Effect of Hypnobirthing Training on Fear, Pain, Satisfaction Related to Birth, and Birth Outcomes
I’ve been meaning to post this study that was published this past January for a couple of months. In the study they found that the control group who did a Hypnobirthing course had significantly lower need for interventions, a higher rate of vaginal births and birth satisfaction rates. They also found that the Visual Analog Scale (rating pain on a scale of 1-10) and Wijma Birth Expectancy Scale (measuring fear) was lower in all phases of labor in comparison to the control group who didn’t take a Hypnobirthing course.
Really interesting! All elements measured in the study had positive outcomes.
Check out the study here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10547738211073394?fbclid=IwAR0t60ucMIgiU-pUIkFG6QlYAdi3KYQlO9o6zcpqsx3wypdHSjor9FClk7A
Feel free to read more about other research on Hypnobirthing on my website here: https://www.paxandlux.net/hypnobirthing
That's a really interesting find — thanks for finally sharing it! I've read before that hypnobirthing can help with fear and pain perception, but seeing lower intervention rates and higher vaginal birth rates in the same study makes it feel much more concrete. The Wijma scale results especially caught my eye, since fear seems to be such a big driver of how labor unfolds. I remember stumbling on something similar while killing time on Fireboy and Watergirl between tasks, and it got me thinking about how much mindset and preparation matter in birth. Do you know if the study looked at first-time mothers only, or was it a mixed group? That could really change how I read the results.