HypnoBirthing Brighton

RE: Weight gain in pregnancy - help your partner understand :-)

richardgere — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:35:51 GMT

At least I can say my wife is happy with me. Well a lot of credit goes to the discussion communities like these who have made me understand a lot of unknown things. I would want to be as much caring I can during this period. Anyway initially I was thinking seeing the name of this place it might have got something to do with the hypnosis in childbirth. That is not the case as I see but any news unheard by me before would be welcome. Also we must not forget during this time there are so many tips and suggestions that we require and if they can be got from here its fine.

RE: Pregnancy Massage for couples/birth partners

janahaze1365 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:29:17 GMT

I've engaged in outer course with some fluid with clothes on 3 days before my period. Then the next day, there were light pink blood-I don't know if that's implantation-.I have been having cramps whole time, I feel like vomiting, my breasts have been tender the whole time too and I think my stomach is getting bigger and I feel dizzy sometimes and exhausted. My stomach looks bigger. If I am showing all these symptoms, will the test be accurate?

Breast-Feeding Seems to Protect Against Some Allergies

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:35:27 GMT

A new report suggests that breastfeeding helps high-risk infants prone to eczema, asthma and food allergies.

Atopic disease, which includes eczema, asthma and food allergies may be delayed or even prevented in high-risk infants if they are exclusively breast-fed for at least four months or fed infant formula without cow milk protein.

That's the conclusion of a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that's published in the January issue of Pediatrics. The report replaces an earlier policy statement from the AAP.

"Basically, it probably does not matter what pregnant or lactating women eat," said Dr. Frank Greer, an author of the report, professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin and chairman of the AAP Committee on Nutrition.

"The best prevention for atopic [allergic] disease is exclusive breast-feeding for four months," he added. "And if your infant comes from a family with significant atopic disease, then weaning from breast milk to a partially or extensively hydrolyzed [hypoallergenic] formula [without cow milk protein] may delay or prevent the onset of atopic disease, especially atopic dermatitis [eczema]."

Greer added that this recommendation would also apply to formula-fed infants who are at risk for atopic disease.

For more information on this report, please go to:

http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/healthday/080107/breast-feeding-seems-to-protect-against-some-allergies.htm

Weight gain in pregnancy - help your partner understand :-)

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:41:21 GMT

If you're literally feeling the pressure of being pregnant and partner/hubby isn't so sympathetic, why not ask him to try and carry around the same weight for a day - this equates to around 10 bottles of wine! He'll need a drink after that

Where Does the Extra Weight Go During Pregnancy?

Baby 8 pounds
Placenta 2-3 pounds
Amniotic fluid 2-3 pounds
Breast tissue 2-3 pounds
Blood supply 4 pounds
Fat stores for delivery and breastfeeding 5-9 pounds
Uterus increase 2-5 pounds

Total 25 to 35 pounds

Source - webmd.com

Elective Caesareans Tied to Breathing Problems

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:41:28 GMT

I read recently that although there are no special circumstances, Christina Aguilera has chosen to have her baby by elective caesarean. Maybe if she reads the latest research, she may change her mind...

New research shows that babies delivered by elective Caesarean sections are significantly more likely to have respiratory problems than those delivered vaginally or by emergency surgery.

The younger the gestational age, the more breathing problems there were for all babies, and the authors emphasized that the risk was small for all groups. Still, the increased risk for the elective Caesarean babies was notable. At 37 weeks, they were almost four times as likely as others of the same gestational age to have respiratory problems, at 38 weeks three times as likely, and at 39 weeks almost twice as likely.

The differences remained even after controlling for maternal age, smoking, alcohol intake and other variables.

