When it comes to birth plans, it can feel like there is an overwhelming number of choices for bringing your baby into the world. From choosing an epidural to “breathing through the pain” to ...

Meghan Markle is rumoured to be the latest celebrity learning the birth preparation technique that teaches expectant parents to cope with labour through deep breathing, relaxation and positive mantras ...

We're programmed to believe that childbirth is stressful and painful. Is there any alternative? We talked to Di Bustamante, a doula and childbirth educator and she told us about Hypnobirthing and how ...

A team of midwives in Hull have undergone hypnobirthing training as part of an initiative to increase choice around giving birth. Midwives from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are set to ...

When Anna Wall realized she was in labor with her son Luke, the 29-year-old first-time mom in Austin, Texas focused her breathing until she had hypnotized herself into a state of deep relaxation. Her ...

The women who believe the dubiously-titled technique makes labour easier and less painful Sarah and Finn There are many questions that a mum can expect to be asked after she announces that the ...

A new school in Nottingham is aiming to teach techniques that could reduce the pain and anxiety many women feel during childbirth. Hypnobirthing focuses on deep relaxation, meditation, visualisation, ...

Expectant mothers will be taught to hypnotise themselves before giving birth as an alternative to painkillers. They will learn to put themselves in a trance-like state during labour in the hope that ...