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HypnoBirthing® : No Swinging Watch or Pain

In Marie Mongan's day, child birth meant a sterile, medicalized birth with drugs, and if you happened to be awake, lots of painful pushing. "Most women were totally anesthetized and out cold, and their babies were taken from them with forceps, except for the very few who didn't make it to the hospital and had them by the side of the road," said Mongan, now 77.

So Mongan, then a young New Hampshire English teacher, devised her own way to circumvent the system when she had her four children in the late 1950s and 1960s. Read On

Having a Baby on cloud nine; Mom is a fan of unique approach

"Bridget Watoriek caught herself snoring between contraction during the birth of her son, Connor. The Blenheim resident gave birth on Jan. 14 using a deep relaxation method called, HypnoBirthing, developed by U.S. award-winning hypnotherapist, Marie Mongan." Read on

Birth Bliss

"HypnoBirthers say their form of deep relaxation takes the panting and pain out of labor..." Read on

Have It Your Way: Redesigning Birth

"After decades of letting doctors run the show, more women are taking big decisions into their own hands..." Read on

Hypnosis in the Delivery Room

"I enjoyed the experience a lot more and was a lot more present when I used HypnoBirthing..." Read on

A growing number of women say HypnoBirthing helped them take control of their pain during childbirth.

"A growing number of woman say HypnoBirthing helped them take control of their pain during childbirth.HypnoBirthing doesn't promise pain-free childbirth, but it does teach women how to turn down their pain..." Read On

When your home birth doesn’t go as planned

"As a portfolio manager, Gary MacEachern knows his way around a conference call. But the morning his first child was born, Mr. MacEachern had the three-way call of his life..." Read On

HypnoBirthing: Relax while giving birth?

"Instead of contractions, they're called surges. And don't call it labor, it's birthing. When the discomfort of childbirth kicks in, it's pressure -- not pain..." Read On

Can Your Ideas About Birth Determine How It Feels?

"Can changing your *ideas* about birth actually change the way it feels? According to the philosophy behind HypnoBirthing, yes.... Read On

Turn, Baby, Turn: Techniques To Get That Breech Baby Head Down

"Jolivette says she planned to continue writing about how she and her partner Charlyne chose their donor, a story she began telling in her last post. But she's postponing that topic to update readers on how the baby is doing these days..." Read On

Hypnobirthing: Is Pain-Free Birth Acheivable?

"On a rainy June night, six couples strained to get a better view of a home video of a woman, legs spread, giving birth..." Read On

Why I had my child without any pain relief

"Eight years ago, while pregnant with my first child, Mitchell, I did what many first-time mums-to-be do: I read all the recommended books, took pregnancy yoga and attended ante-natal classes in preparation for birth..." Read On

HypnoBirthing: Visualizing A Gentle, Drug-Free Birth

"I like to think that as a couple, Charlyne and I put the "hip" into HypnoBirthing, but it looks like actor Jessica Alba and her husband beat us to it..." Read On

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