Hypnobirthing techniques - Brain, a decision making tool

In this morning’s workshop on Holistic Birth Planning (you can access the replay here) one of the mothers shared the BRAIN acronym as a useful tool. I thought it might be useful to share so here is some further information. 

BRAIN stands for Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing. It is a tool that may help you to make informed decisions during labour. 

By working through each point you will hopefully give yourself all the information you need to make an informed choice that works best for you.

BENEFITS 

What are the benefits for you? 

What are the benefits for your baby? 

RISKS 

What are the risks of this intervention to me and my baby? 

How might my labour change if we have this intervention? 

ALTERNATIVES 

What alternatives could we try first? 

INTUITION / IMPLICATIONS 

What is your intuition telling you? 

What are the implications of following this course of action? 

NOTHING 

What would happen if we did nothing?

Planning for birth may raise some difficult decisions. If you would like support navigating these and/or tuning into your intuition please do get in touch. I would love to help you. The best way to get started is to book in for a free 20 minute call.