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Hi, this is Dusty form your Park City class. I wanted to email you earlier but I have been taking care of my baby!!Our baby come on September 16th after being a week overdue. Here is my successful HypnoBirthing story that I want to share. My labor was great and everything I was hoping for. I was induced on Thursday, with dilation pills, and nothing was progressing past 1.5cm at 10:00pm. Danielle Demeter CNM decided to give me the night off and we would try again the next day. That night I labored using hypnosis myself and slept. The nurse checked me when I finally told her I was feeling a need to push around 5:00am. I was fully dilated to 10cm. and she called Danielle. My baby was born at 6am. No pain, no epidural, no fuss and no tearing!! My baby's name is Augustus Curtis and he weighed 8.5 lbs. I am so glad I attended your classes and learned these skills. I loved Danielle and Park City Hospital nurses too.
Thanks for your help,

~Dusty

Thank you for training Archie and I in Hypnobirthing. I was very happy with the result. It allowed me to be relaxed and confident during labor, which helped me comfortably avoid medication which steadily progressing the whole time. Using your (Jolene's) 60 Second Progressive Muscle Relaxation script during uterine surges was the most helpful technique for me. I also feel that the daily practice I had done at home with the CD's during the weeks and months prior was very helpful. I was very calmed as well by having soothing music playing in my room at the hospital all during labor and birth. Thank you so much,

~Grace

I first encountered Jolene Shields when my CNM recommended her as an instructor for HypnoBirthing®. I took this course and had an EXTREMELY successful natural birth. My recovery went very quickly. We were released from the hospital 19 hours after giving birth, and I was able to be up and about town running light errands the next day. It has been over two weeks at the time of this writing, and I still have not had to take any analgesics whatsoever!

My case was a little more serious than just someone desiring a successful and relaxing natural birth, however. I have multiple allergies and I am very nearly a "universal reactor", meaning that almost all foods and environmental elements such smoke, exhaust, dust and perfume caused me to have an extreme and dangerous reaction. I was additionally allergic to all pharmaceuticals and anesthesia--making it a must that I give birth naturally. When I first contacted Jolene, I was terrified and not only unable to gain weight, I was loosing weight at the rate of 3 lbs per week! A very dangerous situation indeed!

My CNM was becoming very worried about the mortality of my unborn child, and it was beginning to look like the very difficult decision would have to be made about my having to have a premature c-section and take the risk of my going into anaphalyctic shock over the anesthetics. Jolene met with me for a private hypnotherapy session in addition to the HypnoBirthing® instruction, and treated me for auto-immunity/allergies. Quite miraculously I was nearly immediately able to add several foods that I could safely eat. By the time my baby was born, just 4 days before my due date, I had gained just enough weight; but most importantly, he was a very healthy 6 lb. and 12 oz., baby boy, perfect in every way!

~Kimberly Thomas

Dear Jolene,

I just wanted to say thank you for helping me bring my beautiful baby girl into this world.  Through HypnoBirthing, I was able to achieve the relaxed, calm, and tranquil natural birth that I really wanted.  I was so relaxed and the surges (contractions) were so manageable that I went through most of my labor at home before going to the hospital. I started having surges the night before on January 9th, so I went to the hospital at they sent me home because I was only dilated to a one. The surges continued through the night and the following day but I listened to the Rainbow Relaxation CD and did my breathing techniques.  Although I did feel slight discomfort, I was able to manage it through the various techniques. I finally felt the surges were strong enough and close enough together that I headed to the hospital a 4pm on Saturday Jan. 10th.  While in triage, they determined I was already dilated to 10cm. and ready to deliver my baby.  We checked into the hospital at 4:38 pm and she was born at 5:06pm. As you can imagine the nurses were frantically getting me prepped and ready for delivery but I was able to stay clam and relaxed throughout the delivery. One nurse said it was the best natural birth she had ever participated in.  I have you, Jolene, and the HypnoBirthing® program to thank. Sirlei Ann Melendez was born on January 10, 2009, weighing 5lbs. 9 oz. and 19.5 inches long. She was time but perfectly healthy. She came out so alert and aware, and she was very calm.
Thanks again,

~Jodi and Mauricio M.

