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HypnoBirthing® In The News - articles, birth videos and news reports

This is where you'll find links to stories in the media that discuss HypnoBirthing®. There are magazine and newspaper articles, as well as other website articles and even TV and video interviews and documentaries.

Magazine articles

• Article about 'Fantastic Four' actress Jessica Alba using HypnoBirthing® in Fit Pregnancy.
• Full double-page spread, and main article on the front cover, of the Royal College of Midwives Journal, October/November 2008.
• Story about Beverley Turner (TV presenter and wife of Olympic rower James Cracknell) using HypnoBirthing® featured in the Sunday Mirror "Celebs" magazine on Sunday 19th June 2005. You can view a scanned copy of the original article online here:
  • Beverley Turner's HypnoBirthing® story - page 1
  • Beverley Turner's HypnoBirthing® story - page 2
• Mentioned in the August 2005 issue of "Practical Parenting"
• Mentioned in the April 2005 issue of "Mother and Baby", in an article about "Insider secrets for a better birth".
• Featured again in the April 2005 issue of "Pregnancy & Birth", in an article about hypnosis for childbirth.
• Featured again in the March 2005 issue of "Pregnancy & Birth", as part of the main, headlined 10-page article on getting the birth you want
• Featured in the November 2004 issue of Practical Parenting (available Oct 2004 - UK), in the section about natural pain relief options for birth.
• Featured in recent issues of "Image" and "Ladies and Gentlemen"
• "Trance In A Million" - Closer magazine feature about TV presenter Beverley Turner using HypnoBirthing. See Issue 98 (21-27 August 2004) for the article.
• Mentioned again in Pregnancy & Birth - July 2004 issue. Reference in the article about 14 ways to have a better labour.
  • NOTE: HypnoBirthing® classes can run over a series of weeks, not just weekends, and the prices quoted in the article are not fixed for all of the UK. Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for more details.
• "The (re)birth of a better way" - from South Florida Parenting Magazine, April 2004
• "Have It Your Way: Redesigning Birth" - HypnoBirthing® gets a mention here in "Newsweek" (courtesy of MSNBC)
• March 2004 issue of Pregnancy and Birth. I've scanned a copy for you to read - Page 1 | Page 2. It seems to be rather difficult to read in the browser so either print it out or save the image to your hard drive (right click on the link and select 'Save Target As'). Then open it up in your favourite image editor (and print it if you want).
• Birth Bliss - a short but excellent article from the March 2004 issue of Time Magazine, by a very sceptical reporter about her own experience of HypnoBirthing®
• American Baby
• Nursing Spectrum
• "A New Look At An Old Method" - a good, easy to read, overview of the Marie Mongan Method of HypnoBirthing®, from Childbirth Instructor Magazine, July/Aug 1999. It explains the program in more detail than the popular magazines.
• "HypnoBirthing® techniques ease intensity of labor" - BabyDallas Magazine, Fall/Winter 2002/2003
• "Hypnosis is rapidly gaining a role in labor and delivery, with many pleasant side-effects" - from Chicagoparent magazine

Newspaper articles

• HypnoBirthing® featured in Glasgow Weekend Evening Times magazine on Saturday 9th July 2005. Featured Scottish practitioner Johan MacIver, who kindly provided a a scanned copy of the article
• HypnoBirthing® mentioned as being used by TV presenter Beverley Turner (wife of Olympic rower James Cracknell) in an article in The Sunday Mirror celebs magazine - 19th June 2005
• "Look into my eyes - your baby is here" - a great article from the Daily Record, 31st May 2005
• "Hypnosis key to easing birth pains" - great article from The Scotsman, 31st May 2005
• Another good article, this time in the "Herald & Review", with the title "Having a baby? RELAX: HypnoBirthing teaches that natural childbirth need not be painful".
• There was a great article in the "Body & Soul" section of The Times on Saturday 26th February 2005. You can read the full text of the article online.
• There was a good colour article in the Sunday Express magazine on 20th February 2005. Steve Griffiths has kindly provided scanned copies of the article - Page 1 (855k) | Page 2 (671k).
• There was a small editorial feature on HypnoBirthing (specifically, training as a HypnoBirthing practitioner), in Tuesday's Daily Express (1st February 2005). It was a decent little article, with some information from Jenny Mullan, and gave a link to the UK site.
• "A pain-free childbirth is a possibility" - Northampton Chronicle & Echo, 16th July 2004.
  
  This is an excellent and very positive two-page editorial, featuring an interview with Jenny Mullan, one of her mums and some great quotes from a senior midwife at Northampton General Hospital.
  
  UPDATE:You can now read the article online.
  
  If you don't mind the size (3.7MB), you can download the original Chronicle & Echo article as well (Adobe PDF).
• "HypnoBirthing® helps ease labor pain" - from the Gwinnett Daily Post
• The Daily Mail - 14 August 2000 - report on the first HypnoBirthing® mum in the UK
• "Using hypnosis to ease childbirth" - from The Mercury News in California
• "A Kinder, Gentler Childbirth" - from The Miami Herald May 4, 2004

Other website articles

• Mothercare Guide To Pregnancy - Week 12. Rightly notes that although you can buy CDs that help you learn hypnotherapy techniques, live classes may be more effective.
• Insider Secrets of a Natural Birth from Bounty.com. HypnoBirthing® is referred to as one of the gentle ways to ease pain.
• How To Have A Fantastic Birth from Blooming Marvellous. HypnoBirthing® was quoted as follows: "It's a great way to relax (particularly on those nights you find sleep eluding you in the late stages of pregnancy). But more importantly, the breathing and visualisation techniques will be of huge benefit during labour."
• HypnoBirthing® mind over matter for worried mums - excellent article from This Is North Scotland
• I taught myself pain management - another excellent article on the BBC News website, also 30th May 2005
• Hypnotherapy plan for childbirth - an excellent article on the BBC News website, 30th May 2005
• "Ballet of birth" - from Seacoast Online. An excellent news story about HypnoBirthing®, including how one hospital reduced it's caesarean rate from 25% down to 1%.
• Eight Ways to Increase the Safety and Comfort of Childbirth, by Dr. Joseph Mercola. HypnoBirthing® features in point 5 - Learn To Relax
• Lowell woman insists hypnobirthing is the way to go for young mothers-to-be - from BirthScene.com
• HypnoBirthing teaches breathing and relaxation and visualization techniques to expectant moms - from BirthScene.com
• The BBC News website (see 'Why I chose hypnobirthing' for the article)
• The "fear-tension-pain syndrome of childbirth" as proposed by Dr. Grantly Dick-Read (whose principles HypnoBirthing® is founded on).
• "Childbirth Without Pain or Drugs? HypnoBirthing Makes it Possible" - a good article from Canadian Parents Online
• "Hypnosis and Childbirth: Imagine!" - a really fantastic article about HypnoBirthing®, from Spirit of Change
• "Hypno-birthing lessons for sale to help mums-to-be cope" from icWales
• "Hypnobirthing for Labor" from About.com
• "When The Pendulum Swings" - an interview with Marie Mongan from SavvyHealth.com

For further information please contact me:

Praxis "Mein Mittelpunkt"

Stefanie Tiebe-Fett

Heilpraktikerin für Psychotherapie
Zertifizierte HypnoBirthing-Kursleiterin

Herpersdorfer Straße 18
91207 Lauf-Bullach

Tel.: 09126 / 29 78 72
Email: tiebe-fett@email.de