childbirth

Since becoming a mum myself I've had many conversations with women who tell me that they didn't enjoy the birth of their children. Now, this seems to me, to be a real shame. Giving birth is all about bringing a new life into the world.  It's about hope and it's about joy. 

Some women have told me that the prospect of childbirth fills them with fear or dread.  Some tell me that they want to feel calm and relaxed about the impending event but just don't know how.  Some tell me that they would like to learn how to have more comfortable contractions without using medication.

The benefits of a relaxed pregnancy and labour are now well documented, and the longer the period of time that you can feel stress free the better.  I am able to teach you techniques that will help you cope during labour and make it a happy experience to remember.

So how can hypnotherapy help?
Studies have shown that the more relaxed a woman can remain, the easier labour will be.  When we are able to stay relaxed, the body works much more efficiently.  It is able to produce more of the natural pain reducing hormones - endorphins - which benefit both mother and baby alike.  The uterus also dilates easily and quickly which means that less time is spent in labour.

Using hypnosis, it is possible to learn how to be strong emotionally, and confident about labour.  You can learn powerful techniques that will help you to control the amount of discomfort you experience and how to deeply relax between contractions so that you can conserve energy.

Helping couples slow to conceive
Sometimes conception is slow to happen. There is not always a physical reason for this. Getting pregnant and starting a family is very emotional and couples often invest lots of time and effort in getting pregnant. After a time, couples slow to conceive, all too often start to become anxious and stressed because of the lack of success.

Anxiety, unfortunately, tends to create the wrong balance of hormones in the body, which means that the environment for conception is not quite right.  When you are able to relax and 'let go of the reins', the body will quickly rebalance itself.

Hypnotherapy can help women learn how to get that balance back into their life.

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