Thanks for sharing your experience, I hope you'll update this thread with your birth story once you've had your baby. I am in the 11th week of my second pregnancy. I believe I had a similar experience as you for my first pregnancy and labor. I primarily followed the Bradley method and was very pleased with the outcome. I had an unmedicated "natural" vaginal delivery as well. I had back labor and had a good deal of pain. I was planning on following the same method for this pregnancy, since overall, I had the outcome I desired with no complications. I have just been looking into hypnobirthing and don't yet know much about it. I will be getting a copy of the book, and investigating further, but would love to hear your experience.