I am so excited to welcome Morgan to our podcast today. I’m going to do a quick introduction and then we’ll get started. So Morgan has been married to her wonderful husband for over five years and she has three kids under the age of three. She has twin girls and a little boy. And …
I am excited to share this excerpt written by me from the book The Gift of Giving Life. I had a cesarean with my first. I am passionate about sharing all types of birth experiences and letting moms know that all types of birth can be positive Here are the tips I share to create …
Positive Birth Story I had a lot of pre-labor before I actually gave birth. Saturday Night (October 15th), I was up a lot with pressure waves. I ended up not going to church and trying to rest on Sunday. Of course they slowed down during the day. Sunday night I had more of the same …
I try to keep most of my posts positive, but love to also share resources for moms who are having challenging experiences as well. So be aware this post and podcast episode is geared towards moms having extreme nausea and sickness during their pregnancy. If this isn’t you, feel free to skip it. If it …
This is an excerpt from an interview I did with Maile on The Gift of Giving Life podcast. She is a Hypnobabies mom, so I asked if I could share her story here too. She said yes. I pulled out the parts about Affirmations and Spiritual Creation (Visualization) for this episode. The power of affirmations …
Affirmations and Visualizations help this 8th time Mom have her first HomeBirth! Read More »
This is part two of my interview with Orchid Cameron, and she shares some great tips for postnatal exercises. That can help women not only immediately after birth, but here I am 16 years later after my last birth and I have a problem with sneeze peeing and she has a solution for me that …
It was so fun to interview Orchid. She is a prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher, so she has great information to share with us! She shares how amazing the human body is. A bit about her struggles trying to get pregnant with her second baby. Then she jumps into tips for the newborn stage. From …
5 Easy Steps for Better Mental Health in the Newborn Stage Read More »
Today’s topic is on what are the best types of noises to make while pushing? Audio is better to demonstrate pushing I got this great email today with this question and I was typing up an answer to respond to the question, and I realized what I really need to do is make a podcast …
Cienna’s Birth First I want to say I started the Hypnobabies homestudy late (about 34 weeks) and that I had a really hard time not falling asleep in them. Hypnobirth practicing Toward the end I would fall asleep to them at night and then listen to them again in the morning before I got out …
Even Though I Slept through my Hypnobabies practice, My Birth was GREAT! Read More »
Donovan’s Birth My pressure waves started early Thursday morning, June 12th (not sure what time as I didn’t look at the clock when they woke me up) but I finally got up after one woke me up at 6:40am. I had another one 10 min later so I decided to try and time them. Starting …
The Nurse Was Surprised – No one had ever done that before! Read More »
Claire’s Birth On Monday, May 5th, I went to my appointment with the midwife. My duedate was on May 3rd, so she started talking about the possibility ofinducing labor since they can not continue my care if I am over duetoo long. I did not want to be induced so I let her strip mymembranes. …
The easiest part of my birthing time was transition. Totally comfortable! Read More »
One of my dearest friends started as my Hypnobabies student many years ago. She asked me to be her doula. I attended Mia’s birth and it was a fine hospital birth. Not quite what she had hoped for, but there was love and joy there. My friend and I as her doulas, her husband, her …
I missed a birth, but felt like I was almost there! Read More »
Valerie had 3 babies with epidurals. Then she wanted to have a natural birth – and did with baby 4. that baby was posterior, like her first 3 and the discomfort made her not want to have another natural birth. She had 2 more babies with epidurals. Then she met me and with Hypnobabies decided …
Hypnobabies helped Valerie manage 2 Posterior Births Read More »
Did you know that people use hypnosis for dental surgery? Hypnosis is a powerful tool! Hypnosis is a tool that can be used with all sorts of medical procedures. It may seem hard to believe that hypnosis has been used on people for surgeries, even open heart surgery. That shows how powerful the mind can …
What if I was to write a book – Hypnobabies for Dummies? Well, it would be pretty simple. Buy the Hypnobabies Home Study – or if you are lucky enough to have a live instructor near you, sign up for a class! Follow the instructions for practice. Use your tools during birth. So that is …
