Episode 6 - All about hypnobirthing with Anabelle Wagner

Hypnobirthing is a technique that pushes out the fear and allows you to enjoy every stage of labor and birth. Anabelle is a hypnobirthing doula and she came on to tell us how it works and why it's beneficial. If you're a first time mama, or if you're anxious about labor in this gestational diabetes pregnancy, take a listen to the benefits of hypnobirthing. All resources mentioned can be found at https://thegestationaldiabetic.com/6 TIMESTAMPS: 1:05 - What a doula is and the role they play in pregnancy 1:54 - At what stage in pregnancy should a mom hire a doula 4:15 - How doulas and hospital staff work together to support the mom 8:00 - Virtual doula support 8:44 - What hypnobirthing is about and how it works 22:10 - Hypnobirthing differs for every mom 24:47 - How hypnobirthing can benefit a mom with gestational diabetes 26:41 - Are there any risks associated with hypnobirthing 28:03 - How your mind state affects the outcome of your pregnancy 33:23 - Surrounding yourself with positivity

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Get evidence-based answers to the frequently asked questions about gestational diabetes, plus recipes and meal plans, expert interviews, and real birth stories. With the rapidly growing rate of diabetes, developing gestational diabetes is more likely than ever. We want every mom (mom-to-be) to be educated with evidence-based research so you can be an informed and confident member of your prenatal healthcare team and have the pregnancy you want. Whether you’re already diabetic, healthy as ever, eating low-carb, still in preconception, or whatever, you need to know how nutrition affects you, your pregnancy and your child. Join us to learn how to have the pregnancy and life you want through the food you eat. We’ll answer your questions, give tips, laugh and cry with you, all in the hopes of making the journey a bit easier - from preconception to postpartum, to motherly intuition and advocating for yourself, to handling judgment and criticism and so much more - we tackle it all.