Bowers Hypnosis

When describing child birth, most mothers don’t use the words comfortable or pleasant. In fact, for some, having a baby can be a traumatic experience with many women going through unimaginable pain.

Screams can often be heard coming from the delivery suite and discussions afterwards about labour, seems to dwell on the negative sides of stitches, the long process to meet their child and emergency deliveries.

But, giving birth doesn’t have to be as dramatic as this and more modern mums are turning to hypnosis during labour as an unconventional way to reduce pain.

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At first glance, the scene unfolding around Philippa Plaisted as she lay on the operating table appeared completely in keeping with the setting. To her left stood the surgeon, masked and gowned, with his scalpel raised in the air in readiness. In front of her was the nurse, ready to swab and clean after the first incision.

And to her right, seated within touching distance, a third figure could be made out. The anaesthetist? The likely answer. But not so in this extraordinary operation.

For Charles Montagu is a hypnotherapist and Philippa his patient. For the next 40 minutes he would sit by her side. Every so often, he would talk to her in his rich, reassuring voice and use his thumb to apply pressure between her eyes

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