“Since seeing Lyn Cole in 2010, for hypnotherapy treatment for arachnophobia I am now able to put a glass over a spider of any size and put it outside without feeling the panic and palpitations I previously experienced. I have never had hypnotherapy before and was nervous at the prospect but Lyn was very professional and put me at ease immediately. As a result of that one session with her, I am now able to deal with spiders in a way that previously was impossible. I would whole heartedly recommend Lyn and the treatment she offers.”
“I saw her on a regular basis for 4/5 months, after a dreadful period in my life. In this short space of time she was able to teach me invaluable life skills. Even though I have now moved away and no longer speak to Lyn on a regular basis I still use what she taught me. Throughout every session Lyn supported me to become stronger. I never felt that she was giving me advice and definitely never judged me, but somehow enabled me to realise what changes I needed to make for myself…”
I began delivering babies in 1983. I believed in the use of drugs to manage obstetrical pain. I saw lots of complications including babies with compromised breathing in spite of my best efforts to use good sound medical judgment. I believed that Epidurals were a medical blessing. I had a 25% C-Section rate.
I ended up having to have a c-section because I went to 42 weeks and my baby was in distress, but I went into the entire situation with quite a bit of knowledge about what was going to happen, what my choices were.
“This was the most amazing experience! I won’t ever have another baby without it! I’m actually considering having more because of it.”
When we started the HypnoBirthing class I read the stories and watched the videos of all these mums who, using this technique, had wonderful, apparently “easy” births and thought “gosh, this is amazing… does it work!?” It took me very little time to realize that HypnoBirthing was a technique that worked and worked well. The combination of breathing technique, visualization, confidence in the fact that, yes, we could do it made all the difference. We did our exercises virtually every evening for 3 months before the birth and very quickly Sophie would go in a deep state of relaxation but at the same time completely in control which to me, was the key.
This birth story is about our 3rd child – Christian Luke Robinson. My due date was 10/8. At 11:30 pm of that night I was complaining that nothing exciting happens to put me into labor, my surges usually just start. On 10/9 at 12:30 am as I was headed to the bathroom my water actually released! I was really excited even as my surges started strong – 5 minutes apart 15 minutes after my water broke. I really wanted to trim the labor time down to my wish time of 6 hours
My labor started early in the morning, and was pretty much unaware of it. When the surges started to get stronger I just used the breathing I learned and focused. At about 7pm I was 7/8 cm, from then got into the pool, kept my focus through what Cath had taught me and breathed my baby out, it didn’t hurt hardly at all, it was quite orgasmic in a word! it felt nice. I caught him and brought him to my chest. I felt amazing, I’d done it, just lying there cuddling my new son, I burst into tears of joy!.
I have celebrated my HypnoBirthing baby’s first birthday today (October 16, 2010), and what an amazing journey we have been on together. I had an amazing time throughout my pregnancy and had a beautiful birth thanks to all the techniques I learned.
After a panicked, fearful and painful first labour with my son, I was in search of a new approach to giving birth. I didn’t find your book until one month before my due date, and by this time it was too late for me to take part in a HypnoBirthing class, however the information I learned from reading your book, and practicing the techniques in the weeks leading up to her birth were invaluable.
