But whether you know you want pain
medication during childbirth or a natural birth, it's good to learn about your options now.
Honestly, I had no strong feelings about
medication during childbirth prior to becoming pregnant.
Mindfulness offers benefits to everyone, regardless of one's intentions regarding pain
medication during childbirth.
Not exact matches
NWHN also has a long history of advocacy around the standard of evidence necessary to prove that routine interventions used
during pregnancy and
childbirth, including
medications, are safe and effective.
Childbirth classes discuss topics including labor and delivery, coping strategies
during labor, epidurals and pain
medications, medical procedures, and what to expect at the hospital or birthing center
during labor and throughout the recovery period.
Sometimes the
medications given
during childbirth can cause the extra sleepiness.
Childbirth in a medical birth center means that a woman has access to pain
medication during her labor and delivery if she chooses to avail herself of it, labor will be induced if the doctor doesn't feel it is going along as it should, and the mom will be hooked up to an electronic baby monitor for the entire process.
The Bradley method is a set of techniques women can use
during labor to promote natural
childbirth (namely,
childbirth that takes place without medical intervention or pain killing
medications).
Another type of
medication is epidural anesthesia which allows mom to feel only mild to moderate contraction intensity and pressure
during labor and
childbirth.
Pain
medication or any other drug being administered
during childbirth can't take every stress and every worry and every pain away.
Now that we have hopefully convinced you that pain
medication during labor is bad and that there is no need for you to fear
childbirth, let's talk about what you can do to reduce your
childbirth fears and educate yourself about natural labor pain management.
Research shows that the active presence of a supportive and educated life partner is associated with many positive benefits
during childbirth, including shorter labors, less use of pain
medication or epidurals, fewer cesarean sections and more successful breastfeeding.
Later in history (around the 1850 «s) ether and chloroform became popular
medications in
childbirth, until it was proven that these anesthetics were transferred to the newborn
during labour and delivery.
This usually occurs after
childbirth,
during breast - feeding and in menopause — though certain
medications, including antihistamines and some birth control pills, can have the same effect.
Research has shown that many women are reluctant to take antidepressant
medications during and after
childbirth.
Women with supportive individuals present
during childbirth were less likely to use pain - relief
medication than women who did not have these individuals present (5).