All of these distract from a body. Low- technology nursing care suggestion for low-risk birthing woman using hypnosis include offering oral fluids as tolerated during labor, intermittently auscultating the fetal heart rate, encouraging freedom of movement, minimizing cervical exams and utilizing rating of comfort levels rather than pain levels. Box 3 describes some nursing approaches that may be most effective in working with hypnosis-trained woman
and their support persons.