The Law of Attraction states that what we think about is how we experience life.  Or, you get what you think about.  Your beliefs, prevalent emotions and thoughts (both conscious and unconscious), create an energy wave in the physical world that attracts corresponding positive or negative resutls.

Unfortunately, women have been conditioned to expect, and be afraid of, pain in labor.  They have pictures from TV and stories from others, who say it is just a matter of time before they will be requesting their medical interventions.  That is a pretty intense fear to know you are going to have.  Then guess what happens at the baby's birth?  Those pictures and ideas are so strong, that the fear creates tension, the tension disturbs the body's natural rhythm, the muscles that are contracting are no longer working in harmony with the muscles that are relaxing and opening. The fear also diverts blood from the uterus because it is not needed in a situation where blood is needed for vital organs. The tension then creates disharmony and pain, and the body no longer functions properly. 

When you use the Law of Attraction to create birth, you create a different story.  Your own story.  You create a story where you are deeply relaxed, participating fully at every moment.  The contracting muscles work in harmony with the opening and retracting muscles so that the cervix opens easily, and the baby can be born with comfort and ease.  Very simple.  If you desire to use your voice to create more energy to move the baby down, you can do that and remain relaxed.  If you desire a quiet birth, you can do that.  All of the choices are yours.  Using deep relaxation, only muscles needed for the birth are used.  When you relax through the first stage, it becomes shorter, and it also means that you are fresh and energized for the birth.   Mothers are often found smiling between contractions.

EFT in the hospital:

By John Vanderlaan

The following is an email update from a nurse who is working on his PhD at UoM.  He has been using EFT and wanted to do research with it, and will be able to when he graduates and becomes part of the faculty..  He send me a few of his experiences in the hospital so that you can have an idea of ways that it is used by nurses on the floor.  He includes a scenario with himself and his fear of flying.


I am not currently doing research on EFT, as the director of the program wanted me
to create an online journal: see http://www.ojccnh.org

However, I will be on the faculty when I have completed my degree (May 2013 or 1
year and 14 weeks away) and was told I would have an opportunity then to do my EFT
research.

I have been using it in my job in the emergency department, as well as some of my
clinical rotations. I find that it has been useful in quite a few scenarios. Here
are some good ones:

1. Dental blocks in the emergency department for dental pain. I obtain permission
from the patient and ask them to tell me if what I am going to do was helpful when
we finish. I tell them that they are allowed to tell me that I am absolutely
nutsy-kookoo, or it really helped them, or anywhere in between. I start with the
karate point and progress to the face and work down to under the arms (never under
nipple for female patients). Then, during the procedure I just tap at the karate
point. Everyone tells me that it has helped.

2. I tried it on an upset child once, but the results were not good. It seemed to
excite the child more than calm him.

3. Elderly female sustained a fall and had a fractured left humerus. In x-ray she
became very anxious and I used tapping to help calm her. She absolutely swore by the
technique later telling me that she would never have thought that something like
that could have worked. She then told me that she was a retired nurse. She reported
my care to my charge nurse, who wanted additional information on my technique.

4. I had a patient with chest pain that was admitted and would be stressed or
possibly cathed the next day depending on future serial troponin levels. Usually
these admissions are 23 hour observations. The ED was extremely busy and as I left
the room to go down the hallway, another bed was brought into the room for another
patient. I announced on my intercom phone that I was bringing the patient up to room
523 and the patient said "wait....are you telling me I need to go up an elevator to
the 5th floor.....I never go on elevators because I have been trapped twice on
them".  She was monitored and her heart rate increased. I had no where to go at this
point, as I could not return to the room and was between the emergency department
and the elevator in a long hallway. I stopped the stretcher and told her that I
think I could help her if she just worked with me for a minute. I began the tapping
technique and told her that we would not proceed until she felt comfortable, and if
she did not feel comfortable then we would return to the emergency department. After
several rounds of tapping, she stated she was ready to proceed and her heart rate
was no longer tachycardic (less that 100). I continued tapping as we proceeded down
the hallway and approached the elevator. She said she was ready to try the elevator
and the doors closed. Interestingly, she kept her eyes closed on the elevator as I
continued to tap. About half way up, the elevator stopped, and then started....it
was stuck for a few seconds. My heart started pounding but she never knew anything
about it. In fact, this could have been the third time she was stuck in an elevator.
We arrived to the cardiac floor, with the patient still relaxed. Several days later
the director of nursing sent me an email stating that the patient told her that if
it was not for me, she would have never made it up the elevator to the cardiac unit
because of her fear of elevators.

5. I had a fear of flying since having a bad experience on the run-way in New
Orleans in 2000. We were kept in the plane on a flight from New Orleans to Chicago
for several hours. It was over 100 degrees in the plane and probably around 100%
humidity inside. Many of us were getting sick on the plan because of the intense
heat. I had relived that flight many times over in my mind, and vowed I would never
fly again. And, for 10 years I did not fly. However, last year I needed to fly to
Omaha for University of Michigan and did not have the option of driving. Using EFT
before the flight was what got me through the whole ordeal. As I was tapping in the
airport, someone smiled at me and said "I use the same technique". I have been to
Omaha twice since, and will be flying again next week.

John S. Vanderlaan, RN, MSN, CEN, CTN-A
Doctoral Student
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
University of Michigan - Flint

The hypnosis technique is a medical hypnosis technique that has been adapted to birthing.   When it was first used as a medical technique, it was used by people who were allergic to anesthesia, yet needed lifesaving surgeries.  It has been used extensively by people who need dental work and do not want the shots to anesthetize, and it has been used by people have been injured and need to be able to move about to get help for themselves.  As it gained popularity, it was recognised as a simple way to "anesthetize" any part of the body that needed relief.  Using it for birth, was an obvious use for it.  Women have had c-sections using it, and many women have used it as a way to deeply relax, yet remain completely involved with the birth.

The technique involves first learning how to relax.  It involves connecting with the baby,