Hypnosis for Healthy Pregnancy
Pregnancy nausea is a known fact by so many pregnant women already. But how about things like changing body image, emotional imbalance, or entering parenthood? Pregnancy is definitely not the easiest transition for many women.
On one hand, you have this wonderful human creature growing inside you. You are most likely very excited, happy, and thrilled! But on the other hand, there is so much unknown and everything quickly changing in your life.
Especially when things feel out of control, hypnosis can help you regain control of your mind and body. Subconscious work really allows the mind and body to work together in harmony. While your hormones become easier to manage, your mind will be at ease and peace. Here is how hypnosis can help with a calm, balanced, and healthy pregnancy all around:
Hypnosis for a balanced pregnancy
- Releasing negative thoughts with hypnosis
It’s common to have negative thoughts, worries, or fears during pregnancy. Between becoming a new parent and giving birth to a baby, there are so many unknowns and questions. Releasing these negatives subconsciously and replacing them with positive thought patterns is possible with hypnosis.
During hypnosis, with visualization techniques and direct suggestions, we can help the mama focus on the positive outcomes she desires. Moreover, we can also use different release techniques to help let go of stuck emotions and concerns.
- Calming pregnancy nausea with hypnosis
Although not every woman experiences nausea during pregnancy, about 30% of the women experience it terribly. So much so that they lose weight and even thinking about food can become sickening.
Calming and relaxation strategies used during hypnosis can help manage nausea more effectively. During hypnosis, mind and body connection is also enhanced, making it easier to manage nausea.
- Preparing for easy labor with hypnosis
Labor pain is another big concern for pregnant women. Especially if you’ve heard horrifying stories from friends and relatives, it may be difficult not to be scared. However, a woman’s body is very well equipped to give birth easily and comfortably and hypnosis helps tap into our body’s natural abilities.
There are many hypnotic techniques to dissociate from the physical body during labor that can help with blocking pain. Additionally, just maintaining a calm and relaxed body can help the body to do what it’s naturally able to do. Hypnosis also helps with entering the labor process in a more balanced way.
- Strengthening the relationship with your partner with hypnosis
Problems with partners can be a significant source of stress during pregnancy. If there are ongoing issues within the relationship or if the partner isn’t ready for parenthood, these can become huge stress factors for mothers.
Subconsciously valuing ourselves and building our tolerance can help strengthen our relationship with the significant other. Understanding more about your subconscious triggers, yourself, and your motivators can also be helpful to increase intimacy.
- Enhancing mind-body connection with hypnosis
A woman’s body is naturally wired for pregnancy and labor. The hormones, bones, tissues, and even the way the body cooperates during the process of labor; every part of a woman’s body have the capability to manage labor and pregnancy effectively. However, due to all the negative opinions, horror stories, and the negative conditioning of the Western world, we lose trust in our natural abilities.
Hypnosis can help with being in tune with our body so we can simply get out of our own way. Once we can get out of our own way and allow our body to guide the labor and pregnancy, the baby will grow and come out to the world at the best time! Doing this subconsciously with hypnosis increases the effectiveness and results!
Hypnotherapy can help pregnant women release birth related fears and so much more subconsciously!
Can a pregnant woman be hypnotized?
The short answer is yes, pregnant women can be hypnotized just like everybody else. Since hypnosis does not have any side effects or complications, there is no reason that should prevent a pregnant woman from seeking hypnotherapy. On the contrary, a pregnant woman can benefit a lot from hypnotherapy and a relaxed hypnotic state more since hormonal changes can create lots of physical and emotional challenges.
Try it for yourself!
World-famous techniques such as Hypnobirthing or Hypnobabies are great places to start a hypnosis practice during pregnancy. These techniques are usually beginner-friendly and inform participants about relaxation and calming techniques as well as hypnosis techniques.
Trying hypnosis for pregnancy with a hypnotherapist specifically can be another effective option for eliminating any birthing fears, parenthood fears, or pain-related issues. A hypnotherapist will be more knowledgeable in hypnotic techniques and use more direct hypnosis techniques than relaxation and calmness.
You can read more about hypnosis sessions for pregnancy here and you can also sign up for one of my hypnosis for childbirth group classes here.