By Daniel J. Benor, MD

TWR can be of enormous help in pregnancy, labor and delivery.

Having a baby is a very special event. For many people this is truly a blessed experience. There are all the joys of bringing new life into the world; bonding in new ways with a spouse or partner; learning ever deeper, positive lessons in life; finding deeper meaningfulness in living; and much, much more.

Having a baby may be a special experience in very different ways. Being pregnant may present many serious challenges. Increased appetite may lead to excessive weight gains. This may trigger toxemia or worsen hypertension of pregnancy. Carrying a baby shifts weight to the front of the body, which can lead to back strain and back pain. Emotional stresses of pregnancy may produce tensions in the body, contributing to headaches, anxiety reactions

TWR for physical problems in pregnancy

Women report that TWR is outstanding for relieving anxieties and stress reactions, as detailed below. Stress leads us to tense our bodies in preparation for meeting and dealing with problems and perceived dangers. This is helpful if we have to fight or flee from a situation. However, such tensions in the body may not be discharged through activating our muscles. They may accumulate tightness in muscles, tendons and joints that then lead to muscle spasm or worsening of joint pains.

TWR is helpful in several ways:

Dora was anxious during her second pregnancy. Her husband, who worked long hours to help make ends meet, had not given her as much support as she felt she had needed during her first pregnancy, when she suffered from nausea, excessive weight gain and backaches. Dora worried that she would have even greater difficulties coping with her second pregnancy and second child, on top of caring for her two year-old daughter.

In her second and third months of pregnancy, Dora was plagued by severe nausea and occasional vomiting. She learned TWR by reading Seven Minutes to Natural Pain Release, anticipating she might benefit from using self-healing for the backaches she anticipated having again in this pregnancy. She was skeptical when she came across mention that Nausea could respond as well to TWR, but very pleasantly surprised when she had immediate benefits from using TWR in this way.

Dora was even more pleased when she was able to curb her appetite and prevent excessive weight gain later in her pregnancy. Her back pains also recurred, but were much milder. Following the recommended procedures from the book, she dialogued with her pain and dealt with the anxieties that were contributing to the pain by making her up tight.

I was pleased to have Dora’s thanks – through the mutual friend who had given her the gift of the book.

TWR is extremely easy to learn and to use. I often receive notes of thanks from people I have never met, after they learned and enjoyed the uses of TWR from the book, workbook or articles on my website.

Personal instructions in how to use TWR may enhance its benefits. For instance, had Dora contacted me about her nausea, I would have advised her to dialogue with this symptom. Just as people dialogue with pain, they can dialogue with any other body symptom, to learn and grow from what their body wants to tell them about their life.

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