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I'm a little bit nervous about my upcoming birth in 17ish weeks. I would like to labour naturally, without the use of an epidural.
Can anyone tell me about either the hypnobirthing process or the tens machine in labour.
Thanks
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My advice is shower. Bliss. Here's to a happy birth in 17 ish weeks
Hypnobirthing is a fantastic way to remain calm and in control during your labour. The calmer you are, the less it hurts. I really recommend going to some classes if you can :)
I used the Tens with DD1. It was ok right at the beginning but I could not feel it after a while. I did not bother with it with DD2. I liked the shower as well.
My close friend did Hypnobirthing and she said it was fantastic but she uses hypno for everything.
Goodluck hun.
Thanks Traveller I'm enquiring about classes soon. I'm going to grab a book and cd combo today and have a read through. Is 17 weeks enough time to prepare though or have I left it a bit late? I really want a drug free low intervention birth.:
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You have plenty of time. 6 weeks is probably the minimum you need.
Glad to know. I'm going to see if I can afford the classes.:
Is like to try a tens machine but is prob hire one instead of buying it.
Hot showers have helped so much in regards to pain relief for me. So ill definately be doing most of my time in the water. Hopefully my hospital actually does waterbirth by the time I come to birth my bubba.
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I used hypnobabies, TENS & shower with DS1 and they were all awesome. I even forgot a lot if the hypnobabies cues but all the prep I did really helped. DS1's birth story is in my sig.
You may find some of the anxiety and grief of your last birth emerges during this birth. It's totally normal - go with it. Let it out. Hypnobirthing or hypnobabies can help you prepare for that too. You can buy hypnobabies online.
You can hire a TENS from the physio Dept at your hospital. I used one for DD's labour and it was awesome until I was thick in transition, then it didn't really have much effect. That's where the thought process from the hypnobirthing comes in :)
I hired my tens through birth partner dot com and they're really great. I had it for 5 weeks and they were the cheapest. The TENS is brilliant, I highly recommend it!!! I wanted a natural birth too and I got it. I don't have anything to compare to as it was my first birth but I really do feel like the TENS helped. I stayed home for as long as possible and was only in hospy a few hrs before DD was born. I read Juju Sundins book Birth skills, it has Sarah Murcdoch in it and I really found that the best book I read. I also read a calmbirth booklet which had some good stuff in it from a friend who did a calmbirth course. Juju's book teaches you about the hormones, what they do, how to utilise the pain relieving hormones in your body and how to minimalise the ones that cause the pain. I learnt some great skills for coping with the pain. Breathing. Oh and it talks about the plunger, tells you how it should feel when you push etc and I found that very helful, had no problems pushing her out. You're going to do so great. I wish I could go back and tell myself it was nothing to be scared of because I was nervous too. It's an amazing experience and if you want to do it naturally you can! You can do it, don't listen to those ppl out there who tell you that you're crazy for not wanting the drugs. Honestly birth is amazing and to give birth naturally if all goes well you will be up and about within an hr or 2 of having your baby. Good luck :)
Would absolutely recommend both the TENS machine and Hypnobirthing.
I used the TENS machine this time, it was a godsend. Seriously. Amd it only cost me $25 off ebay. Wish I had used one for all my previous births.
As for the hypnobirthing. I have never had classes or even really looked into it. But after this last labour I got talking to my midwife (who runs hypnobirthing classes) and apparently that is pretty much what I have been doing throughout my labours.
Hello - just wanted to add that if you do use hypnobirthing and TENS, it's really great to combine these as it will help 'train your mind' and make both methods more effective. So once you receive your TENS unit, use it just on a low setting while you do your hypnobirthing practice and it will help build the associations in your mind. If you have a look at our fb page in my sig you'll see that someone just posted a great review for TENS. I serioulsy wish everyone would give it a go with a TENS in labour.
Well I didn't get to use either tens or hypnobirthing. I had to have an emergency c section due to pre eclampsia.
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