Testimonials
Shelby - Ithaca, NY
At the beginning of my pregnancy, I was so very terrified of giving birth. I had decided I wanted an epidural and was going to do whatever I had to do to get one. I didn't know anyone who had given birth in the last 20 years without an epidural and I had no desire to go without one myself. I was so afraid of the pain an imagined labor and birth as a sort of torture women were forced to endure.
After exploring HypnoBirthing, I found that its philosophies really made alot of sense to me. We are so very grateful for such a wonderful birthing experience for our son and ourselves. It made all the difference in the world to us and made for a birthing experience I could have only dreamt of. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Lorne R. Campbell Sr. - M.D.
I began delivering babies in 1983. I believed in the use of drugs to manage obstetrical pain. I saw lots of complications, including babies with compromised breathing. In spite of my best efforts to use sound judgement, I believed that epidurals were a medical blessing. I had a 25% C-Section rate.
Patients demanded natural births. I then performed hundreds of deliveries using the pushing, blowing techniques, and holding off on analgesics until the mother could no longer take the pain. I saw babies that were no longer respiratorily compromised, but were exhausted and quite often needed respiratory support with oxygen. But my C-section rate had fallen to 5%
Next I used visualization and guided imagery to manage pain. Occasionally I still had to use narcotics and a rare epidural. I continued to see exhausted babies who were not fully able to bond. I still had a C-Section rate of 5%.
Eventually, I began using hypnosis to manage pain during birth. The results were okay. Babies were less often compromised and very rarely needed oxygen, but mothers still experienced painful births. My C-Section rate remained at 5%..
I have now made the transition to HypnoBirthing. I truly believe that birthing does not have to involve pain. I have over 200 births of women who prepared for birth by learning and using the techniques and philosophy of HypnoBirthing - "The Mongan Method". All of the families have left their birthings excited about the birth event. I see support people meaningfully involved with the mother assisting in many different ways. I have had no complications. No babies needed oxygen or any support other than warming by mother's body. My C-Section count is 3 - in as many years. I have given absolutely no analgesic drugs since I began using HypnoBirthing with mothers.
Over the years, I have come to realize that during a birthing, I no longer perform 'deliveries'; I attend and observe as mothers birth their babies in calm and comfort, and birthing companions receive the babies as they emerge. It is as if my new role is to be present to witness the miracle of HypnoBirthing.
Now I enthusiastically lecture to medical groups on a regular basis about the merits of HypnoBirthing as a means of achieving easier, more comfortable births for laboring mothers. I am more than happy to talk to health care professionals (or anyone else) about my experiences with truly natural birthing. I have a large number of happy HypnoBirthing families - mothers and fathers - who love to talk about their own birthing experiences.
In my present position as a faculty member of the Atlanta Family Medicine Residency Program in Atlanta, Georgia, I train medical residents to use HypnoBirthing as an option for the families they will serve.
Lorne R. Campbell Sr. M.D.
Atlanta Medical Center Family Residency Program
1000 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 200
Morrow, GA 30260
HypnoBirthing Baby Jonah - Princeton NJ
HypnoBirthing Baby Eli - Buffalo NY
Tori - Bath, NY
My birthing was an amazing experience and I would do it again hands down. I know my birth went so smoothly because of the attitude and ideas you instilled in me and I could not thank you enough for that. I never knew how much you could love until I saw her face. Thank you so much for everything. What you helped me do means the world to me.
HypnoBirthing Baby Sydney - Bath NY
HypnoBirthing Baby Lucy - Harsens Island MI
Anne W. - Harsens Island, MI
Janice has every element of an excellent teacher, she has truly found her calling as a HypnoBirthing instructor. I believe that because of her positive energy regarding the birth process, she was a huge contributing factor in helping me achieve the type of birth I wanted for my daughter - a natural, unmedicated birth.
Janice helped me see that the birth process does not have to be what most of my peers and the media have described; rather, that the birth process can be a peaceful and positive experience for mother and baby. She was also a great contributor to helping build my confidence about the labor and birthing experience. One of the best things that came from my experience with Janice was her helping me to relax during the last two weeks of my pregnancy. I am truly grateful to her for all she did to help me have the best birth experience for my daughter.
