pain relief?!

sarahxx · Sep 27th, 2010, 04:51 AM

Just a general question, I was wondering about pain relief and what anybody would recommend? I've heard so many different stories about everything, and I'm having trouble knowing what's true and what's not, so some advice would be really helpful? Ahh only 5 weeks and 5 days left now! xxxx

mixedmama · Sep 27th, 2010, 04:58 AM

It's up to you hun. Personally I want to go through labour using as little drugs as possible so I'm going to be using my TENs machine and the pool, I might try G&A but that's about it. xx

cho · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:08 AM

I think you should just go with how your labour goes, if your coping well with just g&a then brill, i didnt get on with gas and air, i had pethidine and epidural but i was in labour for 46 hours, the pethidine they advised me to have to sleep because i wouldnt have the energy to push, and the epidural was great at the time couldnt feel much after that at all, was brill, but i didnt like not being able to move after.
This time im hoping for the pool, but if i have another long labour i wouldnt hesitate having another epidural, its def personal choice

sarahxx · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:14 AM

i think i do want as little as possible, i was hoping to use the birthing pool aswell and a TENs machine, but i know thats my sister had planned and she ended up having an awful labour and needing everything, just hope mine goes smoothly.. any tips for an easier labour or are they generally just myths? xxx

BoLt_InFeRnO · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:18 AM

my plan is to go with it. i just got a TENs machine, so that, the pool/bath, gas and air, and pethedine. i always wondered what other pain relief is on offer. i really really dont want an epidural. the thought of it makes me feel sick, and i know even in pain, i wont eant one.

Mrs_N · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:19 AM

I think it's sensible to keep your options open - after all if this is your first you have absolutely no idea what labour feels like and how you will respond.

This is my first, and I'm hoping for a fairly natural labour using breathing techniques, TENs, birthing pool and gas & air. However, I am not against trying other things if that is what I feel I need at the time.

The best thing you can do is to read up on your options so that you know about all the different things available and can make informed decisions if and when you need to.

boxall1983 · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:20 AM

I was induced with my first pregnancy. I had pethidine, epidural and gas and air at the last minute. I went in to be induced on the Saturday morning and had him on the Monday night. Having the epidural allowed me to sleep for the first time on the Monday so I was a bit more prepared for the birth come the end. Each pregnancy is different and everyone copes with pain differently. Im hoping to go into labour naturally this time x I would just keep your options open and see how it all goes. x

julietz · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:21 AM

Epidural worked great for me, no pain at all and no tearing, i tried the tens but it made me go crazy, like little pins and needles buzzing in my back and didnt do nothing for the pain, i had to rip it of, found it annoying but i suppose some people may find it works.

sarahxx · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:26 AM

aww thanks everyone for all your advice, think i will try to go as natural as possible but not rule anything out xxxx

Purple Poirot · Sep 27th, 2010, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sarahxx

i think i do want as little as possible, i was hoping to use the birthing pool aswell and a TENs machine, but i know thats my sister had planned and she ended up having an awful labour and needing everything, just hope mine goes smoothly.. any tips for an easier labour or are they generally just myths? xxx

You could try raspberry leaf tea, I'm drinking 3 cups a day, not sure if it works or not but apparently it's supposed to make your cervix stronger and your contractions more efficient, so you're not in labour for as long. I started getting braxton hicks after my first cup so it's definitely doing something!

Also I've started to massage my perineum twice a day, which is supposed to minimise tearing.

Other than that, I'm afraid to say that every labour is different so I guess it's just down to how your body copes with it on the day.. I'm hoping for a drug free birth and the only pain relief I want is tens, water birth and possibly g&a - but am keeping an open mind, if things get a bit hairy then I'll just go with the flow and take whatever they offer me!!

xx

Sep 27th, 2010, 04:51 AM	#1
sarahxx Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Liverpool Posts: 314	pain relief?! Just a general question, I was wondering about pain relief and what anybody would recommend? I've heard so many different stories about everything, and I'm having trouble knowing what's true and what's not, so some advice would be really helpful? Ahh only 5 weeks and 5 days left now! xxxx

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Sep 27th, 2010, 04:58 AM	#2
mixedmama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 1,803	It's up to you hun. Personally I want to go through labour using as little drugs as possible so I'm going to be using my TENs machine and the pool, I might try G&A but that's about it. xx

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cho Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,870	I think you should just go with how your labour goes, if your coping well with just g&a then brill, i didnt get on with gas and air, i had pethidine and epidural but i was in labour for 46 hours, the pethidine they advised me to have to sleep because i wouldnt have the energy to push, and the epidural was great at the time couldnt feel much after that at all, was brill, but i didnt like not being able to move after. This time im hoping for the pool, but if i have another long labour i wouldnt hesitate having another epidural, its def personal choice

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:14 AM	#4
sarahxx Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Liverpool Posts: 314	i think i do want as little as possible, i was hoping to use the birthing pool aswell and a TENs machine, but i know thats my sister had planned and she ended up having an awful labour and needing everything, just hope mine goes smoothly.. any tips for an easier labour or are they generally just myths? xxx

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:18 AM	#5
BoLt_InFeRnO Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 765	my plan is to go with it. i just got a TENs machine, so that, the pool/bath, gas and air, and pethedine. i always wondered what other pain relief is on offer. i really really dont want an epidural. the thought of it makes me feel sick, and i know even in pain, i wont eant one.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:19 AM	#6
Mrs_N Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 5,078	I think it's sensible to keep your options open - after all if this is your first you have absolutely no idea what labour feels like and how you will respond. This is my first, and I'm hoping for a fairly natural labour using breathing techniques, TENs, birthing pool and gas & air. However, I am not against trying other things if that is what I feel I need at the time. The best thing you can do is to read up on your options so that you know about all the different things available and can make informed decisions if and when you need to.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:20 AM	#7
boxall1983 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: England Posts: 399	I was induced with my first pregnancy. I had pethidine, epidural and gas and air at the last minute. I went in to be induced on the Saturday morning and had him on the Monday night. Having the epidural allowed me to sleep for the first time on the Monday so I was a bit more prepared for the birth come the end. Each pregnancy is different and everyone copes with pain differently. Im hoping to go into labour naturally this time x I would just keep your options open and see how it all goes. x

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:21 AM	#8
julietz Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,593	Epidural worked great for me, no pain at all and no tearing, i tried the tens but it made me go crazy, like little pins and needles buzzing in my back and didnt do nothing for the pain, i had to rip it of, found it annoying but i suppose some people may find it works.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 05:26 AM	#9
sarahxx Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Liverpool Posts: 314	aww thanks everyone for all your advice, think i will try to go as natural as possible but not rule anything out xxxx

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