It has really changed my outlook on labour and birth, and I can honestly say I feel excited rather than terrified.

Really good information not just about hypnobirthing but also about how a pregnancy works, how your body and muskle work. This book has given me the chance to understand the choices I have within the birth centre/hospital and I can't wait to use some of the techniques. There was some good stuff in here, but nothing you won’t already hear if you go to an NCT course before your birth. Molte informazioni le ho trovate utili, alcuni esercizi anche e ci sono molte cose sul parto che è bene sapere. And no amount of elitist birth talk justifies feeling superior for refusing the privilege to give birth in a hospital when millions of women in developing countries would give anything for that level of care.As this is my first pregnancy I had really high hopes for this book to educate me and reassure me of the empowering experience of labour. Sto per diventare papà (per la prima volta) e su consiglio di mia moglie mi sono letto Hypnobirthing. No matter where you sit on the 'anxious-to-excited' spectrum at the moment, by the time you finish this book you'll feel relaxed, capable and genuinely excited about giving birth, because it's truly the most awesome thing you'll ever get to do in your life. Hypnobirthing certainly doesn't involve being hypnotised; instead, it teaches you how your body works on a muscular and hormonal level when in labour and how you can use various relaxation techniques to ensure you are working with your body (rather than against it), making birth more efficient and comfortable. Ladies trust that your body is designed for birthing and move away from the medicalised birth scenes we see on tv.

I never thought I'd be able to labour and give birth without any pain relief, but I did thanks to what I learned in the book and using breathing techniques with the help of the Freya app. The advice that she gives in this book is indeed practical and I appreciate how she break things down in detail, explaining the specific role of each person involved in the birth process.Hypnobirthing certainly doesn’t involve being hypnotised; instead, it teaches you how your body works on a muscular and hormonal level when in labour and how you can use various relaxation techniques to ensure you are working with your body (rather than against it), making birth more efficient and comfortable. This book has completely changed my view on labour and how I would like it to pan out and I now feel happy and confident moving forward. Anything that helps me identify tension and learn how to relax is (I imagine) going to be a good thing, so this book does a good job of that.

As with many things, if you can take the positive bits and ignore the snark, there’s some really great information and guiding principles in here. And finally, to have a birth plan - not something to which you need to stick slavishly, but some kind of framework that can guide the experience when it's underway. Siobhan Miller, mother of three boys, is an experienced hypnobirthing coach and founder of The Positive Birth Company, which aims to empower women and their birth partners to create positive birth experiences.Siobhan manages to completely demystify hypnobirthing, making it accessible and relevant to all women and all births. I loved learning about how the body is made to birth your baby, and how important creating an oxytocin inducing environment is to avoid the fear tension pain cycle. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It gives you techniques to implement hypnobirthing no matter what birth journey you have, things to consider to optimize your experience, and how your partner can support you! In generale però il piglio dell’autrice l’ho trovato molto spesso fastidioso (imho) e ripetitivo fino alla nausea.