Heather Connolly is currently part of our team at the Integrative Health and Hormone Clinic. She also teaches HypnoBirthing and has twice been a surrogate. She joins me today to share the benefits of having a doula and using HypnoBirthing.
Techniques used in HypnoBirthing to ensure a calm birth

Deep relaxation

Self-hypnosis

Affirmations

Special breathing techniques


About Heather Connolly:
Heather Connolly is a HypnoBirthing Practitioner and a birth doula and is a part of the Integrative Health and Hormone Clinic family in Hiawatha, Iowa. Heather founded Hypnobirthing at the end of her first pregnancy in 2010, and using the techniques, she was able to have a completely unmedicated natural childbirth. 
15 months later, she gave birth to her second child also using the HypnoBirthing techniques, and had a 99% pain-free birth, which was when she realized there was really something to this HypnoBirthing thing. 
She became a Certified HypnoBirthing practitioner in 2014, so she could help women know there are other options for birth. A year later, she took her doula training so she could further assist the families coming through her class so they could have the best births possible.
In 2017 and 2022, Heather was able to put the HypnoBirthing techniques to use again when she embarked on the journey of being a gestational surrogate for two families who were growing their family units. 
These already emotionally rewarding experiences were only enhanced by how beautiful and pain-free their births were; one being a calm, warm, beautiful car birth, proving that you CAN have a calm peaceful birth ANYWHERE!
In this episode:

What is HypnoBirthing? (7:29)

The aim of hypnoBirthing. (7:38)

The history of HypnoBirthing. (8:57)

Why we, as a country, need HypnoBirthing. (10:04)

Heather shares her birthing experiences. (11:50)

How to avoid tearing when giving birth. (12:55)

How Heather managed to give birth almost pain-free. (13:55)

What is a birth doula? (23:32)

How having a doula impacts birthing outcomes. (25:00)

Heather shares some tips from her birthing experiences and her experiences as a doula. (26:24)

Heather shares a visualization script from her HypnoBirthing course to demonstrate the power of the mind-body connection. (35:22)

What do affirmations do for you? (43:56)


Links and resources:
Connect with Heather Connolly on Social Media:
Instagram (@heathconnolly)
Relative Links for This Show::
bliss-hypnobirthing.com
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https://hypnobirthing.com/
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