Labour of Love Book & CD set

A Labour of Love is an Australian Guide to Natural Childbirth, written by Gabrielle Targett. It is a non-medical approach to childbirth that emphasises empowering and asserting confidence in women and their partners. Each and every chapter has something to offer, to assist in acknowledging just what is necessary when preparing for a natural birth. It also assists, de-mystifies and questions the fear surrounding birth today.

The Labour of Love Book presents information in an empowering, confident, open and honest way. Written from the eclectic experiences of Gabrielle who has worked as a doula and independent childbirth educator for eight years, and who has experienced the beautiful, natural births of her three children.

The information in this book is beautifully intertwined with stories from the heart, backed up by factual information and quotes from other authors who write about childbirth education.
The information which is so easy to read empowers women and their partners to feel confident, assertive and in charge of their birth experience. Each and every chapter has something to offer, to assist in acknowledging just what is necessary when preparing for a natural birth.

This book covers so many issues that are often overlooked as being of importance when preparing for a natural birth. Considering the main points addressed in this book are actually 'The Fundamental Ideas' and 'Information' based on factual information which all women/couples should be aware of prior to giving birth and experiencing a natural labour and birth.

There are 2 cd's in the set:

CD 1 - Hypnosis for Pregnancy, in preparation for birth:
1. Pregnancy Relaxation - Going Within – a 15 min relaxation that can be listen to everyday to assist in deep relaxation, visualisation and breathing techniques in preparation for birth.

2. Empowering Yourself for the Birth Ahead – ‘Creating a Labour of Love’ Is designed to take the listener on a journey of ‘imagineering’: looking ahead into the unknown and visualising the birth of your baby. This script can be listened to once to twice a week.

This programme is designed to teach safe and effective hypnosis techniques that can be practised during pregnancy in preparation for labour and birth. Through learning how to relax and remain calm, women can gain confidence in trusting and believing in their body and the job it is designed to do.

CD 2 - Hypnosis for Labour and Affirmations:
1. Peace at Birth – ‘Completely Letting Go’- is designed for women in labour, who want to go straight down into a place of calm, surrender and relaxation. This script can be played over and over to really assist women during any stage of their labour to let go and focus within.

2. Affirmations – can be repeated out loud or listen to on the recordings on a daily basis as many times as possible. Really start to believe what you are hearing and reading.

The emphasis of this programme is to assist the release of all prior programming about labour and birth which can then enable a woman and her partner to establish an inner confidence and trust in the labouring and birthing process. It is possible to create a labour of love so that the act of birthing can be a wonderul experience where fear has no part to play.