What is the connection between Kate Middleton and Jessica Alba?
Both of them gave birth to their babies using the hypnobirthing technique. Known in the world for about 25 years, this method of deep relaxation during childbirth has gained popularity. The foundations of the method were laid by Milton Erickson (the “godfather” of NLP). He was led to a harmonious system by hypnotherapist Mary Mongan from the USA, Master of Pedagogy. Certified childbirth preparation centers using the hypnobirthing technique are also appearing on the territory of the Russian Federation, for instance https://gipnorody.ru
HOW DOES HYPNOBIRTH WORK?
- During preparation, a woman learns to put herself into a trance, using affirmations, breathing exercises and hypnotic codes.
- Mothers and their partners learn to describe labor in a new language to break the association between labor and pain in hypnobirthing programs.
- Hypnologists claim that we experience states of altered consciousness (trance) all the time, but we do not know how to control them. When we are lost in thoughts, driving a car along a familiar road, watching a movie or listening to our favorite music, these are all trance states.
- How does it work during childbirth? It’s simple. The higher the stress, the stronger the release of “pain hormones.” By managing stress and allowing the body to increase its production of oxytocin, which suppresses pain, we can help ourselves to have an easier birth.
It is especially pleasant for an expectant mother to meditate on the ocean shore.
IS HYPNOBIRTH POSSIBLE IN CHILE?
We at ChileKids are always happy to support mothers preparing for a natural, gentle birth or birth at home. Over almost five years of our activity, we have been able to create a pool of clinics that are ready to work with women in labor without pressure and excessive medical intervention.
Such clinics have all the conditions for natural childbirth; you can also come to the birth with your doula. It’s very easy to organize a partner birth. Dad just comes to the ward. He doesn’t have to take a million tests for this. In addition, home births have been legalized.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE HYPNOBIRTH IN CHILE?
We conducted a short survey among foreign women in Chile, asking them the question “How do you feel about Hypnobirthing?” We were amazed by the number of warm and positive reviews from English-speaking mothers (which, of course, is not surprising, since the birthplace of the method is, after all, the USA).
In most cases, they note that there were no problems with the use of hypnobirthing techniques in clinics. If a woman needed additional conditions – headphones, aroma oils, candles – all this could be brought into the ward without any hindrance.
To sum it up, let’s say that if any of the readers of this article are going to give birth abroad, and want this to happen in an atmosphere of serenity and goodwill, you can safely put Chile on your short list. Natural and hypnobirthing are completely real here!
Review of natural childbirth in Chile:
Chileans are very kind and sincere people. At the ultrasound, at the doctor’s, they always treated me with tenderness. Many doctors speak English. We lived on the 24th floor, overlooking the ocean. The birth itself went just as I had dreamed about it. The paperwork took a little time; it was even interesting to visit the local registration authority and the consulate. They helped us and were always in touch from @chilekids. Agreeing on housing, in a clinic, organizing everyday life, filling out documents – all this would be very difficult without their help! We traveled a lot. We visited a star observatory, wineries, nature reserves, and thermal springs. We drove 3 thousand km in a car, which you can rent without any problems. Sometimes it seemed to me that I was living in some kind of fairy tale and I didn’t want to leave it. On the way home we stopped in the capital of Peru, Lima.
