Thanks, ryatha. I've never heard of the Mongan method... off to Google it!

Ideally, I would love to be placed in a hypnotic state by my normal hypno during my labour, but this is just not realistic for a variety of reasons!

If anyone is reading and hasn't been hypnotised, it is a state of such calm but you definitely still have absolute awareness and control of your actions. I have previously used hypno for pain control and found it to be unbelievably effective - the sensation I felt was no longer pain at all. Difficult to describe, but I'd love to learn more about using these techniques during labour and delivery.