In HypnoBirthing Class They Asked Us What Date

She says, " In HypnoBirthing^(R) class they asked us what date? And I said, December 1st. And you came out December 1st!"

Click to see the short video of a recent HypnoBirthing home water-birth. Calm as it was, smooth as it was, be ready to hear a lot of orgasmic vocalization with comments on how awesome it feels from the birthing mother. Identify with the experience of intended focused work of the mother and steady  calm support from the father and deliberate work of the two midwives.

Notice that the mother is very attuned to her body and knows to wait and feel the quality of the urge, as well as the movement of the baby, commenting that "the baby is right there," and the way it feels "this is awesome!!!" Notice your response while watching this video. Write your comment in the box below.

Finally the baby is out. She says, "Oh my god! I have a baby now! Let's see what you are? You are a girl!"

"What am going to do with a girl?" she contemplates between her elation, and deep breath of the calm satisfaction. Well, let's leave it for another class, shall we?

Tell your pregnant friends about the next HypnoBirthing^(R) class starting February 17 (click to see more information).

Doula's Comment on When to Cut the Cord

A mother asks, when to cut the umbilical cord to be sure that all of the blood gets to the baby. 

I noticed that home birth cords always seemed to pulsate longer than hospital birth cords.... I asked a midwife and she explained that a cord may visually appear to have stopped pulsing but that if you feel it between your fingers you will find that it is still pulsing, you can ask to check that way before cutting. 

After the cord stops pulsating, it is okay to cut the cord. The blood is done moving from the mom to the baby. I doubt there is any research to support that home birth cords pulsate longer. There is just less urgency and rush to cut the cord in a home birth. Each mom is individual, and a cord will pulsate individually, and on average it is about 10-15 minutes after the baby is born.

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Insurance paying for Doulas Services!

News! Good News!
Many hesitate whether to hire a doula because of their cost. Now this is eliminated.
Female presence of a doula at your birth helps you and your baby to stay calm and do the job of labor is a safe and comfortable way.

Over twenty insurance companies have begun paying for doula services and, now that there is a CPT code covering doula services, this is more of a possibility than ever before. (CPT stands forCurrent Procedural Terminology, and is a copyright of the American Medical Association.) The CPT code commonly used to claim doula services is 99499 for Evaluation and Management Services/Labor Support.

The following is a partial list of insurance companies have reimbursed in whole or in part for doula services.

Aetna Healthcare

AltPro

Baylor Health Care System/WEB TPA

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Blue Cross/ Blue Shield PPO

Cigna

Degussa, a German Chemical Company

Elmcare, LLC, C/O North American Medical Management

Foundation for Medical Care

Fortis Insurance

Glencare Managed Health Inc.

Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co.

HNTB (Peoria, IL)

Houston New England Financial, Employee Benefits (Fort Scott, KS)

Lutheran General Physician’s Organization

Maritime Life

Medical Mutual

Oschner HMO, Louisiana

Professional Benefits Administrators

Prudential Healthcare

Qualchoice

Summit Management Services, Inc

Travelers

United HealthCare of Georgia (San Antonio, TX)

United Health POS

Wausau Benefits, Inc

20% More American Women Chose to Birth at Home

Born at home.

What a peaceful feeling we get from hearing these words.

According to Birth Issues and Prenatal Care Journal, we see the reversal of the long downturn of the home birth trend. It has been emphasized in the research by the National Study for Health Statistics that the majority of home births is driven by women who are highly educated, are in excellent pre-natal health, mostly white and married, and are in the category of what is medically terme as low-risk.

For some of those women home birth is a second birth, and mostly preceded by a "bad" experience with a hospital birth the first time around.

Marian Declercq, author of the study, said that while this study was conducted by analyzing birth records, not through interviews, a previous study found that the top three reasons women gave for choosing home birth were:

1. Safety.
2. Avoidance of unnecessary medical interventions common in hospital births.
3. Previous negative hospital experience.

Safety ! WOW! that tell you a lot. If those who choose home birth choose it for safety....... How safe do you think is a hospital? Not safe at all....

Tina Cassidy, a Boston Journalist, who mentions research on the birth of Jackie Kennedy's children through her 4 scheduled C-sections in her encompassing book Birth: The Surprising Story of How We Are Born, writes about her own birthing experience: “I was more comfortable, and felt safer there, than in a hospital,” she said. “The research shows home births are safer for low-risk women but doctors can’t seem to get that through their thick heads.”

HypnoBirthing Stages of Labor - Birthing

Stage IV / Birthing of the baby (baby enters the world)

Physical Aspects

• Surges spaced further apart, every 2-5 mins, lasting 45-99 seconds.

• Bulging bottom with possible bloody vaginal discharge.

• Getting a second wind, breathing deeply and slowly with surges.

• May feel a burning sensation so relax pelvic floor.

Emotional Aspects

• Oxytocin inflow, more excited, expectant.

• “I can’t do this.” Means the end of labor is here

• Excited that labor is almost over, and amazed.

Social Aspects

• Silent concentrated breathing.

• Wants dad and/or support person around

• No track of time and surroundings.

• Concentrating only on birthing the baby.

Role of Dad and/or Support Person

• Assist mother into the desired position (squat, or other).

• Keep encouraging her and keep her abreast of the progress of the baby’s descent.

• Keep her focused on her breathing, bearing baby down.

• Remind her to relax

• Use deepening techniques

• Remind her to relax her bottom and remind her to breathe and not hold her breath.

• Birth will be a profoundly moving experience.