Journal of obstetrics and women's diseasesJournal of obstetrics and women's diseases1684-04611683-9366Eco-Vector713910.17816/JOWD6657-10Research ArticleThe use of suggestive methods, including hypnotherapy, in obstetric practiceVishnevskayaEkaterina E.<p>doctor of the department of pregnancy pathology</p>eevishnevskaya@yandex.ruResearch Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott1509201766571015092017Copyright © 2017, Vishnevskaya E.E.2017<p>Labor pain leads to various undesirable clinical and psychological complications. The mental aspect of pain is actively being studied, as well as non-drug methods of influence. Expedient is the use of psychological preparation of women for childbirth and the use of the analgesic effect of hypnosis on the stage of preparation to labor and during childbirth.</p>analgesia childbirthhypnosispreparation to childbirthобезболивание родовгипнозподготовка к родам[1. Айламазян Э.К., Новиков Б.Н., Зайнулина М.С., и др. 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