Care of the Uncircumcised Penis

Many new parents who are considering not having their baby son circumcised worry about how to care for their infant’s uncircumcised penis.  They also often wonder what to teach their son when he gets older.  The American Academy of Pediatrics Medem: Medical Library wesite has a great article titled, Caring for the Uncircumcised Penis.  Click here to read the [...]

Trying to Decide about Circumcision?

The decision of whether or not to circumcise your baby boy and when to do if you decide to do it, often isn’t easy for parents.  Here are some websites that might help:

CDC: Trends in circumcisions among newborns
United States Circumcision Incidence
U.S. circumcision rates vary by region
Medem: Medical Library: Circumcision

Creating Your Birth Preferences

The Birth Preferences included in your HypnoBirthing book are very detailed.  Depending on your situation, it may not be necessary to include everything listed in this document on your personal Birth Preferences.  The electronic version of this document that you’ll receive as part of your HypnoBirthing class makes it easy for you to customize the document to meet your [...]

Designing Your Birthing – Water

Many women find that spending some time during labor in water to be a very comforting experience.  You have several water options even if you are planning to give birth in a hospital.
The feeling of the water from a shower landing on your back and abdomen is very soothing for some women.  You may find that [...]

Birth Preferences: Care Providers

We’ve always found hospitals to be very respectful of our HypnoBirthing couples birth preferences.  Something that can be very helpful is to get your health care provider to sign your birth preferences.  This way the hospital knows that you haven’t just made them up without discussing them with your health care provider and it should [...]

Birth Preferences: Wording Your Plan

Remember that when you’re putting together your Birth Preferences that your goal is to create the birthing experience you want, to the best of your ability without alienating your health care providers.  This is your opportunity to clearly lay-out your preferences and desires for your birth.
When writing your Birth Preferences, use wording that is direct, [...]

Importance of Birth Preferences

In the book, A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth the authors discuss several studies.  Some of these studies reflect the importance of creating your Birth Preferences.  Here are some highlights:

A study found that the average woman encountered 6 unfamiliar professionals during labor, with some women seeing up to 14 unfamiliar professional.
Several work-sampling studies, [...]

Birth Preferences: Guests

Your birthing can be as private or public affair as you want it to be.  Do keep in mind that HypnoBirthing utilizes relaxation techniques, so it’s important for you to be able to relax and concentrate on birthing, not entertaining.  Sounds straight forward, but we’ve been surprised a few times by how many people our HypnoBirthing [...]

Birthing Goals

Clearly defined goals are a great way to guide your life.  When faced with new information or unexpected road blocks, it may be necessary to adjust your goals.  However, it’s not possible to foresee every possible obstacle, nor is it helpful to spend a lot of time dwelling on what can go wrong.  The best strategy [...]