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1. Why do we ask students to watch a surgery video before coming to class? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

They might get a cesarean surgery, and they need to know what it looks like.

Being able to handle a little bit of blood is important because birth can be messy.

They need to come to class with the understanding that hypnosis makes surgery without anesthesia possible, so they understand the power of what they're about to learn.

Anesthesia is very complicated and they need to understand its effects.

2. What are some of the reasons we highlight in the discussion about why there are so many epidurals in birth? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Negative expectations about

We're not used to suffering in our society, there's a pill for everything

Negative programming about birth

In moving away from birth being a normal part of life, we have lost some of the tools to work with the energy of birth

All of the above

None of the above

3. Why do we ask about parents' past experience with pain? *

Select 4 answers.

We want to bond with them, and listen to their hard stories, so they want to be friends later.

We want to contrast the difference between different pain experiences, and show how suffering affects pain.

We want to show how focus and expectations can change the experience of pain.

We need to fill some time in this class because there's not a lot to talk about.

We want to show that pain is changeable, even without drugs.

We want to have students make these connections with their own histories, so they can think about pain in a personal way, and to expand their understanding of how they can deal with pain.

4. In the computer analogy, which part of the computer is like the software of the computer? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

The brain

The mind

The wires

The peripherals

The hard plastic casing

The inner child

5. What is the Physical approach to comfort? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

The difference between drugs and medications

Understanding how the different parts of the brain work with the body parts

The body can be fooled if you use only the Physical approach

The Physical approach works anytime and anywhere

The idea that pain is just another signal until it's interpreted in the mind.

The difference between pain and suffering

6. What is the Philosophical approach to comfort? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

The difference between meditation and medication.

Understanding how the different parts of the brain work with the body parts.

What we decide about sensations can either make them more powerful or take their power away

The body can be fooled if you use only the philosophical approach

The philosophical approach works anytime and anywhere

The difference between pain and physical sensations

7. What are the five Comfort techniques? *

Select 5 answers.

Icing the area

Pain control button

Dissociation

Elevator

Transformation

Dialing it down

Focusing on the sensation

Squishy blue button

Imagining the sensation as a cloud dissolving through a sunroof

Disappearing letters

8. Why might the first stage of labor require different comfort techniques than the second stage? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Opening and thinning vs. active pushing usually means different means of coping.

Moms can get tired by the time they reach the second stage.

The second stage needs lots of relaxation.

The sensation of the ring of fire takes over.

As moms dilate more and more, they need to try new things.

Moms probably won't even look like they're in labor during the second stage.

9. What is important to remember about pain, according to Blissborn? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Pain is a message that can always be ignored.

Pain is a message from the body to the brain about damage. It's just another signal until it's interpreted.

Pain is an unnecessary part of being human.

As moms get more into their labors, they need to try new things.

All of the above

None of the above

10. What can reduce the sensation of the ring of fire/crowning? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

A. Hypnosis: The Squishy Blue Button

B. Hypnosis: Icing the Area

C. Water birth

D. Pitocin

None of the above

A, B, and C

C and D

11. What is the reason for teaching soft-touch massage? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Partners would be too rough otherwise.

Partners' fingers get tired from pushing too hard.

Pain signals are the fastest in the body, and by tickling moms, we overload the system.

Pain signals are slow, and can be interrupted by pressure, touch, and vibration signals.

12. Where are the pressure points we teach in class? *

Choose the most accurate answer.

About 1/2 of the way between a mom's lower back "dimples" and her spine, and about 1/2 a finger width down, there's a little indentation

About 1/2 of the way between the shoulder blades and the spine, there's a small bump

On the temples of the forehead, there's a nice big indentation

In between the thumb and forefinger, in the middle of muscle

13. Select the best version of these affirmations on comfort. *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Since my body is built for birth, I will be so comfortable when my baby is born.

My care providers will help me maintain a pain-free experience.

As I relax more and more, I am able to find relief from all sensations. I trust that I can find comfortable positions and good help.

Ease and comfort belong to me. I am built for this. I easily relax and welcome each sensation as a valuable sign of progress.

14. Select the best version of these affirmations about worries about depression. *

Choose the most accurate answer.

I have dealt with depression before, and I know just how to pull myself out of it if I need to.

My birth is easy and so my postpartum period is easy. I take good care of myself and remain blissfully happy every minute of every day.

My mind is calm. I take good care of myself and my baby. I remind myself that I always do my best, and that's always good enough.

I am gentle and kind with myself because it's important to me to be perfect.

15. Select the best version of these affirmations about worries about cesarean. *

Choose the most accurate answer.

Even though my baby will be born by a surgery, I make it the best surgery anyone has ever seen.

In ease and with grace, I achieve my perfect birth, in any situation. I trust myself, I trust my baby, I trust my partner, and I feel safe and protected.

I know that this is all for the best. My baby needs to be in my arms very soon to be safe, and I do whatever I must to keep my baby safe from harm.

My provider will ask me what I want, and I will trust that her hands are divinely guided.