Pain medication in labour?

Question

I'm due in 4 weeks, I still can't make my mind about pain killer!!!
How can I choose to take some or not when I don't know what to expect? !!!
It's so hard....somedays I feel like I can do it without and some others days I'm  just freaking out and think I won't take the pain very well!!!

I'm a fighter, already had 3 kickboxing/muy Thai fights....and I wasn't so stressed !!!

And for me it's seems less painful so step up in the ring and fight someone than giving birth!!!

Can you share your experience, how did you made your choice?

Answer

Where I live in the UK we don't sit down with our midwife & make a birthing plan - they say we can print one we find online if we're bothered / want one. When I asked about it at my 36wk appointment I was told to see how things go, be open to pain relief (although I want to try natural), and to start at the bottom of the pain relief 'ladder' & can always add things if needed. As long as the baby is ok (and me preferably) I don't think anything else matters. As a FTM I obviously have no idea what to expect, every labour is different, and the same person could have completely different labours for different pregnancies.

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With my first and again with this pregnancy I'll go in with an open mind. If it's just terrible then I'll get the epidural. I ended up getting an epidural with my first and it was fabulous. I was able to relax and calm down for a while before pushing. My suggestion is research lots of ways to naturally relieve the pain but if you happen to get an epidural don't feel bad about it! The epidural allowed me to enjoy the child birthing expierence. Good luck momma!

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This is my third baby and I am nervous about the pain as well. I talked with my doctor about it and he asked if I wanted to go ahead and sign consent forms for the epidural and iv pain meds. I did. I know I have to sign again if I receive the medicine but I have the first stage of paperwork out of the way to be safe. With my oldest I was induced and the pain was horrible I ended up getting the epidural. With my second I never felt any contractions I only knew I was in labor when my water broke. The nurses convinced me the pain would be just as bad as the first at the end if I didn't get the epidural so I caved and regretted it. I have already went into preterm labor with my son and the only thing I felt the whole time was some period like cramping and a small amount of back labor and the nurses were saying I was having pretty strong contractions and they were pretty close together but I never felt them so I'm hoping my real labor will go the same. You honestly can't know what to expect until you are in labor unfortunately because everyone has different pain thresholds and every delivery is different.

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3 babies, 3 inductions, 1 fourth degree tear, no epidural. I always said if I felt I needed it I would ask.  I even told my nurse when I was getting all checked in the days of my inductions that if she thought at some point things would progress better with one or I was losing control over my pain to maybe suggest it, and told my husband the same.  I did get one dose of nubane with my second baby because as he was coming down the canal he got stuck because he was head up and they wanted to take the edge off a bit when they flipped him. All that did was make me kinda chill and tired.  I think it is based on what you want, I personally didn't want to do a catheter and wanted to be able to walk if I desired so I kept reminding myself of that.   I don't know if that helps. I watched some videos the other day on YouTube from a nurse I can't remember the name. It is something mountain, I was actually Googling to figure out if my baby was pushing her bum out to make my belly hard or if it was contractions lol and she came up but she talks a lot about what to expect and how to decide.

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I had an epi with my 1st and it fucked my back up. Horrrible back pains for dayyyyys after. And still to this day if i stand too long or some thing it bothers me.. idk if i am or not doing that route again with this baby lol... :/

Answer

You can always wait and see

Pain medication in labour?

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