hi if you have a headache you take a painkiller right?

Question

so if you are in labour why do some women insist on doing it without any pain relief then brag about it it is painful take medicine
and yes my girlfriend had an epidural then with our second didn't our first baby was much calmer and my gfriend was happy and pleased to meet our baby with our second she was shaking vomiting and would'nt hold our baby for 24 hours so why ladies put yourself through this when you don't need to and yes i know some of you are too far advanced in labour to get any pain relief just please nyone who is due a baby get pain relief

Answer 1

I had a c-section with my son and after the procedure i refused pain relief as i didn't want to be spaced out while spending very important bonding time with my son. I was up and walking around as soon as my epidural ran out. And my recovery time was much quicker without extra drugs in my system!! I went home after three nights , they usually keep you in for a week after a c-section.

Answer 2

I guess its a personal thing. One usually takes medical advice before making a decision.

You know there could be risks to the baby and mother either way.

You need an informed risk assessment to make a decision.

My wife and myself do not take painkiller if we have a headache, only if it persist and is too bad.

You know it is proven that over use of some painkillers actually cause the headaches. Did you know that.

My father was on pain killers he could have his teeth drilled with no injection, he was proud of it. It killed him in the end from the side effects and complications.

My wife had high blood pressure and was advised to have an epidural for her first birth.

She did not need this for the second. Usually follow births are easy. She felt more a part of the birth the second time as she was not under the influence so to speak.

Its all down to taking the right advice and personal choice I think.

Whats good for you maybe with a low pain tolerance would not be good for another woman.

Answer 3

When i had my first son- - i didn't take the pain very well as i was induced. I had all pain relief offered including epidural. I regret having it as i couldn't get up i couldn't feel pushing the baby out and i was just basically stuck for 24 hours after.

With my second- i knew this time i would be stronger - i knew what to expect and all i had was gas and air- he was a big boy too just over 9lb but i felt everything had no complications and to be honest given the chance again-- i would go without epidural

All it boils down to is the pain threshold- everyone is different

Answer 4

Most women have some form of pain relief unless they go into the hospital pushing. However, some womens perceptions of what happened to them in labour are very different to what actually happens. Women love to brag about their birth experience and like to make it sound as horrendous as possible. A lot of women "forget" that they had morphine or they don't count it if they didn't think it worked or if they got it and delivered shortly after. It seems to make you a better woman if you can say that you done it without painrelief for some warped reason I don't know why.

Answer 5

I totally agree (with the asker). I mean, epidurals have become a routine, anaesthesiologists have got the experience, why suffer? If not an epidural, any means of pain relief.

The human being is not anatomically prone to childbirth - years and years of evolution, the price we pay for standing up and walking on two feet.

The less the pain, the less the stress - safer for both neonate and mother.

Motherhood is not about willing to suffer in labour, that's purely an indication of ego. It's about caring for the little creature that popped out.

Answer 6

i'm sorry to say this but i loved being in labour,i only used gas and air and was in labour for 5 hours with my first baby.
yes it hurts but you know it's not going to last forever and i kept telling myself the calmer i am the better the experience. my daughter weighed 8lb 15oz and did leave me with a third degree tear meaning i spent two hours in theatre getting stitched up and i ended up having a spinal block just for that,it took a long time to get the needle in my back and they ended up giving me an epidural which i was really upset about. i don't believe gas and air is a pain relief but i'd rather feel what my body is capable of then block it out,i thought it was the most amazing experience of my life.

Answer 7

My mother got medication, but never an epidural, and all my friends who have given birth never had one either!
I have had to think about this and I have come to the conclusion, millions of women gave birth before epidurals, and most are all fine!
I have heard horror stories about epidurals, for some it takes a long time to wear off, makes them feel sick and in rare very rare cases the women are no longer able to walk after one! (i think that was a very long time ago before they were widely used!)
I have heard pros and cons to for and against epidurals!
There are other medications you can take, they gave my mom demirol, and 2 of my friends had laughing gas!
Pros to that is they can walk right after, there is not wearing off of the drug and no HUGE needle in the back!
Con, you do feel pain, just not as intense.
After hearing and discussing this with my friends i have determined that i will do the best i can while in labor and if i need something i'll take it, but as for an epidural? I'm not so sure! I have never felt labor before, so i'll have to see!

Answer 8

when i was in labour in hospital the contractions were starting to pick up and need a little something to take the edge off so i asked for gas and air the stupid midwife told me they only give that to women who ARE IN LABOUR, i was furious, i ended up having an epidural which took three attemps to get in, then after 16 hrs i had to have a emergency c section, so they topped up my epidural but they didn't give me enough so i felt every bit of my c section it was awful. anyway baby was born healthy 8lbs 12ozs. i now have a bad back it feels like trapped nerves.

Answer 9

For hundreds of years women have managed without.

Not only that ...but there are risks involved in getting the drugs too...so why mess with nature...we were given everything we ever needed for childbirth the day we were born...

As there are risks with drugs, (and by the way no, some of us don't take a pain relievers even when we have headaches)...I think that the use of drugs should be reserved for medical emergencies. If the pregnancy is progressing "normally"...let it progress as nature intends, without interference.

Answer 10

i didn't need much pain relief as I'm pretty good with pain. But I did make sure I got my 2 painkillers every 4-6 hours, just to take the edge off.

I'm not sure why any woman would want to suffer it unaided, gas and air all the way!