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Has anyone had a Hypno VBAC or planning one?Have chronic Pain?
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I would love to hear about someone who has had or is palnning a birth similiar to the one I am planning for. We will be in the hospital with a very natural birth friendly OB (his wife has had two hypnobirths). Sometimes when I am reading the book or watching the movies I feel a little removed becasue I know I cannot for instance get in the tub bc my VBAC requires continual monitoring. I guess I have a lot of questions any first timer would have. Not having had a trial of labor I don't really know what to expect surge/ctx wise. How long does the part where they are actually coming out of you take? The bit where you are being stretched out, LOL?
Anyone out there have chronic pain? Did you feel like it prepared you for the discomfort of labor or were surges/ctx a whole new ball of wax that nothing could prepare you for? I'm in so much pain everyday I sort of wonder how much worse it could be, but maybe it is?? Ok I know I'm not supposed to consdier the pain for a hypnobirth but I promise to put it out of my mind when I go into labor/birthing.
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Re: Has anyone had a Hypno VBAC or planning one?Have chronic Pain?
I ended up having to have a section with my son but before that happened I used Hypnobirthing techniques to go 17.5 hours med-free. I can't answer all of your questions but can offer you a little insight.
I have chronic back pain from a car accident and the surges were (to me) much easier to deal with then a chronic pain. To me it felt like my body was working really hard, like I was sprinting as fast as I could and then stopping over and over again. Honestly think of it as work and not pain and you will be on the right path. Hypobirthing gave me so many tools to use to feel in control and in charge of my surges. I didn't use them all, but it made me feel so super prepared!
I am not PG again yet, but plan on trying as soon as I start ovulating again (EBFing) and I am absolutely going to use Hypnobirthing again when I attempt my VBAC. If you have any other questions feel free to ask
What she said almost exactly.
I felt so out of myself. I used hypnobirthing techniques at the dentist the other day and it not only helped me out there but it helped me to understand more how it works for me. What I mean by that is that when I'm in my hypnobirthing trance I can't try to THINK about anything. Everytime I was trying to think about where to move my tongue when she was working in my mouth I fell out of it and it hurt again. When I was hypnobirthing I could feel her moving around in there completely I just didn't feel the pain of it. Every time I fell out of it I could feel the sharp pain of her picking at my gums.
When I was in labor using hypnobirthing I just felt like my body was working like the PP said. My mind felt like I imagine being on drugs would feel. I could feel the contractions and they weren't exactly NONpainful but they weren't even 1/1,000,000th of what I thought they would be. Using it at the dentist office the other day really helped me figure out why I couldn't think for myself when I was in labor though to be an advocate for myself to say "hey maybe I shouldn't be pushing laying down since I don't have an epi... maybe gravity will help me get him out"
How did you know you were using your hypnobirthing? I kind of feel like I'm not sure I am doing it. We took a condensed class which we finished last week. I do the CDs 2-4 times a day and DH does one script a night with me. I defintely feel that I am reaching deep relaxation when I do the affirmations and I flat out think I am asleep during the rainbow relaxation. I haven't been able to master the glove or the dial but I'm hoping that will come along if I just keep doing it. I usually read the book for 30 min or so when my toddler has his nap. I don't knnow I guess maybe i won't "know" till I am in it.
At the dentists did you just start sleep breathing and doing a visualization? Thank you for sharing yoru experinces btw
My labor ending in c/s was a HypnoBabies labor. My VBAC was not.
Labor is unpredictable. Even if you HAD had a TOL before, you wouldn't know what to expect. The pain can vary A LOT and how long it takes can vary A LOT. My labors were night and day from each other. You could push for 10 minutes or for 4 hours. It could be less painful than a bad headache or it could be the worst pain you can imagine. You just don't know. But I will say this? if your hypno techniques are not relieving the pain, it could be because something is going wrong and it's not your fault. The reason I did not do HB again is because it gets you believing you're in complete control, but the sad truth is you're not. You can do everything right and it might still go wrong. I'm not saying that to scare or discourage you, but because I wish someone had told me that before it all went to pot. If you believe you're in complete control, then the burden is on YOU when it goes wrong, and no one should have to feel that.
Before I went into labor the first time I wasn't sure I could do it either. At the dentist I did deep breathing and I do my visualizations in steps. The first thing I do is get to a happy place so I envision DS laughing like crazy and that relaxes me and then I just somehow slip into it. It really helps for me to do the rainbow cloud thing once I'm relaxed and it will help me slip into the "trance" if you will.