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easy to read katharine graves highly recommend katherine graves pregnant women well written natural birth marie mongan made me feel pain relief cover to cover must read easy to follow birth experience breathing techniques recommend this book positive birth great book book cover to cover use hypnobirthing

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Becci
4.0 out of 5 starsHelpful but potentially out of date
28 September 2018
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This book is really useful for getting to grips with hypnobirthing and generally having a better understanding of the process of birth. The advice given is generally useful and straightforward, and I feel I have learnt a lot through reading it. The MP3 of relaxations is useful too, although it's a pity that it only actually includes 2 relaxations as there are so many more in the book - it would have been more helpful for all of these to be included in the recording. I also feel some of the things that the author rants on about are no longer really an issue - for example, about informed consent before procedures such as membrane sweeps, delayed cord clamping or vitamin K injections. Reading her comments made me feel that I was really going to have to fight to get the birth I wanted. However, the reality for me has been that the midwives I have come across agree with much of what the author says is important. Maybe I am just fortunate in my caregivers but I can't help but think that maybe this book hasn't kept up with the positive changes being made in hospitals and birth units, and therefore makes a big deal about certain issues which are no longer really issues.
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lblogic
4.0 out of 5 starsGood book but CD relaxation exercises greatly disappoint
11 April 2016
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I like this book so far, but I am so disappointed with the CD that accompanies it. Katherine Graves voice is calm and gentle but it is not particularly pleasing to the ear, in my personal opinion (although I like that she is British). The main problem however is that it does not include the same relaxation excercise as the one written in the book. I much prefer visualising all the different coloured fish as described in the book but when I listen to the CD, it uses butterflies. Which I think would have been fine, had I not been practicing using the book first. I have used Marie Mongan books and CDs in the past and I think that I prefer these to Katherine Graves - although they are very similar. Hypnobirthing is an excellent choice for all mothers, first time or 5th time....I highly recommend. It is just such a shame about the CD.
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Gavin
5.0 out of 5 starsIt's essentially relaxation techniques and it's absolutely brilliant. Katherine Graves's method is a simplified and more ...
1 March 2016
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i wish they'd change the name from 'hypnobirthing' because it implies some sort of mystical hippy practises. It's essentially relaxation techniques and it's absolutely brilliant.

Katherine Graves's method is a simplified and more 'English' version of hypnobirthing founder Marie Mongan's book, and it's well suited to those who are perhaps having baby number 2 and used the Mongan method previously. It's less wishy-washy and 'spiritual'.
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KCostello
4.0 out of 5 starsGood starting point for hypnobirthing
15 April 2018
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I liked the introduction this book has to hypnobirthing, I will be going back to chapters to practice the different breathing techniques. I only got the kindle version of this book and would probably have benefited more from having the mp3 audios included in the package instead of needing to buy them separately.
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Stephanie Harris
4.0 out of 5 starsA huge help to me in labour
29 August 2018
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Amazingly I read this book on the day I went into labour with my third baby. I was able to utilise the breathing and visualisation techniques In my labour and I credit it with helping me have such a quick, calm vaginal delivery with no intervention. I would Highly recommend it as I think it has loads of great advice. I wish i’d tried hypnobirthing 1st and 2nd time around.
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Carley Brown
2.0 out of 5 starsThere are better and more balanced books available
26 August 2019
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I found this book and some of the advice given within it a little outdated. Some parts were useful but others were quite unnecessary. For example, the section on useful questions to ask during birth borders on aggressive (eg asking professionals for their registration numbers) which doesn’t feel helpful or useful. It made me feel like I’d have to fight tooth and nail for the birth that I wanted when the reality is that it’s just not the case. All of the professionals I have encountered have been helpful, non-judgemental and have simply wanted what’s best for me and my baby. This book pitches all professionals as demons wanting to intervene unnecessarily, which is a shame. If you can see past that scaremongering then the book does include some useful hypnobirthing techniques.
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Jo
5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it great help for 2nd birth
22 December 2018
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Loved it, easy to read. Didn’t find time to practice all of the techniques but practised the breathing etc and used for birth. Found it really informative and empowering. Had a fantastic quick natural second birth.
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Violetkk
3.0 out of 5 starsOkay.
12 March 2019
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A must read to everyone. If you have a cd when I would say it is not necessary as pretty much it's everything said in a cd what's in a book. Was a bit disappointed as expected more. If you not getting cd when this book is great but if you got the cd already then not necessary.
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