How to prepare for a faster, easier labor.
Posts Published byCynthia Overgard Prior to founding HypnoBirthing of Connecticut in 2007, Cynthia Overgard was a corporate executive and university professor. She first experienced HypnoBirthing in 2005 when she birthed her 8 lb. 14 oz. son, and again in 2009 with her 9 lb. 7 oz. daughter. Both births were natural and lasted only 3 and 5 hours, respectively. The simplicity and beauty of her babies’ births gave her the passion to dedicate herself to educating and supporting others through safer and more informed birthing.
Today Cynthia is among the most featured childbirth education experts in global media, with her articles published in print-media in more than 70 countries and her podcast, Down To Birth, which has hundreds of thousands of global downloads. Cynthia has provided HypnoBirthing education to more than two thousand couples from around the US via her Zoom classes, which are offered 8 times per year.
The Benefits of Water Birthing
The Benefits of Water Birthing
The Trouble with Fear
During labor and delivery it is very important that the birthing mother be treated with the utmost respect and kindness by everyone in her presence.
Having Sex and Giving Birth: Two Physiologically Similar Functions
Having sex and Giving Birth: Two Physiologically similar functions
Nature’s Labor Hormones: An Abundant Flow of Endorphins
Your birth environment sets the stage for orgasmic or ecstatic or supernatural or euphoric birth—What we call it doesn’t matter, but we know it when we experience it!
Who’s the Boss of Your Birth
Doulas are among the hardest-working people in healthcare. And they are often drawn to the work because they’re deeply loving, giving and empathetic. Whether she herself is also empowered is the question. If she is…
The Involuntary Nature of Pushing
There comes a time when pushing is involuntary. If you never had a single cervical exam in labor, you would still know when it was time to push because you would not be able to not push.