Hypnobirthing Stages Diagram PDF Download

These A3 'up' and 'down' printout hypnobirthing illustrations represent some of what is happening in the womb during surges (contractions) and help to explain how the sensations in the womb during birth are safe and productive.

I have heard that the 'fundus' (top of the womb) as a term isn't usually talked about in hypnobirthing - but it's what helped me to understand what was going on with the cervix and contractions. Before I learnt about 'building the fundus', I felt confused why it was so much work for the body to just 'open a hole'.

Once I learnt that the hole is created by the womb muscles squeezing to draw themselves up, which builds the muscles at the fundus (power to push later!), and it's because the muscles have moved to the top that the 'hole' is created - everything seemed clearer!

And then I understood what surges had to do with cervical dilation and effacement. Which is hugely important, because once we understand the ancient wisdom of our bodies in birth, then it can help make surges less scary and more welcome.

A great support alongside hypnobirthing and educating yourself on physiological birth, or for doulas to include in client materials.

"We think in pictures and we should be painting accurate pictures. The cervix nor the vagina bloom. The cervix is not a zip lock bag. The purpose of labor is NOT the creation of an opening or a hole... The purpose of labor contractions and retractions is to BUILD the fundus, which will, when it is ready, EJECT the baby, like a piston. Without a nice thick fundus there is no power to get baby out....the cervix does not dilate out....it dilates UP as a result of the effort to pull muscles up into the uterus to push muscles up to the fundus." - Carla Hartley, midwifery educator

If there are any other birth illustrations that you or your doula clients would find helpful please let me know.

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Please note these images are stylised visual representations, and the information is accurate to the best of my knowledge, but I am not a medical professional and therefore there may be words or parts of the drawings that aren't 100% atomically and medically accurate. These are not intended to replace any medical caregiver advice.

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