overdue and we when my water broke, he had > already passed meconium so we were limited in how much longer they'd let me > labor in the tub). It really was a tremendous help, as was the water. > I'm not sure what all you want to know, but I highly recommend it, and our > instructor. The experience was amazing, the relaxation techniques helped so > much (she gave us different things to try in class, and we could pick > whatever and alter them as we liked to our own liking/etc - even the music I > picked, I still listen to because it was something I really liked to help me > drift into 'the state'). I did lose track of time, and I was able to deal > with my labor in such a way, my attending midwife on call when I went into > labor didn't think I was in active labor when I talked to her (she was the > only one in the practice who had not had experience with hypnobirthing). > When we went to the hospital, they didn't think I was as far along as I was > (I was dilated 7cm when we went in, which was only about 2hrs after I went > into labor at 1am). My husband and I were cracking jokes, and I was climbing > on the birthing bed, and on the birthing ball and laughing they were amazed > at how together I was. > > Of course, because there were only 2 water birthing rooms, they do have a > time limit if you are not progressing as we did, but after the 12hrs or so > of being in there they did move me. With that move, I was not able to get > back into the state, and things went wacky after that, but it was only a few > hours after that that our son was born. I would not have changed my > experience with the hypnosis (well, up to the changing of the rooms, but my > son was born healthy and perfect, and I couldn't wish for anything better > than that!). My case at the end was particularly rare, but up until the last > couple of hours, I had no medication, and was able to deal with my labor and > everything. I would totally suggest hiring your hypnosis leader if they are > available, as we were too tired, and I could have really used the extra > support and advocacy she would have provided when we were nearing the end (I > don't think we even thought about some of the other visualizations we could > have tried, nor did we have them, as we forgot about my suitcase and the > scripts and everything in our car - they valet parked it when we were > admitted, and my husband thought he'd have time to run out and get it. LOL.) > > It was wonderful. > > If there is anything particular about it that you want to know, I will > answer any questions. I'm just not sure what exactly you are looking for. > > > Hope this helps. > Missie > > > On 1/1/07, tinydasha <TinyDasha wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Someone has mentioned the subject of HypnoBirthing, while I was doing a >> different project for VRG(vrg.org) and I was wondering about >> researching into this. >> >> I'm looking for people who have gone through this, what was your >> experience like and to also create a list of classes and teachers. >> >> Thank you:) >> >> You can also e-mail me Tinydasha <Tinydasha%40> >> >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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