It’s been reported that the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Kate Middleton, is undergoing hypnotherapy to treat food aversion and morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Suddenly, expecting moms everywhere are wondering if hypnosis is right for them. The simple answer is yes, hypnosis can have a dramatic effect throughout all stages of pregnancy, helping women cope with everything from morning sickness, to stress, to pain and delivery.
Medical professionals have used hypnosis and self-hypnosis techniques since the 1930s to help expecting moms achieve physical comfort and relaxation. Hypnosis can also bring about shorter labor, can aid in quicker recovery, can help a woman sleep better and deeper, can lower blood pressure, can help keep you in a more positive state of mind and can also avoid/lessen postpartum depression.
When you use hypnosis in pregnancy, there are two main goals you are usually trying to accomplish. Most women who use hypnosis find the best benefits are in how relaxed it makes them feel, and how it eases unpleasant symptoms like morning sickness, nausea and heartburn and physical discomfort and pain.
When starting out, most women find it’s best to use hypnosis in the afternoon or evening when physical symptoms are less. This helps you to stay more focused and relaxed. Hypnosis can be done one on one with a certified clinical hypnotherapist and similar self-hypnosis techniques can be used in the comfort of your own home like the ones available here on this site.
How it works
Hypnosis works so well because the conscious mind acts as a gatekeeper to the subconscious mind. Under hypnosis we can make the conscious mind inactive, allowing us access to the subconscious mind. This allows us to get deep into the part of the brain that deals with reactions to stress, pain, emotions and more. In a sense, hypnotherapy can reprogram your beliefs that birth will be comfortable, easy and exciting.
Some women are apprehensive at first when trying hypnosis and for that reason it’s important they know they are always “with it” and will never do anything against their will. A person under hypnosis is always in full control and can “come out” whenever they choose. In most cases, after the first session, most women are eager to get back to a hypnotic state because it makes them feel better, more confident and relaxed about their pregnancy.
If you would like to experience hypnosis for free and see if it is right for you, join the hypnosis program for easy child birth. It’s free to try and it works. Princess Kate Middleton used hypnosis, Kim Kardashian used it, Jessica Alba has, and so can you.
Colin Christopher is a clinical hypnotherapist, hypnosis instructor, and a stage hypnotist certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners. He has been featured on numerous television and radio shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Psychology Today, Radio MD and many others. He is the author of the book Success Through Manipulation: Subconscious Reactions That Will Make or Break You and he’s appeared in front of hundreds of thousands of people in North America sharing stages with world-class speakers like Bob Proctor, Steve Siebold and Brian Tracy.
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