Better Birthing with Hypnosis : Mindful Pregnancy and Easy Labor Using the LeClaire Method [Paperback]

Michelle LeClaire O'Neill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 2001

Birthing through hypnosis is a Lamaze program for the 21st century. With this method, women use self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques during labor, eliminating much of the fear and tension that lead to pain. "Better Birthing With Hypnosis introduces a new method of childbirth developed by the author to help mothers-to-be experience this sensation in a calm, joyous, and pain-free manner. It also provides a safe and peaceful entry into the world for the baby.

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Simple strategies to reduce the pain, rekindle the joy, and recognize the power of giving birth!

"The Leclaire Method . . . provides women with exactly what they need to know to reclaim their inborn ability to birth normally, joyfully, and easily."
--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Wonderful . . . the guide every expectant woman and her partner needs to experience the miracle of life."
--Susan Love, M.D., author of Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book

Better Birthing with Hypnosis presents the highly successful Leclaire Method--a Lamaze program for the twenty-first century that incorporates hypnosis to help you experience labor and childbirth calmly, joyously, and painlessly! Developed by Michelle Leclaire, a medical professional and mother, this holistic method draws on both modern science and ancient wisdom to present pregnancy as the glorious, instinctive event it should be.

Leclaire's systematic approach gives you back control over your mind and body during childbirth when you may feel it slipping away. Through techniques including self-hypnosis, meditation, massage, and visualization, you learn to ease childbirth jitters, improve bonding between you and your baby, and facilitate your baby's peaceful, painless entry into the world. In addition, the Leclaire Method can prevent unhealthy birth weight, ease the transition to breastfeeding, and create the healthiest possible environment for a new life!

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1 edition (November 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0658015338
• ISBN-13: 978-0658015335
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michelle Leclaire O'Neill, Ph.D., R.N., is a psychologist as well as a pregnancy and birthing expert. She has worked in psychoneuroimmunology for the past twenty-one years. For over 30 years she has worked in New York and Los Angeles helping patients to heal, helping create the program and worked on staff of first PTSD ward for Vietnam Veterans.

Dr. Leclaire O'Neill coined the word hypnobirthing. She is the author of Creative Childbirth; Hypnofertility; Better Birthing with Hypnosis; Meditations for Pregnancy; and The Hypnobirthing Bundle for Happy Hypnomoms and Blissful Hypnobabies.

Originator of the Hypnobirthing Leclaire Method she works from her Mind Body Center in Pacific Palisades, CA and is the mother of three.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Birthing with Hypnosis, January 20, 2002

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This review is from: Better Birthing with Hypnosis : Mindful Pregnancy and Easy Labor Using the LeClaire Method (Paperback)

I read Creative Childbirth (by the same author)with my second child and was able to have a totally natural childbirth with the methods explained in that book. I am now expecting my third child and read Better Birthing with Hypnosis and feel it contained more in depth decriptions on how to relax and gave more information about what to do and when to do it. I feel comfortable that I will be able to have another natural, less painfull birth this time, as I did with my second child.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy and helpful, April 17, 2002

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This review is from: Better Birthing with Hypnosis : Mindful Pregnancy and Easy Labor Using the LeClaire Method (Paperback)

This book offered me practical tips to get through what I expected to be a difficult birth. I only read it several weeks before I had my baby, but it worked. I loved the 'anchor' point and my husband did many of the exercises with me, too. I highly recommend this to all pregnant mothers. Best of all, it only took a few minutes a day to use all the advice!

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I plan to use hypnosis for birth, but ..., August 28, 2002

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This review is from: Better Birthing with Hypnosis : Mindful Pregnancy and Easy Labor Using the LeClaire Method (Paperback)

This book is a bit too "new-agey" for my taste. I think the ideas presented are good, and I do intend to use hypnosis with the birth of my next child, but this book just didn't appeal to me as much as I thought it might.

It also seemed to present some mixed information on breastfeeding, which is a particular pet peeve of mine. Some of the information given was very good, and other information was not exactly in line with current medical recommendations.

All in all, it's certainly not a bad book, and if your tastes run more to the new-age in other areas, you will probably particularly enjoy this book. If not, you may prefer a different method for learning hypnosis for childbirth.