�We know that the earlier a baby is born, the more immature the lungs,� said Dr. Anne Kirkeby Hansen, the lead author and a research fellow at Aarhus University Hospital. �According to our study, it would be a good idea to postpone elective Caesareans until 39 weeks, even though we know that some women might go into spontaneous labor before that date.�

Baby Beaumont arrives

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:11:50 GMT

A lovely story from Mark and Abi

On Tuesday September 4th at 4.06am Abi and I had a bouncing baby boy at our home with the help of 2 amazing midwifes Debbie and Mags. Abi was amazing and using Hypnobirthing techniques (deep visualisation and relaxation, if you are interested http://www.hypnobirthingbrighton.co.uk/ ), delivered the baby completely naturally and without pain relief over a slow and controlled 30 hour labour period!!! I always knew Abi was amazing, but the whole experience has left me speechless, which I know a lot of you will find hard to believe!!!

We have yet to name him, because we really did think it was to be a girl (for whatever bizarre reason!!), not that we knew, just had a feeling. If it was a girl, she was to be called Daisy, but a boy??????? We�re not sure. We have one name which we are thinking about and are going to see how it fits for a day or so�

When he was born, he weighed 7lb 9� ounces and was amazingly calm and tranquil. He is so beautiful and we love him so very much already�� a fantastic and amazing experience and journey, which, has only just begun.

Welcome and how to use this forum

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:58:24 GMT

Hello there and welcome to this forum!

Please feel free to post any hints and tips for other HypnoBirthing Practitioners, any questions, information on local courses, exhibitions and other local info.

Please also feel free to use this forum to communicate with other local practitioners if you are unable to fit a client on to a course, or have a client with specific issues which you need help with.

To subscribe to the RSS feed so you will be informed when there are any updates to the forum, please click the orange square box above called "Forum RSS feed"

Many thanks,

any parents here

trishas — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:07:16 GMT

i am always broke & looking for freebies and i was sent a link from my mate for a website for free nappies & avent baby stuff. Im 7 months pregnant and am still buying all my bits so all these bits will save me buying them.

One for the nappies
http://www.freenappies.net/free-nappies-club/signup.php?100501

One for the Avent bottles
http://www.freebabygifts.co.uk/freeavent?referer_id=1157

This one here is for a free �10 gift card Asda or Tesco
http://www.freeshoppinggiftcard.co.uk/free-gift-card?referer_id=477

Free Christmas Presents
http://www.freechristmaspresents.co.uk/free-christmas-presents?referer_id=1967

Hope this is some halp to someone.

Gene 'links breastfeeding to IQ'

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:20:04 GMT

A single gene influences whether breastfeeding improves a child's intelligence, say London researchers.

Children with one version of the FADS2 gene scored seven points higher in IQ tests if they were breastfed.

Click on this link to read more...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7075511.stm

Purposely Breaking Water Does Not Speed Delivery

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:39:53 GMT

A large review of studies suggests that a common procedure in labor, intentionally breaking the water, has no effect in reducing the labor time or assuring the baby's health.

The procedure, sometimes called amniotomy, involves rupturing the amniotic membranes to speed contractions. The procedure has been in use for at least 250 years, although its popularity has varied.

The researchers reviewed 14 randomized controlled trials involving almost 5,000 women and found little evidence for any benefits. Amniotomy did not shorten the length of labor, decrease the need for the labor-stimulating drug oxytocin, decrease pain, reduce the number of instrument-aided births or lead to serious maternal injury or death.

The report, published Oct. 17 in The Cochrane Reviews, did find that the procedure might be associated with an increase in Caesarean sections and a reduced risk of a lower reading on the Apgar scale, which rates the baby's condition at birth. But neither finding was statistically significant.

"We advise women whose labors are progressing normally to request their waters be left intact," said the lead author, Dr. Rebecca Smyth, a research associate at the University of Liverpool. "There is no evidence that leaving the waters intact causes any problems, and there is not sufficient evidence to suggest any benefit to either themselves or their baby."

Source - NY Times link - http://mobile.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/health/research/30chil.xml?ex=1351569600&single=1&en=770cd96d551ede3e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss