- ISBN13: 9780757302664
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“Move over, Lamaze. HypnoBirthers say their form of deep relaxation takes the panting and pain out of labor.”
-Time Magazine HypnoBirthing®: A Celebration of Life – with Birth Exercise CD Included! Childbirth is not something to be feared; it is a natural expression of life. With HypnoBirthing, your pregnancy and childbirth will become the gentle, life-affirming process it was meant to be. In this easy-to-understand guide,… More >>
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing
I feel so guilty for having bought this book for my expecting daughter. She refused medication because of this books influence. She was exhausted after 74 hours of labor and had to be put on oxygen. This book has put a wall up between my son-inlaw and me. He saw his daughter born blue and has been devestated by it for not standing up against it. I was also told that this book refers alot to a class or training not really explaining issues.
The doctors know best, please listen to them
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
No New material . Seems like she has read and listened to Dr Leclaire O’Neill. This is a repeat of all that I had read elsewhere.
Rating: 2 / 5
I listened to the audio CD several times – it had a lot of breathing exercises. Each time I became dizzy and started to hyperventilate! I brought the CD into my midwife and she said to stop listening to it right away. She said that when the body is completely relaxed, it knows exactly how to breathe. My midwife said, “The techniques used in this CD are from the 60’s and we don’t do that kind of breathing anymore during pregnancy or labor.” She also said, “This author knows nothing about pregnancy or labor – she’s just a hypnotist.” She recommended that I use another method and I did – it was WONDERFUL!
Rating: 1 / 5
I think the flaw with this method is the idea that something “natural” (ie childbirth) can’t be painful. Childbirth sure seems painful…I’ve delivered a handful of babies myself. While I am looking forward to my first baby this Christmas, I am not anticipating a pain-free experience. I think the Mongan method has some valuable things to say regarding meditation and focus. However, it did not sell me on the efficacy of it’s method.
Rating: 1 / 5
I don’t know what promoted your desire to support O’Neill, but you are wrong in all categories. O’Neill may have thought in her head that HypnoBirthing was a catchy idea, but she never promoted it. If she has any proof that she created the term, she has never delivered any proof to Marie Mongan or the Federal Government and has never had a lawyer represent her even though her husband (assuming she is still married)is an attorney. The fedarel government has awarded to Marie Mongan, the trademark for HypnoBirthing(R).
Rating: 5 / 5