Everrett, PriscillaJulia Edmonds2025-10-202025-10-202024-04-04https://hdl.handle.net/10323/18847Faculty Mentor: Priscilla EverrettHypnobirthing is a holistic approach to birth based upon the use of hypnosis consisting of guided imagery, positive language, and deep breathing exercises (Buran & Aksu, 2022). The aim of this literature review is to identify the type and extent of the published literature on hypnobirthing, the effect hypnobirthing had on pain, fear, and birth satisfaction, and factors that may increase the effectiveness in some women over others such as education level, medical interventions such as episiotomy and fundal massage, and amount of social support. This literature review will analyze current studies from the last five years using the CINAHL database. The new knowledge this project will offer to the discipline of nursing is an understanding on the factors of hypnobirthing and how they correlate to its effectiveness regarding pain and fear during labor. Providing a compilation of these factors is beneficial to help identify factors that can be modified in order to enhance the effectiveness of hypnobirthing and could allow women to have a more positive experience with the intervention and result in decreased pain or fear during labor.HypnobirthingBirthContextual FactorsDemographicsThesis