Every pregnant woman wants her labour to be as pain free as possible and for most expectant mothers that means opting for gas and air, pethidine or an epidural. But a growing number are putting mind over matter and using hypnotherapy to help alleviate the pain, stress and discomfort of childbirth.
Gisele Bündchen is certainly a fan. Speaking about the birth of her first child, son Benjamin, in 2009, the model told a Brazilian TV show: “It wasn’t painful, not even a little bit. The whole time, my head was so focused – every contraction, the baby is closer, the baby is closer. So it wasn’t like, ‘Oh what pain.’ It was, ‘With every contraction, he is getting closer to me.’”
Gisele opted for hypnobirthing over an epidural because, in…
