Hospital Results
Hospital A
Births per year: 4,700
Hypnobirthing Course Date: October 2013
Hypnobirthing Results: March – June 2014
- 66% of the 35 women who delivered and attended the 4 week course had a spontaneous vaginal delivery
- 82% of the 35 women used only Hypnobirthing techniques, attendant support, hydrotherapy and/or entonox
- 96% of the women who had SVD’s had a first stage of labour of <6hours
- 68% of the women had skin to skin at delivery and 71% were discharged home breastfeeding
- There were 3 homebirths and 63% of the 35 who have delivered duration in hospital was 24hrs or less
- 77% of the 35 babies delivered had an apgar score of 9 or above at 1 and 5minutes
203 couples have booked on the course since March until December 2014
Hospital B
Births per year: 3,600
Hypnobirthing Course Dates: November 2013
Hypnobirthing Results: August 2011-April 2012
- 59% of women needed NO pain relief in labour after using Hypnosis
- 79% of women experienced a natural birth
- 55% of women experienced a labour of 6 hours or less
- 90% of women experienced a vaginal birth
- 64% of women had no analgesia during their child birth
Staff Feedback
The staff responses after training were varied but all were extremely positive, stating:
- ‘I feel so inspired can’t sleep’
- ‘Overwhelming’,
- ‘Can’t wait to implement for the parents’
- ‘Feel my whole midwifery career has been restarted’
- ‘Prior to this was biding my time to retirement’
- ‘So enlightened and enthusiastic’
Birthing Outcomes with KG Hypnobirthing:
- Women are more likely to experience a natural birth with minimal medical intervention
- They may need minimal or no pain relief at all
- It often shortens the length of labour
- Hypnobirthing helps establish breastfeeding as a calm and drug-free mother produces more oxytocin after birth
- Often requires a shorter hospital stay
- Baby is likely to have a higher apgar score
Conclusion: The statistics above prove a dramatic increase in a positive outcome for childbirth in the Hospitals that use KG Hypnobirthing as a core method for training both their Midwives and couples birthing at their hospital.
Midwives reported increased passion and enthusiasm for their career and this had a positive effect filtering down through the labour ward.
