The following articles cover interesting and informative topics relating to pregnancy and childbirth.
- Expecting a baby... feeling anxious?
The realisation that you are carrying and will soon give birth is bound to evoke feelings and emotions that you have never felt before. A very important event is taking place in your life. It is a wonderfully natural and spiritual event, one of the most beautiful and joyous experiences in a woman's life...
- HypnoBirthing® - for reducing pain during childbirth
Over recent years, the power of the mind to heal has become more recognised as a formidable force, with numerous stories of people with positive convictions who change the course of their disease. Mental attitude, whether it be positive or negative, can also greatly influence the experience of childbirth...
- Taking the birthing world by calm - HypnoBirthing®
You might well wonder what is new about using hypnosis in childbirth. Nothing really. Women have gone to hypnotherapists and learned techniques of self-hypnosis, but may worry whether they will be able to sustain the practice at the time. The worry causes tension and tension anywhere in the person causes muscles to tense and muscle tension is what leads to pain in childbirth.
- Celebration of Life
Having recently become a grandmother for the second time, means that both my daughters have now became first time mums. They made me even more aware that pregnant women are searching for ways to help their birth become a more satisfying experience...
- Calm Birth! Is it possible to be calm in labour?
Most people have the belief that giving birth is painful. As a childbirth educator, I know first hand, that this is NOT the case for some women! Women, who are properly prepared physically, emotionally and spiritually, can give birth in a calm way - the way nature had intended. Here is another story from a recent first time mum..
- A Calm, Gentle Birth
Could it be that the idea that giving birth must be filled with pain is a myth? What if we trusted that nature was wise, and then drew on that wisdom to give birth in a natural, comfortable way...
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