Hypnosis at midwifery practice

Last months, I trained midwife practice Poppie in Krommenie in hypnosis. And not the hypnosis they use in hypno-birthing, but a different style of hypnosis. A style characterized by speed and effectiveness. What the difference is I explain to you in this article.

Fast hypnosis and slow hypnosis

You have two different forms of hypnosis, the fast form and the slow form. The slow form of hypnosis assumes that you first have to completely relax the person. So you're going to first relax your feet, then the your legs, then your back, and so on. And in between, of course, your ankle, hip, and so on.

As you can imagine, that takes a while and then someone is relaxed, but relaxation is not hypnosis. So how do you know if someone is in hypnosis then? They use visualizations for that and at some point they do a test, often a pain stimulus (if they do one at all...).

Women doing hypnobirthing are taught to relax and they are taught visualizations and self-hypnosis. This allows them to give birth with less pain. That's super, of course, but it can be done faster.

Rapid hypnosis works differently

With the fast version, you already have light hypnosis within a minute and deep hypnosis, also called somnambulism, within 5 minutes. After that, you can already start sedating. 10 minutes after that you often have one of those strong anesthetics that is the equivalent of a chemical anesthetic, or epidural.

Often you don't even need 10 minutes, so you can stun anyone with hypnosis in 15 minutes. This is very different from the other way, slow hypnosis. There you are taught to deal with the pain, but in fast hypnosis you are actually sedated.

It is the hypnosis you see in shows but now applied in midwifery practice in such a modified way that you get the quick effect but don't go crazy.

How does rapid hypnosis work

Rapid hypnosis works in 3 stages:

1. The light hypnosis where as a test you have the eye-lock or in other words the eyes will not open again
2. Testing physical relaxation by dropping the arm limply on the body
3. Forgetting numbers so that you reach the state of somnambulism, or deep hypnosis

When you reach the final state you can also immediately apply anesthesia. For example, you say, "I stroke your hand like this three times. At the first time you will feel it tingle, at the second time it gets stronger and at the third time your hand is numb...'

And then you stroke the hand 3 times and it's numb. Then you can make that numbness stronger and move it to the pelvic area so you won't feel any more pain from childbirth.

Of course, you're all caught up and experiencing everything, only the pain isn't there, which is a huge relief for many women. Also, the midwife can allay fears through special hypnosis techniques so that childbirth will go even smoother.

Personally, I think this is the future and every midwife should be able to use this technique. If you feel the same way press the social media buttons to share this article in your network. I would greatly appreciate that because many women would be helped by this.

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