Articles Supportive of Hypnosis and HypnoBirthing

Childbirth Advice as it Relates to Two Childbearing Modalities
Birth 27:3 September 2000
Commentary: Practical and Humanistic Lessons from the Third World for Perinatal Caregivers Everywhere
Birth 26: 1: March 1999
Commentary: What is this Thing Called Control? 
Birth 26: 1: March 1999
Hypnosis May Reduce Pain, Complications of Labor
J Fam Pract 2001;50:441-443
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Hypnosis in Reproductive Health Care: 
A Review and Case Reports
Birth 22:1 March 1995
Hypnosis” the answer to natural childbirth?
http://www.hypnogenesis.com/williams.html
By Dr. Martyn P. Williams.
Medical Hypnosis for Hyperemesis Gravadarum
Birth 26: 4  December 1999

Articles Supportive of Changes in Maternity Services

Birth: December 2001 - Volume 28 Issue 4
Assessing Women's Preferences for Intrapartum Care
Commentary: Routines in Maternity Units: 
Are They Still Appropriate for 2002?
Marshall Klaus, MD, John Kennell, MD
Preemies On Steroids: A New Iatrogenic Disaster?
Birth 2001; Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 57
Do Women Get Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Result of Childbirth?
A Prospective Study of Incidence
Birth 2001; Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 111
A Waste of Life: Fathers' Experience of Losing a Child Before Birth
Margaret Samuelsson; Ingela Rådestad; Kerstin Segesten
Birth 2001; Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 124
Technology and Birth: First, Do No Harm
By Marsden Wagner, MD
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/default.asp?t=technologyinbirth

Association of Nurse Advocates for Childbirth Solutions ANACS

http://www.anacs.org/html/index.php
Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services CIMS

Mother-Friendly Childbirth
Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
Having a Baby: Ten Questions to Ask

Additional Resources from other HypnoBirthers

Harmon TM, Hynan MT, Tyre TE. "Improved obstetric outcomes using hypnotic analgesia and skill mastery combined with childbirth education." J Consult Clin Psychol 1990; 58:525-30.
Martin AA, PhD; Schauble, PG, Rai SH. and Curry RW Jr, "The Effects of Hypnosis on the Labor Processes and Birth Outcomes of Pregnant Adolescents." The Journal of Family Practice May 2001 Vol. 50, No. 5
Mehl LE. "Hypnosis and conversion of the breech to the vertex presentation." Arch Fam Med 1994; 3:881-87.
Oster MI. "Psychological preparation for labor and delivery usinghypnosis." Am JClin Hypnosis 1994; 37:12-21.
Sachs B. P., Kobelin C., Castro M. A., Frigoletto F. "The Risks of Lowering the Cesarean-Delivery Rate." N Engl J Med Jan. 7, 1999; 340:54-57
Schauble PG, Werner WEF, Rai SH, Martin A. "Childbirth preparation through hypnosis: the hypnoreflexogenous protocol." Am J Clin Hypnosis 1998; 40:273-83.
Torem MS. "Hypnotherapeutic techniques in the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum." Am J Clin Hypnosis 1994; 37:1-11.