49 Five Tools from Hypnobirthing I still use🖐️

My girls have their birthdays 2 days apart so this is the time of the year I think back to their births 5 and 7 years ago. Even though I’m done with babies, I absolutely still use some of the techniques I learned and taught in Hypnobirthing. I used one of them just the other day. I thought it might be interesting to reflect on what tools I still use. If you don’t know, I used to teach Hypnobirthing through Hypnobirthing Australia and it helped with my own two traumatic births. It’s still something I endorse and use, I just think there’s a big variety in what’s taught in different programs. I’m personally not a fan of techniques that use too much frontal lobe activity – counting contractions and breathing in and out for certain counts. In birth, we want the problem-solving part of the brain to feel safe enough to turn off so that the deeper, mammalian brain can do what’s it’s designed to do. I’m also not a fan of the cruel optimism culture that can exist within some Hypnobirthing communities. Planning for a positive birth is one thing. Getting self-righteous about ‘natural or nothing’ can be cruel and invalidating. There’s no right way to Hypnobirth – drugs or no drugs, interventions or no interventions, you should never be made to feel like you’ve failed or didn’t try hard enough. I'll talk your through my 5 most used tools! P.S. If you want to see me use the Chinese Finger Trap exercise, the video format of this episode is on my YouTube channel 👇 Pre orders for my new book, Social Media Detox for Mums is open! Booktopia (21% off) Angus & Robertson (20% off) Amazon Australia Amazon US & REST OF THE WORLD Book Depository for UK/EUROPE Get a copy of my birth trauma book: https://amzn.to/3cAuvfu If you'd like to follow along my slow living journey on my YouTube channel I also send a weekly email and have old school-style pen pals rather than use social media :) My Website: https://doctorerin.com.au/ Mental health courses I teach: https://doctorerin.com.au/shop Inquiries: [email protected]