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    Inspired by my experiences with teaching HypnoBirthing so far (seven clients given birth to date, all positive birth stories), I decided I was fed up with referring people to "proper" hypnotherapists when they wanted additional stuff, so I decided to get qualified and do it myself.

    So as of today I am a fully fledged curative and clinical hypnotherapist. If anyone wants to cluck like a chicken, I'm your woman.

    So now all I need is to find someone who can write me some Steven Halpern-style plinky-plonk alpha frequency music. The royalty-free music I've found isn't any good, and I need something to go on my self-hypnosis CDs. Anyone?

    #2
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    Woohoo. That's great. As I've said before, going to a hypnotherapist for my agoraphobia was the best thing I ever did. Congrats Cali.

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      #3
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      While this is great news, I thought the thread title meant you were announcing you were having another child.

      Still, great news, of course. Do you also do birthday parties, bar mitzvah's and school assemblies?

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        No, I've been banned from having more children. UXB thinks that because he already has two others, that must mean I don't really need to have any more [/bitter].

        Hypnosis for entertainment is strictly against the hypnotherapists code of ethics, so I certainly won't be doing any of that. No sireee.

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          #5
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          Hypnosis for entertainment is strictly against the hypnotherapists code of ethics,
          [whiney voice] Ohhhhhh, C'mon!!![/whiney voice]

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            #6
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            [clicks fingers] and..... SLEEP.

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              #7
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              [THUMP]

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                #8
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                Oooo...I thought that was all faked, til now.

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                  #9
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                  Any way you can hypnotise me via OTF to get me to give up smoking, callie?

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                    #10
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                    What would you say to persuade a hypno-sceptic like me. Besides yours I've only heard one account of hypnobirthing and it was frankly laughable.

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                      #11
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                      This thread title's given me a Bryan Adams earworm so traumatising I may never recover.

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                        #12
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                        Is there any other kind of Bryan Adams earworm?

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                          #13
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                          Me too! I thought I was the only one. We'll have to start a support group.

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                            #14
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                            I'm as scarred by the experience emotionally as his cheeks are acne-ally.

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                              #15
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                              the hypnotherapists code of ethics
                              I would like to see that for a start

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                                #16
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                                Here you are then: http://www.general-hypnotherapy-register.com/Listings/COE.htm

                                Not sure what I could say to convince hypno-sceptics, at least not over the internet. A lot of the time the Dads I see are sceptics, but they've all changed their minds by the end of the first session, and then the birth usually convinces them. I have birth stories and testimonials, but people don't usually believe them, do they.

                                There have also been some scientific studies, but as a non-scientist I don't know if there were any obvious flaws with these or not:

                                http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18030923?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez. Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

                                http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16913343?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez. Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

                                http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15190731?ordinalpos=13&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez .Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

                                Hao et al in China measured the effect of nursing suggestions to labouring women and recommends that the conversation of the nurses be "controlled carefully for the purpose of advancing the birth process". This randomized control trial examined 60 first time mothers with a matched control group of 60 first time mothers and found a statistically significant reduction in the lengths of the first and second stages of labour.

                                Jenkins and Pritchard found a reduction of 3 hours for prim gravid women (from 9.3 hours to 6.4 hours) and 1 hour for multi gravid women (from 6.2 hours to 5.3 hours) for active labour (262 subjects and 600 controls). Pushing was statistically shorter for first time mothers (from 50 min to 37 min).

                                In a study that compared hypnosis and Lamaze training, 96 women chose between hypnosis (n=45) and Lamaze (n=51). The first stage of labour was shortened in the hypnosis group by 98 minutes for first time mothers and by 40 minutes for second time mothers. These women were more satisfied with labour and reported other benefits of hypnosis such as reduced anxiety and help with getting to sleep.

                                A British study found a statistically significant reduction in the length of labour of first and second time mothers: 70 hypnosis patients (6 h 21 min) compared to 70 relaxation patients (9 h 28 min) and 70 control group (9 h 45 min).

                                Mellegren noted a reduction of two to three hours of labour.

                                Abramson and Heron found a shorter first stage of labour for 100 women trained with hypnosis (by 3.23 hours) compared to a control group of 88 women. Forty-five Hypnosis for Childbirth clients (first time mothers) had an average of 4.5 hours for the active labour, a significant reduction compared to the usual 12 hours.

                                Medication use
                                In a British study, 55% of 45 patients (first and second time mothers) required no medication for pain relief. In the other non-hypnosis groups, only 22% of 90 women required no medication. Two research pieces reported on 1,000 consecutive births: 850 women used hypnotic analgesia resulting in 58 percent rate of no medication. Five other research pieces reported an incidence of 60 to 79 percent non-medicated births.

                                A retrospective survey notes an epidural rate of 18 percent in Southern Ontario, where the epidural rate in most hospitals is 40 to 95 percent (depending on the setting) for first time mothers.

                                Rates of Intervention
                                In a randomized control trial of 42 teenagers in Florida, none of the 22 patients in the hypnosis group experienced surgical intervention compared with 12 of the 20 patients in the control group (p=.000). Twelve patients in the hypnosis group experienced complications compared with 17 in the control group (p=.047).

                                Harmon, Hynan and Tyre reported more spontaneous deliveries, higher Agpar scores and reduced medication use in their study of 60 women. Of the 45 Hypnosis for Childbirth clients, 38 delivered without the use of caesarean, forceps or vacuum, a rate of spontaneous birth of 84%. This is a higher than average rate of normal birth for the general population of first time mothers.

                                Postpartum
                                In a randomized control trial of 42 teenagers in Florida, only 1 patient in the hypnosis group had a hospital stay of more than two days compared with 8 patients in the control group (p=.008).

                                Postpartum Depression
                                McCarthy provided five 30-minute sessions to 600 women and found a virtual absence of postpartum depression, compared to the typical rates of 10 to 15 percent. Women with a history of postpartum depression did not develop this condition, even though an estimated 50 percent eventually do. Harmon et al also reported lower depression scores in the hypnotically treated group.

                                It appears that a simple intervention, hypnotherapy, has far-reaching effects both medically and socially. Some, but not all, of the above studies are randomized, have large numbers, include control groups and demonstrate statistical significance. There remains, therefore, a clear need for more research, in the use of hypnosis for childbirth preparation.

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                                  #17
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                                  Nice work Callie. That's excellent news. I shall have to get you to make me do everything from going to the gym regularly, to not liking beer. (And clucking like a chicken, obviously. P would love that.)

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                                    #18
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                                    What is the current leading hypothesis on how hypnosis works, neurologically?

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                                      #19
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                                      The whaty what?

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                                        #20
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                                        Eeeoo, aye wure all hungrylike!

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                                          #21
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                                          I used to pretend to stage-hypnotise my kids, and get them to pretend to be frogs and rabbits and that. Then my daughter, who's right bossy, insisted on turning the tables when she was about 2. Using the bathplug, on its little chain thing, as a pendulum, she'd say "GOOOOOOR TOOO SLEEEEP, and then you will be a... SROG!" And so on, finishing up with "GOOOOOOR TOOO SLEEEEP, and then you will be... MY DADDY!"

                                          What could be more charming, in the whole of the world, than that?

                                          (Apologies to evilC, SR, etc, for that one.)

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