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Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

madchanny by madchanny Talking Back(April 21st) (rank 36th)

Hi to those who have considered looking up your pain relief options for Labour.

Before your Labour, its nice to weigh out your options of pain relief.

Whether you would like to go Drug free or have the Option of using drugs, I have made a list of options through two pieces of advice for you to read.

This piece of advice focus's on the Medical Side of Pain Relief.

Inhilation Analgaesics:

This is a Gas you inhale either through a gas mask or sucking on a mouth piece, the most commonly used gas is Nitrous Oxide, there is also Etinox. This form of relief is best inhaled at the onset of contractions, it numbs the pain receptors in your brain to help relieve the pain.

 I experienced most of its downsides which includes Laughter (at first), Dizzyness, Nausea and feeling 'out of it' while giving birth, there is also a chance that your body may get used to it (if your labour is a long one) and it just stops working for you.

On the upper hand, Breathing it in delivers it almost instantly as it is absorbed fast, it is also expelled fast leaving you with no risk of overdose and it does not effect the baby. This works for some, doesn't work for others.

Pethadine:

Pethadine is similar to morphine, it is actually a synthetic form. Used for pain relief and stress, its is usually one dose injected into the buttocks to help stop the pain caused by the cervix dialating, Its success with relief varies with women, some think it works wonders, others think that it doesnt work at all and it leaves a pain in the leg. It can make you very drowsy, it can make you sick, it can affect the baby making it more sleepy than usual for a couple of days after the birth. This should not be administered when you are close to giving birth.

Epidural:

This is an anaesthetic Drug injected near the spinal cord into your epidural space through a very thin catheter drip, blocking your spinal cord from sending signals to the brain causing a loss of sensation and pain in the lower half of your body, it can he hooked up to a machine where you can administer yourself by the press of a button and control the numb-ness. This does increase the chances of having a urinary catheter inserted, the chances of using leg stirrups and the use of forceps or vacuum delivery are more likely as it does decrease your chances of being able to push. Around 1 in 550 women experience patches of numbness on the back near the injection area. Paraplegia is extremely rare, with less than 1 in 100,000.

thanks for reading, i hope this helps you find your best choices in pain relief :)

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cazza
April 23rd | cazza
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Great advice, and for me it was all happy gas,...

xx cazza



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nell18-3
April 22nd | nell18-3
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

I had gas and air for all four of mine with Pethidine also on my 1st and 3rd !!!!

Great information channy

xxx

 



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nickyjade
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | nickyjade
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

I had gas and i think i inhaled the lot, I was able to still focus on what was going on but the walk back to my room was wonky. lol Good advice

Nicky



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tassiebiarch
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | tassiebiarch
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

I didnt use drugs and no of other people who havnt i think that if you dont have to then dont its a pain that is eventually going to go away and i have had big babies and i am small size 8-10 gave birth 2 8pound 9's

it can be done try and dont give in to drugs unless you really really have to.

Epidural beware i read about a lady who had it for pain releif with her first child and ended up a parra(i get the 2 mixed up she is in a wheel chair for the rest of her life)she can never play with her child all because of a epidural



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kathryn-solaris
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | kathryn-solaris
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

great advice chickie, with logan i had the pethadine and it put me to sleep for three hours of the labour. too cool!!! and the gas which just made me forget everything.... (note to all who are having gas, write down you labour plan cause i couldn't get the message across in my demented state that my back was in huge pain in the position i was in. ended up with back pain for over a year) with rhiannon i was induced and the pain was too extreme even for me, had one does of the epidural for the last half hour and it all went away LOL! ::)'s from becca 5 shuriken stars for the info. hehe!



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KathrynR1402
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | KathrynR1402
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

With DD1 I overdid it with Gas&Air (entonox) and was away with the fairies. I wouldnt give it back during the second stage, so they had to switch it off in the end! It definitely helped, and was the only drug I needed. But hypervenilating on it is not the best way to use it! Before DD2 arrived I read that it's best to take 6 breaths of it as you feel the contraction coming on, rather than breathing it all the way through the contraction. So thats what I did, and it worked MUCH better, and I was coherent for the labour! I wish they'd told me that during the first labour! So now I've told you!



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dannii17
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | dannii17
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Great advice Channy, I think ill be using all 3 hahahaha..But i will be trying in the order you have written.Gas 1st, nothing happens ill get the pethadine shit if that does nothing hopefully there is some more time for an epidural.Or im a gonna scream the joint down lol.

Dannii xxo



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      madchanny
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | madchanny
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Pmsl, thats how i went with Koen :P

and in the end, i still had feeling

xx



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           dannii17
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | dannii17
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

well hopfully it works for me or ill be scarying the shit out of everyone with my screaming, Goran is gonna be crying hahaahaha "what do i do?what do i do? I cant wait.. But really im scared too have an epidural, but the pain ill be in, it will probly feel good, n thats if i even thinki need one.



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allyp
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | allyp
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

I used gas first, man did that make me laugh at EVERYTHING lol.
Then it went onto the epidural.. I was able to control how much I was getting with just clicking (it was ok to use I guess)
But I was lucky, I never had to use leg stirrups or have my baby vacuumed out. I pushed her all the way through with no help at all (other than pain relieft lol but that don't help when you're giviing birth lol - I SO WISH though lol) where most people aren't able to feel their legs, I was able to..

Excellent advice :)



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Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | Kellzacar
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Hi honey,

GREAT article . . . I was always determined to go "pain free' but I have always had huge complications and have therefore needed drugs . . I am a huge fan of Epidurals as if things go wrong then you are straight in for your emergency c-section with no much less drama . .

Cheers Kellz



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mumof2b
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | mumof2b
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Great article..........I had the lot with my first as it was a very long and tiring labour. I threw up the Pethadine and my doctor wanted me to have the epidural......14 hours and no sleep was just not good......  With my second I went completely pain free as he was just so quick.

Amanda xxx



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Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | Arna
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

Great advice!  I had to have pethadine with my first as I really wasn't coping, and while the pain was still there, it slowed my brain down (making me drowsy) enough to rest and concentrate a little bit better.  Bubs was fine too, definitely no side effects for her! lol.

I tried the gas with my second, but couldn't get it to work so gave up and went pain relief free.  My last 2 were pain relief free, though I didn't have a choice!  Quick labours!  I hope with this next one to go pain relief free too, I just have a little cry when it gets too much to relieve the tension,and then I'm back to waiting for the next wave!



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Ravenheart
5.00 (Excellent) | April 21st | Ravenheart
Re: Labour and Pain Relief, its your choice - Medical Pain Relief

another great advice article

xoxo



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