“I'm afraid to give birth. Already waiting for the third, but still scary. At least ask for a cesarean. As I recall these pains hellish, - confessed a friend. - Waiting is even worse, probably, than the pain itself. I remembered now, and right cold crawling on my back. ”What is there to help? Physical pain will relieve epidural anesthesia. Unless, of course, it will do. Psychological tension, due to which it is much more difficult to experience contractions, nobody will relieve. Maybe we should adopt the equipment that the mother of two children recently told on the air? Eva gave birth to a second baby recently. And excitedly talked about her new experience: it turns out that the technique to which she resorted helped to reduce the pain during the bouts by 80 percent! But she has something to compare with - there is already one childbirth behind her.
Photo: gettyImagesIt turns out that Eva was helped by… hypnosis.No, no, it’s not what you think. There won’t be a magician or a sorcerer with a pendulum sitting over you in the delivery room, making you fall asleep and then do stupid things. “Hypnosis, or rather self-hypnosis, will help you get rid of your fear of childbirth. It really, really helps you give birth without pain,” says Eva. “I was incredibly surprised that 80 percent of the pain is actually in your head.” Self-hypnosis is a special meditation technique that you need to start learning in advance. It’s best to start doing it as soon as you find out you’re pregnant. Eva learned to concentrate and breathe in a special way, which is a kind of meditation during childbirth. “You need to change the idea of pain. A contraction turns into a wave that passes through you without causing pain. And between the waves, you continue to breathe, concentrating on the breathing process itself,” says Eva. Her hypnosis consultant Mark Stevens explained that during such meditation, the body releases the hormones serotonin and endorphins. They neutralize the effects of adrenaline and cortisol, which the body is simply stuffed with during childbirth. By mastering meditation during pregnancy, you learn to cope with fear. And during childbirth - with pain. “Concentrate your thoughts around some good event. Think about a place where you are happy. You will not even notice how the pain and fear will retreat,” Eva is sure.
