Content is fine. Voice is annoying.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Read it with your own internal voice, don't bother trying to listen to the narration. Her voice is comparable only to what i'd imagine an Australian person would sound like pinching their nose, whilst talking between bouts of chewing on a cactus.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The actual content was thought-provoking.

Did Kathryn Clark do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

Non-fiction.

Could you see Hypnobirthing Home Study Course Manual being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

It would be pretty unique if it was.

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help me birth without pain

I was sceptical about hypnobirth metod but IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! midwifes never Belive i would give birth that day but I did it 2 hrs later without any problem!!!!! i was actually listening this audiobook during my Labour to help me with contractions so def recommend it.

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Helped me stop fearing labour!

I'm still waiting for the birth but feel so much more prepared.
I was really anxious about labour and the birth but since listening to this book I feel a lot more confident that I will cope and I just generally feel a lot more calm about the whole process.
The author makes a LOT of sense and there's some excellent strategies for calling yourself down and even if I don't have the perfect birth described in the book, I know I will be a lot more relaxed and that this will make it so much easier and probably quicker too!

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A must have tool for the pregnancy tool kit

This was an excellent book. This technique enabled us to take some control at a stressful and challenging time. It brought my husband and I closer and helped me through a very long labour. Was it pain free... No... But it was manageable and the choice of adrenaline or endorphins as the natural drug of choice its endorphins every time.

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So much more than just relaxation techniques

This book has is not just a tool to help you relax in your birth (thus eliminating pain) but also a mine of information on medical aspects of birth, thus helping you be prepared for many possible hospital situations, allowing you to make the best choices at the time. It gives a balanced account of many medical interventions - benefits and risks (whereas hospital may omit mentioning the risks) and thus helps you understand why natural birth is best. Knowing what effect interventions have on the baby is a great motivation for me to focus on relaxing and thus give my baby a calm start in life.
I only wish I found this book earlier...

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Amazing informative book

We did a hypnobirthing course with our local midwives which was great, but only 5 sessions long. I used this book alongside the classes because it was more thorough and in depth. Kathryn has a lovely way about her and she helped me relax so much, to the point where I completely changed my mind about where to give birth and we are now planning a home birth for our baby due any day now! I will certainly review again after having the baby but regardless, this book has been so informative for me and my partner and has helped prepare us for whatever comes along. I feel confident and happy and relaxed to face whatever birth I have but with the help of this book we are visualising a calm and peaceful time. This book really helped me face my fears and look deeply into what was holding me back from having the birth I really wanted. It's empowering and every woman should have access to this incredible, natural and healthy approach to childbirth. I couldn't recommend it enough.

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Fantastic guide to hypnobirthing.

The narrator and author has such a calming and assured voice. The information in this hone study is all you need to achieve the best possible birthing outcome you could wish for.

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very useful but annoying narration!

in depth hypnobirthing course but the narrator's voice is so annoying, really nasal and an annoying accent, would've been so much better if they'd hired a proper voice artist to narrate!
Also it would be useful if the chapters were titled.

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Amazing content. sorry, but v nasal strong accent.

HypnoBirthing part should DEF be done by another voice. V good advice tho and empowering.

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great resource

I was hesitant to buy this audiobook after reading the few bad reviews criticising the author's nasal drawl but I'm glad I overlooked that and took the plunge. I found the audio hypnobirthing guided medications at the end of the book, another negative review point from a few people. The accompanying pdf guide gives a chapter outline which would have been useful to have inside Audible itself but it's there for you to use with a little extra effort. I will be listening to the guided meditations for a few times leading up to my birth and am confident that this book gave me and my partner the tools we need to have our desired safe and natural birth using hypnotherapy.

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