Hypnosis for pain management during labour and childbirth

The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

“…Medical management of labour and birth are now part of the childbirth education teaching curriculum and accepted as part of normal birth (Ferguson et al, 2013;Lothian, 2007Lothian, , 2008aWalker, Visger, & Rossie, 2009). The literature supports the notion that antenatal educational interventions, including psychoprophylaxis and hypnosis, increases feelings of confidence and agency, but demonstrate little impact on reducing interventions and associated morbidity (Bergström, Kieler, & Waldenström, 2009;Byrne, Hauck, Fisher, Bayes, & Schutze, 2014;Cyna et al, 2013;Downe et al, 2015;Gagnon & Sandall, 2007;Koehn, 2002;Madden, Middleton, Cyna, Matthewson, & Jones, 2012).…”

The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

“…Medical management of labour and birth are now part of the childbirth education teaching curriculum and accepted as part of normal birth (Ferguson et al, 2013;Lothian, 2007Lothian, , 2008aWalker, Visger, & Rossie, 2009). The literature supports the notion that antenatal educational interventions, including psychoprophylaxis and hypnosis, increases feelings of confidence and agency, but demonstrate little impact on reducing interventions and associated morbidity (Bergström, Kieler, & Waldenström, 2009;Byrne, Hauck, Fisher, Bayes, & Schutze, 2014;Cyna et al, 2013;Downe et al, 2015;Gagnon & Sandall, 2007;Koehn, 2002;Madden, Middleton, Cyna, Matthewson, & Jones, 2012).…”

Meta-analytic evidence on the efficacy of hypnosis for mental and somatic health issues: a 20-year perspective

“…Seven studies reported data, the pooled effect was in favor of hypnosis, but non-significant ( RR = 0.61). In two reviews of hypnosis in labor and childbirth, there were two ( Madden et al, 2012 ) or three primary studies ( Madden et al, 2016 ) that reported data on any adverse events (i.e., maternal side effects, newborn resuscitation), but no significant differences between hypnosis and control groups were found. In two primary studies included in the review of Barnes et al (2019) , data on adverse events were reported without revealing any statistically significant difference between the hypnosis and control groups.…”

Empirical comparison of univariate and multivariate meta‐analyses in Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth reviews with multiple binary outcomes

“…The main difference was seen in the CI for the summary intervention effect for outcome 3, which was somewhat narrower from the bivariate analysis of outcomes 1 and 3 than the univariate analysis (Table ). Hypnosis for pain management during labor and childbirth …”

The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

“…Medical management of labour and birth are now part of the childbirth education teaching curriculum and accepted as part of normal birth (Ferguson et al, 2013;Lothian, 2007Lothian, , 2008aWalker, Visger, & Rossie, 2009). The literature supports the notion that antenatal educational interventions, including psychoprophylaxis and hypnosis, increases feelings of confidence and agency, but demonstrate little impact on reducing interventions and associated morbidity (Bergström, Kieler, & Waldenström, 2009;Byrne, Hauck, Fisher, Bayes, & Schutze, 2014;Cyna et al, 2013;Downe et al, 2015;Gagnon & Sandall, 2007;Koehn, 2002;Madden, Middleton, Cyna, Matthewson, & Jones, 2012).…”

Meta-analytic evidence on the efficacy of hypnosis for mental and somatic health issues: a 20-year perspective

“…Seven studies reported data, the pooled effect was in favor of hypnosis, but non-significant ( RR = 0.61). In two reviews of hypnosis in labor and childbirth, there were two ( Madden et al, 2012 ) or three primary studies ( Madden et al, 2016 ) that reported data on any adverse events (i.e., maternal side effects, newborn resuscitation), but no significant differences between hypnosis and control groups were found. In two primary studies included in the review of Barnes et al (2019) , data on adverse events were reported without revealing any statistically significant difference between the hypnosis and control groups.…”

Empirical comparison of univariate and multivariate meta‐analyses in Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth reviews with multiple binary outcomes

“…The main difference was seen in the CI for the summary intervention effect for outcome 3, which was somewhat narrower from the bivariate analysis of outcomes 1 and 3 than the univariate analysis (Table ). Hypnosis for pain management during labor and childbirth …”

The Complementary Therapies for Labour and Birth Study making sense of labour and birth – Experiences of women, partners and midwives of a complementary medicine antenatal education course

“…Medical management of labour and birth are now part of the childbirth education teaching curriculum and accepted as part of normal birth (Ferguson et al, 2013;Lothian, 2007Lothian, , 2008aWalker, Visger, & Rossie, 2009). The literature supports the notion that antenatal educational interventions, including psychoprophylaxis and hypnosis, increases feelings of confidence and agency, but demonstrate little impact on reducing interventions and associated morbidity (Bergström, Kieler, & Waldenström, 2009;Byrne, Hauck, Fisher, Bayes, & Schutze, 2014;Cyna et al, 2013;Downe et al, 2015;Gagnon & Sandall, 2007;Koehn, 2002;Madden, Middleton, Cyna, Matthewson, & Jones, 2012).…”

Meta-analytic evidence on the efficacy of hypnosis for mental and somatic health issues: a 20-year perspective

“…Seven studies reported data, the pooled effect was in favor of hypnosis, but non-significant ( RR = 0.61). In two reviews of hypnosis in labor and childbirth, there were two ( Madden et al, 2012 ) or three primary studies ( Madden et al, 2016 ) that reported data on any adverse events (i.e., maternal side effects, newborn resuscitation), but no significant differences between hypnosis and control groups were found. In two primary studies included in the review of Barnes et al (2019) , data on adverse events were reported without revealing any statistically significant difference between the hypnosis and control groups.…”

Empirical comparison of univariate and multivariate meta‐analyses in Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth reviews with multiple binary outcomes

“…The main difference was seen in the CI for the summary intervention effect for outcome 3, which was somewhat narrower from the bivariate analysis of outcomes 1 and 3 than the univariate analysis (Table ). Hypnosis for pain management during labor and childbirth …”