Pregnancy and Birthing Q&A
What are my options for pain releif during
labor?
You literally have hundreds of options to manage pain
during labor. Your unmedicated options are virtually endless,
from breathing techniques and position changes to warm baths and
hypnosis.
There are a vast variety of medicinal pain relief techniques
that are also available, and your doctor or midwife can walk you
through what is available under their care. The most commonly
chosen method of medicinal pain relief is the epidural, and it
is probably the safest of all of them available. However, like
all interventions, an epidural does pose some risk, and you may
find upon researching it that i might not be the best pain
relief method for you. You have so many options, research them
all and choose a few you'd like to try.
It is impossible to go through a birth without any pain
at all, so it is important you choose some methods of
unmedicated pain relief even if you intend to use medication.
Sometimes you have to wait to get medication, or the medication
doesn't work. Even epidurals sometimes fail. Also, doctors tend
to let medication wear off towards the end of labor, so you can
feel how to push more effectively.
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