Early Use of Psychotherapy in Prevention of Preterm Labor: The Application of Hypnosis and Ideomotor Techniques with Women Carrying Twin Pregnancies

Conscious and unconscious fears appear to be the cause of preterm labor.
These can be discovered and removed during brief telephone communications using hypnosis and ideomotor
techniques at any time from the onset of painful Braxton Hicks to the irreversible situation where cervical
dilatation has exceeded four centimeters or the membranes have ruptured. Two examples are offered to
demonstrate the methods successfully used to help two women carry their twins to viability. The author’s
research appears to justify the contention of veterinary studies that the fetus of lower animals triggers maternal
expulsive labor. The hypothesis is presented that pyramiding maternal fear starts a sequence of events that can
culminate in expulsive preterm labor when premature infants conclude that they are not wanted. An important
feature of treatment is the reestablishment of maternal-fetal telepathic communications that are stopped when a
pregnant woman loses hope of having a living child.