FAQ

Everyone experiences hypnosis regularly. It occurs just before you fall asleep and just as you awaken. Other examples include losing track of time when reading a good book or when watching something interesting on television. In essence, hypnosis is simply a state of heightened relaxation and altered awareness. When you are relaxed in this way, it is possible to make contact with your powerful subconscious mind. This is the part of the mind which contains infinite wisdom and a very deep level of intelligence. It is your untapped resource for creativity and imagination. It is your ‘inner power’.

The subconscious mind is the seat of all your emotions and therefore directs nearly all your behaviour. Most importantly, the subconscious is responsible for maintaining the body in good health and for all the autonomic processes, e.g., breathing, blood circulation, tissue repair and controlling blood-sugar level.

Hypnosis is a doorway to another world – your inner world, the enchanted realms of your imagination. Using hypnosis, whereby the subconscious mind can be contacted, ‘inner power’ is brought about to promote desired changes and physical well-being. Therefore it can also create the pathway to having a natural birth too.

We are in natural hypnosis 60% of the time. So you already know what it feels like. You are in natural hypnosis when you read a good book and get totally ‘lost’ in the story. It is the same when watching a good film, watching TV, driving the car or just daydreaming. These are all dreamlike states, similar to the feelings when one is just drifting off to sleep. It is a time of deep relaxation. The safe, intended hypnosis used during your sessions is entering these same natural states deliberately and with awareness. It is a method that allows you to enter a trance-like state of deep relaxation safely, so the hypnotherapist can access and communicate directly with the subconscious and give instructions or ‘suggestions’. You only accept the ‘suggestions’ if you are in agreement with them. These suggestions are personally suited to the individual client’s needs and how they would like the birth to be. A CD recording of the suggestions (or ‘programme’ as it is called) is provided so that you can reinforce these suggestions at home and obtain even greater benefit from the hypnotic session. The recording is made during the session.

So in hypnosis you are deeply relaxed and calm, aware of everything happening around you. It is a pleasant and enjoyable state very similar to daydreaming or drifting off to sleep. Some people find they feel very heavy in hypnosis. Others feel light and floaty. Some people get a combination of these feelings oscillating between feeling heavy and light. Others feel no different at all. Whatever you feel is the right feeling for you!

With hypnosis there are literally no limits to what you can achieve. You have the power to make changes in your life – changes that take place quickly and changes that last. If you are pregnant and a smoker you can stop smoking. If you have needle and/or hospital phobias you can become calm and relaxed in these situations. Hypnosis helps you to overcome anxiety and be relaxed and in control. Childbirth is a natural process and one that women’s bodies were designed for. With hypnosis you learn how to call on your body’s own natural epidural which can eliminate the need for medication. This allows your body and your baby to work together in the most natural way possible. Hypnobirthing mothers are aware and fully in control as they bring their babies into the world. After the birth hypnosis allows the body to heal up quickly. You bond with your baby and breastfeed easily, you are confident as a mother and you also reduce your weight back to pre-pregnancy weight, shape and dimensions in a few weeks. All this can be achieved with Inner Power Hypnobirthing by activating the ‘inner power’ of your mind!

For the full description of how hypnosis can help you go to the ‘How hypnobirthing can help me’ page.

That depends on you and how many weeks pregnant you are. If your baby is due in several weeks time, then it is best to do 3 sessions for the hypnobirthing. At the first session we chat about what you would like to achieve and I take you into hypnosis so you are familiar with the feeling. At the second session you get a very personal CD recording, which I make during the session (based on all the information I collected in your first session), to keep you calm through the pregnancy. At the third session you get another CD to see you through the birth, healing, breastfeeding, bonding with your baby and getting your figure back in about two weeks to your pre-pregnancy size and weight.

If you do not have too much time before your due date, then sessions 2 and 3 can be done together in one and a half hours.

If you are only a few weeks away from your due date you can opt for one long session lasting two and a half hours where I do all 3 sessions together.