Hypnosis Intervention for the Management of Pain Vaginal Delivery

Background: Childbirth is a natural physiological phenomenon of women, but is the most severe pain. The World Health Organization (WHO) motto is that No mother should have any pain in the maternity ward . The use of hypnosis, as one of the most painless delivery methods, has been used worldwide since the last 30 years. Therefore this article gives an overview of the role of Hypnosis on pain vaginal delivery. Material and Methods: In order to do this research, keywords including Hypnosis, Labor pain AND vaginal delivery was searched in the following databases: Pub Med, Google Scholar, Scopus, Springer and Magiran from 1952 to 2019 which 17 papers were evaluated.Results: Childbirth is a strong source of stress because it affects women’s own physical and psychological conditions. Anxiety is a powerful factor in pain tolerance. Due to severe labor pain, the rate of postpartum depression increases. Since one of the goals of the Ministry of Health is reducing the number of unnecessary cesarean sections, One of the policies developed, Promoting childbirth is painless. Hypnotism is the science of affecting on perceptions and behaviors of human that can modulate the phenomenological aspects of conscious experience, relieve pain, relax the body, and reduce anxiety. The use of hypnosis in childbirth reduces 80-100% of vaginal delivery pains. Evidence suggests that around a quarter of women can suffer from an intense fear of giving birth. When a woman learns to release the preconceptions, fears and worries about birth that are endemic in our society, her experience of giving birth to her baby can be the most wonderful and empowering experience of her life. Mind and body working together can be a powerful and efficient combination.Conclusion: Hypnosis can be considered as a new, effective and noninvasive method of reducing pain in vaginal delivery.

کلیدواژه ها:

Hypnosis ، Labor pain ، vaginal delivery