NATURAL WAY OF PAINLESS
BIRTHING - HYPNOBIRTHING
This is way back in 2002, when I was expecting
my second baby who was due to be born in 1st week of Feb the next year. I was more
prepared and knew what to expect on the birthing day of my child,
which was the state of mind when my son was born a year ago before
this. People around me may have read my mind or through their
experience, told me the child birth is going to be smooth like a
cake walk as it is the second time I am giving birth. The birth day
of my child did arrive but a week before the due date on 26
th Jan 2003. My little darling daughter
was born with no hassle bustle within 2hrs from the time of the
birth show. The birthing process was of course very easy and smooth
process.
Though happy giving birth to my child,
my thoughts kept pondering why not the same happen when I gave
birth to my son 2 yrs back.
What went wrong then
and what were the right things here?
Why and why’s kept coming up with lot of comparisons
between the first birth and the second.
On the search, my thoughts went to the basic
science learnt that all mammals system work similarly. If all
mammals can give birth naturally without assistance, then human
beings can also give birth naturally. When all the systems of the
body, CNS(Central Nervous System), Circulatory system, Respiratory
system, Digestive system and Excretory system of the mother can work
perfectly, the Reproductive system which has shown good signs by
letting the baby grow inside the uterus is also in a perfect state.
What happens to only this system during the final stage of
pregnancy, i.e giving birth to the baby?
The moment the couple comes to know
the woman’s body is prepared and has accepted the growth of the
tiny little wonder in her. There is enlightenment, excitement and more
than all this a kind of unexplainable joy for receiving a new member
to the family. All this excitement droops down to the couple more
for the mother , the very thought of the day she is going to make
it a reality of the child from the womb into her
hands.
why
so?
The mind kept pondering for years with these
questions for years, till I got introduced to Hypnosis and
Hypnotherapy. On the course of becoming a Clinical Hypnotherapist, I
learnt more about the mind and its working. The developmental
stagesof the mind according to
the stages of the physical growth along with the information taken
in from all ways in the process of self growth , leading to the
persons character, behaviour, and more than all this the belief
system that gets ingrained into the self .
The mind determines what and when the body
feels and works on the thought pattern of one. Our mind through the
brain (Central Nervous System) controls the body and its activities.
The mind brings in a bodily change physiologically and with chemical
reaction within, corresponding to the every suggestion, thought or
emotions one takes in. whatever is experienced in the body is
determined by the body. Remember the Pavlov’s experiment with the
dog, salivating with the ring of the bell, for the food to be
served. The mind gets conditioned to react in a particular way with
repeatedly exposed to a particular suggestion or the thoughts coming
in from many sources, creating a kind of a myth or called belief for
a particular kind of situation
The mind also can be termed as a tool with an
echo- effect. Whatever thoughts or emotions, we create the mind
attracts the same. Whatever you propose first will come back to you
exactly the way you want it to be or presumed it to be. Remember the
phrase “the rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer”, this is
because the rich is always thinking about money and more money and
works for it. The mind reacts to the thought of being motivated to
achieve something and works toward to achieve the same.
I got few answers to the questions, which had
got expanded with numbers with others experiences. The second
process of giving birth was relating to the conditioning process of
the mind, but again why not for few others? Was this relating to the
boomerang effect of the mind or is it that the parent (the mother)
was not motivated, but is it not every woman loves to give birth to
her child in a peaceful, calmer way, naturally. The conclusion that
I came up was the mother to be is influenced by the environmental
information she receives or by her own experience. So what is the
way to recondition her to make her body work as it has to work
naturally? The answer again I got from my Clinical Hypnotherapy
course. The mind can be de-conditioned and re- conditioned for a
particular kind of a situation/incident.
During this search I was introduced to yoga and
breathing techniques. During this process I learnt that the way a
mother breath’s during the birth of the baby is more important for
her to achieve a natural process of birthing. The muscles can be
toned for the day during the course of her pregnancy using different
yoga exercises. But still I could not conclude that this is the way
a mother could give birth naturally. What about the bodily
(physical) stress she undergoes or the so called pain that is
induced during the birth process and many more questions started to
arise.
As I was going through this concept and helping
my clients to overcome their problems related to stress, memory,
goal accomplishment, self- confidence, self-esteem. I even worked
with clients with insomnia, addition problems, allergies, but the
answer to birthing naturally was still lingering within me. Few
doors started to open with answers when worked with different
clients for menopause and sexual dysfunction. A big eye opener was
when I worked with one of my client for sprain in left leg using
pain management.
As if the bud of the flower opening up the
pondering questions relating to birthing got its answer with the
combination of hypnotherapy, yoga, breathing techniques as a tool
for birthing mothers along with the concept of magnetizing the mind
to attract natural birth.
With the process of hypnosis the mind can be
de-conditioned with the negative images and thoughts of birthing and
re- conditioned for a natural, calm birth and also help the mind for
the process of handling the strain by the muscles (related to as
pain). Toning of the muscles for it’s function during birth by
exercising the body with Yoga along with the breathing techniques
related during the various stages of birthing process. Along with
all these, magnetizing the mind to achieve a natural, calm, peaceful
birth of the baby into this world.
Our way the natural, painless and painfree way
of birthing, come join us.
Er. Anuradha BE., CMP NLP., C.Ht.,
Licensed Hypnobirthing Practitioner,
Director,
Basix - Centre For Human Excellence,
408, 7th Main A Block, Milk Colony, 17th
Cross,
Malleswaram West, Bangalore - 55,
www.basixinc.org,www.integratedhealing.co.in ,
Ph:08023473715, 65732268,
9886420936.