HypnoBirthing Baby Pauline - Oxford MI
HypnoBirthing Baby Lochlann - Elmira NY
Jessica Alba
In the June/July 2008 issue of Fit Pregnancy Alba was asked: What are your plans for delivery?
"I want to spend as much of my labor as possible at home, and I'm taking a HypnoBirthing class. It's a relaxation technique that allows you to avoid going into panic mode and tightening up. If you are calm and relaxed, your body will just do what it has to do."
Quote in OK Magazine after baby Honour was born: "I didn't scream," Jessica tells OK! in an exclusive interview and photoshoot. "It was really Zen." And Cash could only marvel at his wife's quiet strength when she gave birth. "She didn't make a sound," he says. "It was amazing."
Jessica named her baby Honour Marie.......possibly honoring HB founder Marie Mongan?!?!?
Click here for the 2007 HypnoBirthing® Outcomes -
United States, research document
HypnoBirthing Baby Cole- Oakland MI
Kim - Sterling Heights, MI
Even with my unique health circumstances which caused a true emergency c-section a few weeks early, HypnoBirthing helped me in so many ways.
I will say that the one thing the class did was keep me calm and my blood pressure low so that I was able to hang on. The Dr. was really surprised at how level I was able to keep my blood pressure. And being calm I’m sure has made William the tolerant, calm, happy baby he is, despite how he was born.
Plus the visualization I did to accept the Spinal, IV and Foley helped so much too.
We are truly enjoying William, he is such a blessing. Ken says every day how beautiful he is and how much he loves him.
HypnoBirthing Baby William- Sterling Hts MI
HypnoBirthing Baby Veronica - Shelby Twp. MI
HypnoBirthing Baby Maya - St. Clair Shores, MI
Christy - Imlay City, MI
Dear Janice,
Jeremy and I have a precious new baby girl!! Nora Elisabeth was born Tuesday. She weighed 7pounds 15 ounces, 19.25 inches and is sooooo amazing!! Thank you for all of your knowledge....... HypnoBirthing was of the utmost help in having a great labor/delivery.
HypnoBirthing Baby Nora - Imlay City, MI
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Cara - Milford, MI C-Section experience
Elise came at 41 weeks via C-section, after a vbac attempt. I went into labor on my own and did really well using HypnoBirthing techniques and labored from 7:30 am until 10 pm when I went to the hospital. Surges were painful at first (I think I was scared) but I thought back to what you said about the next surge won't always be stronger than the next and I was able to breathe through them and was more comfortable. I got to the hospital and baby's head was still very high, cervix unreachable for the nurses, closed with no effacement. Eventually at 26 hours of labor my doctor recommended a C-section. Scott and I were devastated but I really did everything I could. Hypnobirthing classes, swimming classes, listening to hypnobirthing CD's every day, several chiropractor visits to adjust my hips to encourage the baby to descend in the last week, and switching to a more open minded doctor in my last month. The surgery went well. Recovery was amazing. I had virtually minimal pain. Not sure why. Maybe I knew what to expect? Maybe I didn't have as much stress hormones increasing my pain response?
I really think HypnoBirthing made a difference, even though I had another surgical birth. I don't have any regrets and I know we did everything we could. I really think HypnoBirthing brought Scott and I closer. Thank you so very much!
HypnoBirthing Baby Elise -Milford, MI
HypnoBirthing Baby Zoey- Rochester MI
Magda - Rochester, MI
Zoey finally joined us last Saturday. She is 7 Lbs 6 oz and 21" long. Dave and I are very happy. The birthing was long (about 15 hours) and I have to say I am so glad I took the classes - I avoided
c-section. Zoey was face up and stuck on my pelvic bone, they considered it because I did not have epidural but I did it! I was pleased with our birth, but I have to say I will consider homebirth next time around.
Jill - Troy, MI
If you're looking to have a calm, peaceful birth free from fear and tension then Janice's peaceful birthing class is the way to go. It was so informative on so many levels and a great way to learn how to work WITH your body and your baby.
Janice is SO passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience and truly cares about helping make your birth the best it can be. My husband and I both really enjoyed the class and getting to know Janice and the other couples taking the class with us. We did not have the gift of hypnobirthing with our first child, but decided to try it for our second and I can not sing its praises enough.
HypnoBirthing Baby Isaac - Troy, MI
