Which Pain relief are you going to use during labor?

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I’m going with Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas)  and natural pain relief techniques like hydrotherapy! I’m so happy that hospitals are bringing back laughing gas from the 1960s/70s. My grandma said it was the best thing ever to help her not notice or care about the pain

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Hopefully all natural but I have no idea if I’ll be able to handle it. This is my first baby.

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Plan A-  Tens machine and natural. Plan B - Tens machine, laughing gas. Plan C - all of the above and epidural. I’m thinking it’ll be plan C 😭😂

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I had an epidural with my first 2 babies, it made me SO tired and groggy afterwards. I did completely natural (not even an IV in because she was coming like now) and not gonna lie. Excruciating.. BUT once she was out and the placenta, all the pain was gone. And I LOVED how awake and good I felt l, versus coming off an epidural. I however am just going to try IV medication this go around because I don’t think I can handle the pain again but don’t want to be completely numb because it was easier to push when I could feel where exactly to push(hard to explain unless you’ve had a baby). But I am prepared for things to go unexpected because it’s labor and it rarely goes exactly how you wanted it lol

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Gas is THE WORST. Worst mistake of my first birth

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Planning on going all natural and will turn to gas if needes. I can't have IV meds like morphine because I'm allergic to it and I refuse to get an epidural because it just seems scary to me.

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First baby had IV and then got an epidural and I hated it.  I felt sluggish afterwards but the pain was gone.  Next baby had nothing because my water broke and he was out in 2 hours and 45 minutes.  I didn’t even know i was gonna have him that fast and did want the epidural but he came so fast and didn’t even make it to birthing bed.  Third baby came just like 2nd but I did make it to birthing bed and the epidural guy came in and was like sit up and get in position and I couldn’t because contraction was so painful I couldn’t move.  I said fuck it there is no way I can sit still for that thing.  I did feel better having the natural birth in a sense not feeling sluggish but the pain was so bad with number 3 and I wish I could have had the pain relief.  I will be just going along with what ever I can this time.  There is a requirement of one bag of fluids before an epidural can be given at my hospital though.  Im just prepared for it to be just as painful as last time.

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Nitrous if I like it and hopefully nothing else!

Which Pain relief are you going to use during labor?

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