Emma Shaw admits that she turned up for her first hypnobirthing class with a strong dose of scepticism.
A down-to-earth and pragmatic TV producer, she fully expected to walk into a room ‘full of hippy, airy-fairies giving birth in yurts’.
Like most mothers-to-be, the 30-year-old had been drip-fed horror stories from colleagues and friends of women screaming, swearing and assaulting their husbands, surrounded by beeping, blinking monitors.
She was convinced that was ‘the only way’. Anything else was just a pipe dream, wasn’t it?
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1357023/As-NHS-launches-study-hypnobirthing-ask-Can-really-pain-having-baby.html#ixzz1E1fe14xA
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Pain reduced by changing what you look at
What you look at can influence how much pain you feel, a study has revealed.
Contrary to many people's compulsion to look away during a painful event such as an injection, scientists found that looking at your body - in this case the hand - reduces the pain experienced.
The team also showed that magnifying the hand to make it appear larger cut pain levels further still.
The study, published in Psychological Science, is shedding light on how the brain processes pain.
The researchers say that gaining a better understanding of this could lead to new treatments.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12383092
Contrary to many people's compulsion to look away during a painful event such as an injection, scientists found that looking at your body - in this case the hand - reduces the pain experienced.
The team also showed that magnifying the hand to make it appear larger cut pain levels further still.
The study, published in Psychological Science, is shedding light on how the brain processes pain.
The researchers say that gaining a better understanding of this could lead to new treatments.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12383092
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