Benefits of Hypnosis for Childbirth
February 13, 2011/
Hypnosis is great for pregnancy.
- Helps relax mother and baby
- Reduces fears of labor
- Allows mother to be conscious
- Reduces medication or completely eliminates them
- Reduces postoperative nausea, vomiting, anoxia and other side effects from anesthesia
- Places no extra stress on baby
- Increases resistance to fatigue
- Controls painful uterine contractions
- Shortens labor time by approximately 2-4 hrs for most mothers
- Eases delivery
- Requires no elaborate education
- Allows for quicker healing
(Source: Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, Ph.D.)