My husband and I had the opportunity to attend Jolene’s HypnoBirthing® classes a few months ago. When I first told my husband that wanted to look into the HypnoBirthing program, he laughed at me and said, “We are firm believers in the epidural.” My reply to him was “and when did you have your last epidural.” After we attended the first class, my husband had a different outlook and was very encouraging. My family and friends all thought that I was out of my mind and they even went as far as to place a bet on how long they thought I could go without the epidural. Well none of them won.
 I listened to the Rainbow Relaxation hypnosis daily and my husband and I practiced at home. I had my beautiful baby girl on June 12.  No drugs what so ever. Even though my labor was started with pitocin.  This is my fourth child and what a wonderful experience it was for me to have her natural.  I wish I would have had the confidence to have my other children natural. Things went so smoothly, it was an experience I will treasure forever. The feelings that I had after she was born are unexplainable. To this day, I still listen to the Rainbow Relaxation hypnosis CD; I have learned how to use it to help me in other ways. Thank you so very much Jolene.

~Bethany B.

Dear Jolene,
I’m proud to announce the new blessing in our lives! Luke was born 3 ½ weeks early on January 6th. All the practice of HypnoBirthing paid off because I made it through without the epidural and didn’t even take any drugs after.  They even let me go home early!! It was such an amazing experience.

~Proud Parents, April and Brad

Dear Jolene,
I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am for your support through Elijah’s birth. You were truly an answer to my prayers. The experience is still a blur, (everything is when your running on little sleep) but your hypnosis was what got my through. Thank you!

~Hilary

Thank you so much for sharing your gift with me. I was in your HypnoBirthing class last October. I also came into your office for a private session. My baby boy was born on November 21st. It was incredible. I had, had 3 children previously and I was used to laboring about 19 hours. This birthing was 6 hours and right before he was born, I dilated from a 5 to 10 cm in an hour and a half.  The other incredible thing is I was so relaxed I had no ideas I was dilated to 10cm. until I felt the baby coming. My body wanted to push and I began pushing. No one had to tell me what to do. Little Nico came so quickly and easily.

Thank you
~Stacy S. and baby Nico

Having had what I considered an unnecessary c-section with my first birth, I sought out every advantage for a safe, natural birth when pregnant with my second child.  I secured a reputable midwife who supported my choice for a VBAC delivery, a doula and most importantly, took a Jolene’s HypnoBirthing® class.  The level of relaxation achieved through the HypnoBirthing techniques carried me through 13 hours of peaceful labor, not strenuous, teeth clenching pain.  I have photos to testify to this wand would suggest HypnoBirthing to anyone seeking to avoid costly interventions and a prolonged recovery. With the idea in mind that our bodies are meant to bear children, a natural childbirth is easily facilitated with the use of HypnoBirthing techniques. My entire hospital stay did not exceed $2200 and we were discharged within 24 hours after my daughters birth since we were both in great health.  Three weeks later, I feel great and Sophia is an alert, attentive newborn.

~Stacey M.

Amazing! My labor experience with this child was so much easier than my previous experience with my first child.  I think my success with HypnoBirthing came after months of practice at home.
A few points worth noting:
1- I was able to turn my breech baby into the vertex position
2- I imagined a 7lb baby and that’s what I got.
3- I was so relaxed even when I was dilated to 8-10cm. I thought perhaps I was still at 4-5 cm.
4- I had a great birthing companion
5- I didn’t tear this time, which made for a very easy recovery
6- My baby latched on so well following the delivery, she is very content as if she had a good experience too.
Thank you Jolene for your very helpful and educational class, and especially for your confidence in all women.

~Julie N.

I awoke at 1:30am with “a pretty good surge” and another ten minutes later, less than twenty minutes later my surges were two minutes apart and we left for the hospital. We arrived at the hospital, and at 5:30am, our son arrived.  The most important thing about HypnoBirthing for me was how it kept me connected to my son so that we both knew what was going on and what we needed to do.  My husband was a rock and tells everyone about Jolene’s HypnoBirthing® . Thank you so much.

~Sasha W.

I had my baby in January using the HypnoBirthing techniques.  It was so exciting to be able to have a baby naturally (after two previous births). I was so surprised when the midwife told me I was dilated to 10cm, I felt like I was only having cramps. I felt so much better after and I used the techniques you taught us, to help me cope with stress and sleep better. The class was so inspiring and helpful. I think it is so wonderful to learn what our minds and body’s can do.
Thank you so much, Jolene.

~Vanessa M.

I awoke at 1:30am with “a pretty good surge” and another ten minutes later, less than twenty minutes later my surges were two minutes apart and we left for the hospital. We arrived at the hospital, and at 5:30am, our son arrived.  The most important thing about HypnoBirthing for me was how it kept me connected to my son so that we both knew what was going on and what we needed to do.  My husband was a rock and tells everyone about HypnoBirthing. Thank you so much.

~Sasha W.