Better Birthing with Hypnosis

by Michelle Leclaire O'Neill

Book Overview

Birthing through hypnosis is a Lamaze program for the 21st century. With this method, women use self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques during labor, eliminating much of the fear and tension that lead... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0658015338
• ISBN13: 9780658015335
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Awesome for a 1st pregnancy!

I read this book when I was pregnant with my daughter. It was incredible! I believe that this book was the only reason why I managed to get through my 34 hour drug-free (until the epidural for the c-section) back labor with ease! Unfortunately, I didn't get the labor & delivery experience I was hoping for and ended up with a c-section. This book also helped me deal with the pain from the surgery and 3 days after my daughter was born I was able to quit taking my pain medication. This is one of the few books I am keeping on my bookshelf in case I need it again.

a must for conquering the fear of childbirth

My primary reason for reading this book was to deal with some severe anxiety I had about childbirth and hospitals in general. The book details the psychological and biochemical processes of childbirth and provides some great historical perspective on women's ability to birth naturally. The book left me feeling very confident about my own abilities. I now plan to labor in a hospital but not as a terrified victim desperate for pain medication. I am going into this with ownership and responsibility and look forward to making this one of the greatest days of my life. The book helped tremendously to get me to this point.

The Only Book I needed for the Birth I dreamt about

This book is filled with all the latest easy applications of Mind/body medicine . I love that Dr Leclaire Oneill is both an R.N. and a psychologist . She has thought of everything that might possibly arise . I was molested as a child and pregnacy,labor and birth were wonderful because of Dr Leclaire's easy way of guiding me through it all. I also used her tapes which I ordered from back of book.They worked like a charm. I recommend this to all pregnant couples. Ellie

A very helpful book.

I purchased this when I was pregnant with my 3rd child. I had used the breathing techniques in hypnobirthing with my second. I loved the advice she gave while in labor in order to not focus on the pain. I have a high pain tolerance so that did not bother me. However, my husband and I did you the ankle technique. I got admitted to the hospital at 9:45 am and at 10:54 am I delivered my daughter. Thanks for the great advice.

great book

this method is amazing!!!this book covers many aspects in addition to the hypnosis. it really works to have a peaceful delivery and quick recovery. i used it with my 4th child and what a difference!