“I’m afraid to give birth. I’m already waiting for the third, but it’s still scary. At least ask for a cesarean. As I remember these hellish pains, – admitted a friend. – The expectation is even worse, perhaps, than the pain itself. I remembered now, and the cold creeps right down my back. “
How can you help here? Physical pain can be relieved by epidural anesthesia. If, of course, they do it. The psychological stress, because of which it is many times more difficult to experience contractions, will not be relieved by anyone. Maybe we should adopt the equipment that I recently talked about on the air. mother of two children? Eva gave birth to her second baby quite recently. And excitedly talked about her new experience: it turns out that the technique she resorted to helped reduce pain during contractions by 80 percent! But she has something to compare with – some childbirth is already behind her.
It turns out that Eve was helped … by hypnosis. No, no, this is not what you thought. A magician and a wizard with a pendulum who will make you fall asleep and then do something stupid will not sit over you in the delivery room.
“Hypnosis, more precisely, self-hypnosis will help you get rid of your fear of childbirth. This is very – very! – helps to give birth without pain, – says Eva. “I was incredibly surprised that 80 percent of the pain is actually in the head.”
Self-hypnosis is a special meditation technique that you need to start mastering in advance. It is best if you do this as soon as you find out about pregnancy. Eve learned to concentrate and breathe in a special way, it turns out something like meditation during childbirth.
“We need to change the idea of pain. The contraction turns into a wave that passes through you without causing pain. And between the waves, you continue to breathe, concentrating on the very process of breathing, ”says Eva.
Her hypnosis consultant Mark Stevens explained that during this meditation, the body releases the hormones serotonin and endorphins. They neutralize the action of adrenaline and cortisol, which the body is simply stuffed with during childbirth. By mastering meditation during pregnancy, you learn to deal with fear. And during childbirth – with pain.
“Concentrate your thoughts around some good event. Think about the place where you are happy. You won’t even notice how pain and fear will recede, ”Eva is sure.