title: A dream birth? Try hypnobirthing!
abstract: Hypnobirthing is often regarded as a method of pain relief without drugs. This is to miss the point, as it presupposes that pain is there in the first place. When a woman learns to release the preconceptions, fears and worries about birth that are endemic in our society, her experience of giving birth to her baby can be the most wonderful and empowering experience of her life. Mind and body working together can be a powerful and efficient combination. This is how birth is designed to be, as midwives and hospitals are beginning to discover. Thus hypnobirthing can provide a service that women want as well as save scarce NHS funds.
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D007748:Labor Stage, Second / Q000523:psychology; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012064:Relaxation Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult