You may have heard the word hypnobirthing mentioned during your antenatal classes or midwife appointments, but you may not fully understand what it means. And you're not alone! In its simplest form, ...

Steady increase in antenatal classes teaching alternative relaxation techniques, with more NHS trusts either subsidising the courses or offering them for free It is the alternative birth method that ...

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There are many ways to control pain associated with labor and birth, and Hypnobirthing is one of them. We spoke to Carol Yeh-Garner, a nationally Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist in San Diego, to get ...

The mixture of deep breathing and visualisation exercises also helped her deal with hyperemesis gravidarum – a severe form of morning sickness. “I saw the power of it, the meditation, the deep ...

A hit with celebrity mums Gisele Bündchen and Jessica Alba, hypnobirthing has now gone mainstream, with classes available on the NHS and many midwives learning the technique. But does it actually work ...

Everyone's heard of the Lamaze and Bradley methods of childbirth, but there's a new way to manage pain during delivery. The new procedure is called hypnobirthing, and women across the country are ...

Evidence suggests that women who want to get motherhood off to the best start possible should learn deep relaxation and breathing techniques. Hypnobirthing has produced such astonishing results that ...

A team of midwives in Hull have undergone hypnobirthing training as part of an initiative to increase choice around giving birth. Midwives from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are set to ...

I wasn’t surprised to read last week that hypnobirthing is becoming a standard part of birth preparation, with more and more British hospitals running their own courses. To the uninitiated, the ...