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birth complication - past complications
psychospiritual approaches

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Visualization for prevention of complications can be very effective for a variety of presenting problems, as well as recurrent complications in past obstetrical history (repeated inductions, prematurity, etc.). The following cases are presented here in shortened form to stimulate the reader towards possibilities of application in the clinical setting.

Visualization for Past Neonatal Death and Prematurity

Melinda was a thirty-five year old mother, pregnant with her fourth child. Her first child died in utero during labor from a cord accident. Her first labor started three weeks past her due date. Her second baby was born four weeks premature and her third baby was born nine weeks premature. She had also been hospitalized twice due to problems with bleeding after a miscarriage which occurred one year prior to her fourth pregnancy.

Melinda traveled a great distance to come for holistic intervention toward what she believed would be her final pregnancy and birth experience, as she did not desire any more children. She very much desired this final birth to go smoothly, normally, and naturally, and wished to do all that she could to give herself and her baby this opportunity.
(Peterson and Mehl, p. 253-256)

*Jessica gave birth vaginally to a healthy eleven pound girl after four hours of labor, twenty-five minutes after her arrival at the hospital!

see also:
imagery: Taueret journey
hypnotherapy: techniques of trance
imagery: birth: introductory visualization
imagery: birth: exploratory visualization
imagery: birth: birth visualization
imagery: birth: exploring phobias
imagery: birth: complication - breech
imagery: birth: complication - past complications
imagery: birth: complication - fibroids


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