Pain Relief
What's Right For You
There are no rights or wrongs when it comes to choosing the best pathway you want to go down,It is your choice to make and only you know how you cope with pain.
There's no getting away from it however you look at labour there is one thing for sure " It hurt's"
The best way to look at it is to know your boundaries and your expectations of what you want your labour to be.
Do you want to go all natural? with no pain relief at all,Or do you want a little pain relief to take the edge off it?, Or maybe you would prefer to be pain free. This is totally up to you and only you can decide,Unless there is a medical reason where you have been advised to which pain relief would be best for you.
When I was asked to do my birthing plan the first thought I had was pain relief and lots of it, I am the first to admit I don't cope well with pain, So for me it was quite simple I want an epidural when it all became to much for me to cope with but I was still in control of when it happened. I simply started with paracetamol and a warm bath to ease the discomfort of the first stage's, I then moved onto my tense machine which worked great for me as the tingling was a good distraction as well as easing the pain in my lower back.Once I was in the hospital I continued with these for a little while longer before moving onto gas and air ( entonox ) this was great and also made me giggle .When I was near the final stages I requested an epidural, It was a little uncomfortable to have done more so when you have a contraction whilst having to keep very still and forgetting to breath, but once it was in it took no time to work and I even managed to sleep till the final stage.
Like I said in the beginning there is no right and wrong it's just what is right for you, What works for one person doesn't mean it works for all.
Different Forms of Pain Relief
- Self help ( Breathing techniques and Relaxation )
- hydrotherapy ( Being in water )
- Gas and air ( Entonox )
- Injections ( Intramuscular injection )
- Tens ( Electrode Stimulation )
- Epidural ( Local Anaesthetic )
- Alternative Methods of Pain Relief ( Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, Massage and Reflexology )
Here is a link to the NHS choices site where you can find lots more information on all the above pain relief NHS choices
--Kerryflump (talk) 04:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
