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 HypnoBirthing: A Celebration of Life
ASIN: 0966351711
Customer's Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, but meant to be used with other course materials
Comments: I highly recommend Marie Mongan's HypnoBirthing course, which I took in February 2000. I had a painless 18-20 hour labor. I did feel pain for the first "surges" when I was home, as I scrunched my eyeballs, went into the fetal position and tensed my entire body. But as soon as I relaxed my entire body and went limp like a rag doll (as I learned to do by listening to the Rainbow Relaxation tape every day for a month prior to my due date) the pain stopped. Any time I felt a surge, I stopped what I was doing, leaned over, relaxed and breathed deeply. I never asked for or needed an epidural. At times, I also felt endorphins, which the book claims is the bodies "natural anesthesia." My son's labor (our first baby) was a wonderful, transformative, spiritual experience and I cannot wait to go through labor and give birth again.
This book (with a number of relaxation/self-hypnosis exercises to be practiced alone or with a partner) is a course workbook to be used in conjunction with course materials. When I read it, it occurred to me it would have made little sense without the benefit of taking the class. Note, however, that the author is the first person to admit that it was never meant to be a stand-alone book.
Another book I highly recommend is CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT FEAR by the late, great Dr. GRANTLY DICK-REED. One of the refreshing things about Marie Mongan is that she credits Dr. Dick-Reed with inspiring her to create the HypnoBirthing program. Dr. Dick-Reed's book (unfortunately out of print, but I found it at my local library) explains in greater detail all aspects of labor and delivery (actually the best description I have ever read.) He is the one who theorized that releasing fear and tension during labor is what enables women around the world to have a painless labor/birth experience. Reading THAT book will help to understand and appreciate Marie Mongan's book (especially if you don't have a HypnoBirthing practitioner near you) and the other course materials she created.
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 Creative Childbirth: The Leclaire Method of Easy Birthing Through Hypnosis and Rational-Intuitive Thought
ASIN: 0963308734
Customer's Rating: 5
Summary: Creative Childbirth
Comments: Excellent childbirth method. All you and your partner need to feel safe secure and completely prepared for your pregnancy, labor and birth. It"s Amazing! It really works! The hypnosis for pregnancy and labor tapes that you can order from the back of the book worked like a charm. I felt very prepared and so oo oo relaxed.
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Also See:
Hypnosis: CDs and Tapes
Hypnosis: Help with Addictive Habits
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