title: Waiting to descend.
abstract: A second-time mother uses a combination of comfort measures and hypnosis for childbirth to achieve a medication-free birth. In the hospital, her use of hypnosis and the posterior position of her cervix made it appear that she was not dilated. After she was fully dilated, pushing took several hours. Throughout the birth, the mother remained calm and did not experience pain, thanks to her practice with prenatal yoga and the Hypnobabies method of childbirth.
authors.affiliation: STEPHANIE BERGER is a physical therapist who works with people who have sustained spinal cord injuries and other traumatic injuries. She and her family live in Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berger