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Self-Hypnosis: Alternative Anesthesia for Childbirth

By Debra Ketterhagen, Leona VandeVusse and Margaret Ann Berner — 2002

The purpose of this article is to inform nurses about the use of self-hypnosis in childbirth. Hypnosis is a focused form of concentration.

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Monday’s medical myth: women forget the pain of childbirth

In an evolutionary sense, memory of pain serves an important purpose. Pain indicates a threat to our safety or our life, and human survival depends on us avoiding things that are going to kill us.

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Pregnancy and Childbirth