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 1^st 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 stages  of 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,

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Malleswaram West, Bangalore - 55,

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