iHypnobirth app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: iHypnobirth
First release : 25 Feb 2011
App size: 452.13 Mb
Join thousands of women already benefiting from a positive birth experience with iHypnobirth. Designed to create a deeply relaxed state of mind and empowered labour and birth.
Created by women for women, iHypnobirth, will help you feel positive about birthing your baby.
iHypnobirth contains tailored meditations for self-hypnosis and positive birth affirmations each created specifically for labour and birth.
iHypnobirth features the following hypnosis tracks;
-Guided relaxation for self-hypnosis
A guided hypnosis that prepares the mind for a relaxed state of mind and calm birth
-Guided meditation with positive birth affirmations audio
A longer relaxation with positive birth affirmations that will resonate deep within the sub-conscious
-Positive birth affirmations
These are positive statements about pregnancy and birth which resonate within the sub-conscious allowing you to embrace a positive birth experience
iHypnobirth was created by Psychologist & hypnatal practitioner Dr Alex McKay and NLP trained Charlotte Maslen. With six children between them they have first-hand experience of the power that self-hypnosis and positive affirmations have on pregnancy and birth. They believe that women deserve positive, empowered birth experiences and have created this app to equip them with the skills to achieve this. The effectiveness of hypnosis and relaxation on positive birth outcomes (shorter labour, lower rates of medical intervention, less medication use) is well documented in a number of research studies.
iHypnobirth teaches you that birth does not have to be full of fear, instead it will equip you with tools that can create a positive birthing experience, helping you to prepare both physically and emotionally.
By listening to the relaxation and positive affirmations regularly during pregnancy, this app will enable you to practice deep relaxation, effective breathing and positive visualisations to help you to have a calm, controlled, and empowered birth experience. If you learn to condition your body now it will be much easier to slip into a relaxed state during your labour and birth - and even after your baby is born these techniques will serve you well.
Benefits of using hypnotherapy for birth
-Positive approach birth
-Calmer pregnancy
-Creates feeling of empowerment
-Reduce anxiety
-Helps bonding with baby
-Reduces labour pains*
-Shorter labour*
-Less likely to have c-section*
-Less likely to have pain relief*
* Statistics from the American HypnoBirthing Institute 2008
Latest reviews of iHypnobirth app for iPhone and iPad
Great app as it is very relaxing, but Wish there were more. Hope the creator of this app will update and add more hypnobirthing techniques.
This simply wasnt the app for me - the lady on the tracks spoke too fast leaving no time to process and internalize her words so I didnt get to a relaxed state and wasnt able to get much from it. I liked that it offered multiple tracks but couldnt use them with the pace they set - maybe better for someone more experience at meditation/hypnosis/relaxation??
I probably should have checked out the lite version first but I was so excited to find this app that I just went for it, I was disappointed in the quality and quantity of the content. I did not fine the affirmations particularly affirming they were more statements that I could have easily written myself, more time should be spend using some guided to imagery to really inspire a mother. Quantity, is basically 1- 23 minute track of music and affirmations, then the two are divided into two other recordings that are identical to the original
What an useful app it is. Thanks to this app,my wife now feel more relax . To tell the truth, it certainly does work when my wife listen the music. I appreciate this app.