Reddit reviews Mindful Hypnobirthing: Hypnosis and Mindfulness Techniques for a Calm and Confident Birth

I absolutely loved Mindful Hypnobirthing by Sophie Fletcher. I read it a few times during my first pregnancy and it helped me come up with some mental tricks for controlling pain and opening myself up to the experience in a calm and controlled way.

If you buy the kindle version it has a link to some meditations and birth affirmations. The 30
minute relaxation meditation was invaluable to me in preparation and in early labor to help me enter into a meditative relaxed state that carried me through two days of labor. I can not recommend it more highly.

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I used this one and this one. The first one was my favorite by far. I ended up failing HypnoBirthing because I didn't practise enough or commited to the excercises, but the book and audio files gave me peace when my mind was a turmoil. I really enjoyed those moments and happy vizualisation!

I'm just not rigourous enough for the training on my own part ;P