Build Positive Expectations for Childbirth with the Fear of Giving Birth Hypnosis Script

Many women feel a certain amount of fear when they think about giving birth, and that's hardly surprising given how it is often depicted in the media. But giving birth is a natural process, something the body instinctively knows how to do.

The Fear of Giving Birth Hypnosis Script from The Script Collection was put together to help clients trust in their body's ability to give birth naturally.

The pre-talk sympathizes with the fact that many women feel nervous and fearful about childbirth, but reassures the client that it is an instinctive process that the body naturally knows how to do. It encourages the client to recognize that their mental images are not predictive of their own experience. Finally, it assures them that the session will help them build trust and confidence in their body to do what it needs to do.

The induction guides the client through some slow, deep breaths, encouraging them to notice the natural relaxation that occurs in the body as they do. Their attention is drawn to the face, the shoulders, and then the hands as confusing use of the words left and right deepens their dissociation.

They are now encouraged to experience their trance as "the beginning of a dream," with a description of the heaviness of the body and slow rhythm of the breath helping engender this state. It is suggested that the self that dreams dreams is "a deeper you" that instinctively knows how to relax profoundly.

Now the client is asked to imagine a beautiful, tranquil place. A countdown leads them into that place, where they can feel a sense of calm flowing through them. All the senses are evoked, helping bring the experience to life. Within this place of deep wellbeing, the client is encouraged to "sense a very peaceful, kind, encouraging energy" imbuing them.

A long passage reinforces the "nurturing kindness" that the client can draw from this place. They are repeatedly reassured that "it's all okay" to be who they are and have their own unique experience here. The concept of ancestral wisdom is now introduced as something that exists intrinsically within them, a "deep instinctive knowingness" passed down through thousands of generations.

We now hear the story of how, under hypnosis, a woman who was intensely nervous about her first flight learned to focus instead on the destination, to "really enjoy that future time" and the sense of accomplishment at having got there. The script explores this sense of enjoyment and achievement, helping the client to absorb these same feelings. The story concludes as the woman finds that she feels so much calmer, and can't wait to get going.

The analogy of a flower slowly opening up to the warmth of the sun, "instinctively and naturally," "at its own pace" helps the client acknowledge this same ability in their own body. It is suggested that they can "find [themselves] gliding through that experience ... as another part of [them] takes care of things" so that before they know it, they find themselves meeting their baby and welcoming them into the world.

Future pacing now allows the client to look back on the birth and remember how they were able to relax "more deeply than [they] might have expected, into ... a different space within." Again this ability is attributed to an "ancestral, embodied wisdom" that provides them with continual support and strength. Embedded commands encourage rest, relaxation, and comfort in the knowledge that "you can do this."

Finally, it is suggested that this sense of calm can flow with them into all the times and places when it may be helpful, as they integrate this sense of calm self-confidence at the unconscious level.

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Fear of Giving Birth is also available as an MP3 download.