Hypnobirthing Quotes

in 3000 b.c....in spain, france, the british isles and old europe, the lives of people centered on nature and motherhood. they honored mother nature, mother earth and mother creator. women were revered as the givers of life. as creators, they were thought to be connected to diety. statues of the goddesses of these early people were of full-breasted women with bodies clearly depicting the ballooning abdomen of women about to give birth. these primal people regarded birthing as the highest manifestation of nature. when a woman gave birth, everyone gathered around her in the temple for the "celebration of life." birthing was a religious rite, and not at all the painful ordeal it came to be years later.

WHAT EES ALL DEES STUFF? IN AFRICA WE DOAN HAVE ALL DEES STUFF!! WE HAVE DEE BABEE!!!" His message was simple. It goes to the heart of what we in HypnoBirthing frequently puzzle over: Why has all the "stuff" that denies the normalcy of birth and portrays it as an inevitably risky and dangerous medical event become a routine part of most childbirth education classes? Why are couples in a low- or no-risk category being prepared for circumstances that only rarely occur? Even more puzzling, why do parents accept the negative premise that birth is a dangerous, painful ordeal at best or a medical calamity at worst? Why do they blindly accept the "one-size-fits-all" approach?" If what couples are hearing in childbirth classes is far removed from what they want their birthing experiences to be, why do they spend so much time entertaining negative outcomes that can color and shape their birth expectations and ultimately affect their birth experience? In other words, if it's not what they're wanting, why would they "go there"? In HypnoBirthing, we doan have all dees stuff, and deliberately so." HypnoBirthing helps you to frame a positive expectation and to prepare for birth by developing a trust and belief in your birthing body and in nature's undeniable orchestration of birthing. By teaching you the basic physiology of birth and explaining the adverse effect that fear has upon the chemical and physiological responses of your body we help you to learn simple, self-conditioning techniques that will easily bring you into the optimal state of relaxation you will use during birthing. This will allow your birthing muscles to fully relax. In other words, we will help you prepare for the birth your plan and want for yourselves and your baby, rather than the birth that someone else directs. We will help you look forward to your pregnancy and birthing with joy and love, rather than fear and anxiety.

...The premise that birthing, by nature, had to be a painful ordeal was totally unacceptable to me. I could not believe that a God who had created the body with such perfection could have designed a system of procreation that was flawed. So many questions prevented me from accepting the concept of pain in birthing. Why are the two sets of muscles of the uterus the only muscles that do not perform well under normal conditions? Why are the lesser animals blessed with smooth, easy birthing while we, the very highest of creatures, made in the image and likeness of God, are destined to suffer? And why are women in the some cultures able to have gentle, comfortable births? Are we women in the Western world less loved, less indulged, less blessed than they? It didn't make sense to me logically or physiologically." "Even more importantly, I could not believe that a loving God would commit so cruel a hoax as to make us sexual beings so that we would come together in love to conceive and then make the means through which we would birth our children so excruciatingly painful." "Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, sums it up well with this challenge to all birthing mothers: Imagine what might happen if the majority of women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies, and of their capacity for ecstasy through giving birth. When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs - in the women, not as their master.

Martin Luther wrote, “If women become tired, or even die, it does not matter. Let them die in childbirth. That’s what they are there for.

Every parent, before their baby is born, thinks they are going to bring it up in a particular way, and then after it is born, they realise that the child is already its own person, and your role as a parent is simply to support him or her in every way you can, to make sure he is safe, to give him all the opportunities you can, and then when you see which way he wants to go, to run along behind, trying to keep up as he develops.

Smile and speak kindly to yourself and to your baby. Observe your own feelings and emotions. Observe your breath, slow down your breathing. Tune in to your baby, tune in to your instincts. Hold your baby, mirror your baby.

Exhale any stress, and as you breathe in envelop your baby with love.

We have been practising hypnobirthing and our focus is on a calm and natural birth.’ Now the midwife knows what you are doing. Almost every woman in pregnancy will say, ‘I want a natural birth; I don’t like drugs’, but the minute she arrives at hospital she asks for an epidural. Midwives have seen this time and time again. The difference between this and a hypnobirthing mother is that you have done something to achieve a natural birth and you are very likely to get it. More and more midwives are now beginning to have experience of hypnobirthing, and they know very well that if you have done hypnobirthing, you are very likely to achieve what you want – a natural birth for you and your baby. Tell her what you have been doing and she will be in a better position to support you. ‘We would very much appreciate your support in this.

Women who are uninhibited by fear have free-flowing oxytocin during birth. Their birth experiences are often much more positive and self-affirming than many you see on television today.

ice packs, hot packs, bendy straws, hair ties, essential oils, face masks, latex gloves (in case things get unexpectedly messy), tennis balls and various other massagers, snacks for both you and your client, extra socks, breath mints and a toothbrush, as well as visualization and hypnobirthing exercises.

Of course, we know that there are devices, apparatuses, and drugs that forcefully make your body do what it already knows how to do. But how dare we presume to attempt to improve upon what nature has perfectly orchestrated and validated over centuries? Dr. Michele Odent, world-renowned birth professional states, “You cannot improve upon a natural function. The answer is not to hinder it.