Comments on The Lactivist Breastfeeding Blog: Hypnobabies...Magical or a Big Old Hoax?

i took the hypnobabies course with my first child ...

2009-06-08T22:20:34.820-07:00

i took the hypnobabies course with my first child and practiced it religiously. my labor was painless and quick. 6 hours of wonderful birthing and LOVED it. I am pregnant again and will be doing the hypnobabies again. i swear by it!

I used hypnobabies with my son's birth. I didn't ...

2009-01-15T17:32:00.000-08:00

I used hypnobabies with my son's birth. I didn't have a pain free birth, but it was a very enjoyable birth, free of complications and no interventions, including no tearing or episiotomy. I am a HUGE advocate of hypnobirthing. It was a great experience!

so. . . what happened?

2008-07-16T16:27:00.000-07:00

so. . . what happened?

We used HypnoBirthing (Mongan Method) for our firs...

2007-11-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

We used HypnoBirthing (Mongan Method) for our first child. We took the class from a very experienced licensed Hypnotherapist, who also happend to the and OB nurse on a L&D ward.
Working with a real hypnotherapist was very important for me. She made sure I had reached very deep hypnosis and relaxation.

I practiced everyday for a couple of hours at a time for the 6 weeks. My

I had studied hypnobirthing the mongan method but ...

2007-07-24T05:32:00.000-07:00

I had studied hypnobirthing the mongan method but found it dull and not very detailed. I felt kind of left to my own devices with it. So about 2 weeks before my son was actually born, almost 4 weeks before he was due, I bought the home study course for hypnobabies. I got 9.. NINE, days practice. You're supposed to have 6 weeks... and out of a 14 hour labor, 7 hours was completely pain free. I

I used HB with my second dd, who was born in Sept ...

2007-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

I used HB with my second dd, who was born in Sept 06, after not being very happy w/ my induction/epi delivery with my first dd in Sept 04. I had a great delivery experience the second time. I was healthier and more comfortable in my pregnancy (climbing stairs at 40 weeks). I arrived in the hospital room fully dilated, and had the baby in 4 pushes, -- and 4 because I lost focus a little. I

i did hypnobabies, practiced daily, did all the ho...

2007-01-02T14:19:00.000-08:00

i did hypnobabies, practiced daily, did all the homework, etc. it did NOT work for me. in fact listening to a woman telling me it didn't hurt, was just "pressure" on a cd while i was in labor was extremely irritating.

Yep, I get the Yahoo Group mailings, though that's...

2006-09-13T15:44:00.000-07:00

Yep, I get the Yahoo Group mailings, though that's a good link to post. You don't have to have bought the Hypnobabies course to join, so it's a good way to listen in on the conversation and see what other Hypnomoms have to say about it.

Good luck! I didn't do anything like that, but did...

2006-09-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

Good luck! I didn't do anything like that, but did play the same relaxation spa music over and over and over again on an iPod. I think it kept me from freaking out completely (even though it was Baby #2).

On another note, I just launched a breastfeeding blog. Check out www.mamaknowsbreast.com. I have a link to your blog on my site. It's on the page called Resources.

I didn't use Hypnobabies, but I did go to some ses...

2006-09-13T10:47:00.000-07:00

I didn't use Hypnobabies, but I did go to some sessions with a hypnotherapist. I can't say how well it helped in labor, subconciously it definitely helped me stay relaxed, but I never was able to do the full on listening to my cd and relaxing thing that I intended to. My labor went from zero to sixty in no time at all, and I just didn't have a chance to use the hypnosis. All in all, I am glad I