Hypnobirthing

Find a place where you both can be comfortable and where the lighting is soft. Mother should be sitting in a chair with her head resting on the back of the chair or on a sofa with pillows beneath her head and shoulders so that the top of her body is elevated slightly.
Mother, gently bring yourself into a deep state of relaxation—the kind you have been teaching yourself. Breathe in relaxation and breathe down relaxation throughout your body, using the Calm Breathing

Companion’s Reading

The Birth Companion reading can be alternative to the Rainbow. This reading is adapted from one originally composed by Henry Leo Bolduc for his wife Joan when they were preparing for the birth of their baby. The script appears in Henry’s book Self-Hypnosis: Creating Your Own Destiny.
His reading was an outpouring

downward motion, simulating the flow of natural relaxation that will drift throughout your body while you are in the thinning and opening phase of labour.
The Birth Companion’s Reading (to follow) provides a visualisation of moving through labour that can help you to envision a smooth, calm birth. This can be practised alternately with the Rainbow Relaxation. When you choose to use the Birth Companion’s Reading, have the mother picture herself stepping into the happy scene

The perinatal bonding that takes place among mother, baby, and the birthing companion during this wonderful interlude, combined with the mother’s conditioned relaxation, is the whole key to achieving a satisfying birth for all of you. The baby becomes familiar with the birth companion’s voice during these sessions, and all of this contributes to the important post-natal bonding and helps the newborn’s adjustment.
As often as possible, the birthing companion should practise the Rainbow Rela

Leaping Frog

The Leaping Frog position comes to us from midwives in the Virgin Islands. This easy, forward squat is used in many places in the world. Not only does this position help to tone your muscles, but it also provides you with one of the

Light Touch Massage Technique

The birth companion places the BACK side of his or her fingers so that they meet at the base of the tailbone. The fingers are then drawn up and out from the spine in a V-like motion. The pattern is gradually continued upward across the back until the base of the neck is reached. The hands are then brought around the neck and to the sides of the ears. The undersides of the arms

and around the elbows are particularly effective areas for the massage.
The second motion involves placing the BACK of the fingers at the base of the spine and then, as before, gradually working upward, forming a horizontal, figure-eight pattern that criss-crosses at the centre of the back.
This technique is demonstrated in HypnoBirthing classes, and you will have the opportunity to practise it as well. It is an extremely important element in HypnoBirthing. When the birth