My husband told me last night that I need to blog more on the "laborlooks" blog. I told him there is only so many things you can blog about with hospital gowns. Being the marketing manager that he is he quickly reminded me that Laborlooks is more than just hospital gowns.
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Laborlooks is about labor. It is about preparing mothers to become the best mothers they can be. It is about bringing life into the world. Granted we are attempting to make sure this all happens with STYLE, but with the resources of a midwife and a labor and delivery nurse we need to start blogging about more things.
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This made me realize that I do need to branch out and talk about more things. Which leads me to my topic today which is "HYPNOBIRTHING". I decided to talk about all different styles of childbirth preparation and since I have the most experience with Hypnobirthing I figured I could start with this.
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The main idea of hypnobirthing is that when muscles in our body are working correctly they don't cause us pain. When we are in a relaxed enough state of mind we are able to go through labor without pain, or with minimal pain. I have actually worked with many clients that say they didn't experience any pain using this method!
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My personal experience with Hypnobirthing was that I unfortunately taught myself to fall past deep relaxation and into sleep. So every time I tried to practice my self hypnosis I fell asleep. When it came to labor this happened as well. When listening to the guided prompts I would immediately fall asleep but then wake up for each contraction. Not the best way to do it- but I was able to relax completely between contractions which helped my labor go faster.
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Another nice thing is that whenever I have problems falling asleep now I just turn on my hypnobirthing CD!
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I did have an amazing instructor and if you are searching for an instructor you can find a list of them near you on the hypnobirthing website
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