Glove Anesthesia – I Lose the Numbness in My Hand When I Move It

We hear a lot from moms first getting used to glove anesthesia that they lose, or lessen, the numbness in their hand when they start to move their hand to transfer the numbness.  Most overcome this issue with continued practice, but for some it is a persistent issue.  Here are some ideas to help you overcome [...]

Deepening Techniques

I don’t always see a clear-cut line between relaxation, deepening and visualization techniques, but to simplify things while you’re learning we’re going to categorize the techniques.  Here’s a list of the deepening techniques you’ll be learning through the HypnoBirthing book and/or your NC HypnoBirthing class:

Depthometer
Sensory Gate Valve
Time Distortion
Birth Companion Deepening
Fractionation
Glove Anesthesia

Comfort Management: Glove Anesthesia

Some moms are very interested in mastering the glove anesthesia technique.  Personal preference will play a big part in determining which techniques you decide to focus on, especially in the area of comfort management.  If glove anesthesia is a technique that you enjoy, here are tips for your practice sessions:

Get deeply relaxed before your glove [...]

Man Hypnotizes Himself Before an Operation

A quick article from BBC News about a man who hypnotized himself in preparation for hand surgery.  His surgery included the use of a hammer, chisel and a surgical saw.  He was aware of what was going on around him and remained completely free of pain.  It only took him 30 seconds to 1 minute for him [...]

Visualization Techniques

I don’t always see a clear-cut line between relaxation, deepening and visualization techniques, but to simplify things while you’re learning we’re going to categorize the techniques.  Here’s a list of the visualization techniques you’ll be learning through the HypnoBirthing book and/or your NC HypnoBirthing class:

Rainbow Relaxation
Opening Blossom
Blue Satin Ribbons
Special Place
Dissociation

Uh-Oh, I’m Not Good at Following Directions

Every so often one of the moms in our class has a hard time following directions during hypnosis exercises.  While there is some debate on this issue, most hypnotherapists agree that if you’re good at visualizing and at following directions, you’ll be a natural for hypnosis.  Even if you’re not good at one or both [...]

Special Place

Special place is a technique that you will use while in hypnosis to allow your conscious mind to become engrossed in a safe, comfortable place of your own design.  While you will be deeply relaxed when visiting your special place, you will be aware of what is going on around you.  If something outside of you [...]

Time Distortion

Among other things, hypnosis is a deep state of relaxation.  One of the benefits of this relaxed state is that the perception of time becomes very flexible.  This can be used in many beneficial ways.  For example, if you are having trouble sleeping and feeling well rested (a common pregnancy side-effect) you could use a hypnosis [...]

Verbal Anchor

A verbal anchor works in a similar way to a physical anchor.  You follow the same kind of pattern of getting into a peak state, this time you are saying something unique and then repeating the process as you are building the anchor.  Once you’ve sufficiently built the anchor, all you have to do is say the verbal anchor to help [...]

Comfort Managment: Dissociation

Visualizations are particularly useful during labor.  In addition to being very effective, they are also something the birthing mother can do herself with little or no outside prompting.  So often when we talk with moms in our HypnoBirthing classes after the birth of their babies, they talk about how much they enjoyed using their visualizations during labor [...]