When did you start practicing relaxation for labor?

dmhrn13 · July 2012

Hypnobirthing is all about practice & Birthing from Within gives a number of exercises.

If you had natural birth in the past- just wondering- how many weeks were you when you started practicing relaxation techniques?

NechamaChayim · July 2012

I started practicing some of the stuff from Birthing Within as soon as I read it which was before 10 weeks. Big Smile

sugarprincessx · July 2012

I'd love to know this too

Looking forward to a natural labor again but really want to be prepared this time lol.

BransonsBecca · July 2012

I have been trying to do so all during this pregnancy, but really got into it around 30 weeks when we took our natural childbirth classes.

seraphiclust · July 2012

Started Hypnobabies home study with dd around 25 weeks and am restarting it again now. Most seem to recommend starting around 24-28 weeks. The more you do it the better it's supposed to work..but I've also read not to rush in unless you can commit to practicing most days of the week.

Still free to be me · July 2012

I started hypnobirthing at about 34 weeks. Because of his schedule, DH was only able to practice twice. I wrote a one page birth plan for DH to follow-key phrases for him to say, reminders, suggestions for him to make for me to follow, etc.

The relaxation techniquest that I practiced and my mind set helped me stay calm enough that even DH and I had no idea how far along in labor I was. We got to the hospital 16 minutes before DD was born...

choppinbroccoli22 · July 2012

Last pregnancy, as soon as I realized that the reason I was scared of labor was the hospital experience and losing control of what happened to me, I got a midwife and started reading books on natural labor techniques. This was maybe at the 2-3 month mark. I started visualizing everything the books talked about, and going through it all with my H, and the more I did this, the more confidence I had in myself. I re-read everything at 8-9 months and brought the books to the hospital, though I did not consult them, much like bringing a text book to the exam!

MissIntentional · July 2012

I started listening to Comfort in pregnancy at about 20wks. I started listening to birthing from within at about 29 weeks and reading Ina May's Guide to Chidbirth at 30wks. That is all the preperation I have done so far.

I listened to the comfort cd quite regularly, but have only been listening to the birthing one once or twice a week. I always fall asleep during them.

CurbsideProphet · July 2012

I think I was about 24 weeks when we started Bradley classes, so around then.

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