how does it feel to have a baby without any pain killers?

Question

This was asked already, but i can't find it. I'm just wondering.

to my friend who happened to read this:

No. I'm not pregnate nor do i plan on being so anytime soon. This is just for my extra large research of many medicale proceudures that i like for some odd reason

Answer 1

it feels like menstrual cramps over and over but 200 times more painful

Answer 2

Back labor is hell, but hopefully you won't have to experience that. Labor is painful, but there are so many ways to deal with it that can minimize the pain. positioning, relaxation, breathing environment and many other things can affect you pain level.

It is painful to a degree, but your body has its own pain killers it releases called endorphins. They give you that natural "runners high" and helps you to deal with the pain. It can be very powerful and exhilarating!

I gave birth to both my kids naturally. It was the best experience and my children were born so alert and with perfect apgars. I was also able to walk around soon after giving birth, instead of being wiped out from the drugs.

I think natural birth is the greatest experience a woman can have, but here is some advice for you to plan for. So much of the success of a natural birth hinges on your mental outlook. So if you want a drug free birth get determined to make it happen. Don't say I will try (passive) but say I WILL! Then read as much as you can about the process of birth. Try the thinking woman's guide to a better birth. The more educated you are the less scary it will be. Fear and anxiety only heighten the pain.

If this is your first birth make sure you stay very hydrated and eat a good meal when labor starts so you keep your energy levels up. I like the emergenC drinks because they are all natural and full of B & C vitamins. During labor try to walk as much as possible. Let gravity work for you and maximize the contractions. I found that bracing a wall or my hubby while swaying my hips side to side helped me through the contractions. Whatever you do, just try to stay relaxed and don't tense up any part of your body. Keep your energy focused on your contractions. If you need to vocalize try to keep the tones low. You can experiment by screaming in a high pitch and then a low one. notice the difference in where the energy is focused each time.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

I have had 5 children and had 3 with no pain killers. Its not that I didn't want them I just didn't think about them unless they were offered. I had to have pethadine twice for reason that the midwives said I needed to relax more because my first baby I hadn't dilated and was in alot of pain, and my second I dilated unevenly and they needed my to relax a little.
I think it is up to the individual. I will not have anyone poke a needle in my back which is my personal choice, so therefore I go through the pain, you find ways of breathing and a focal point which all help a little but it still hurts like hell, and sometimes you wish you asked for the pain killers but normally by that time you are ready to give birth.
You can also tell thwe midwives when you book that you would like to try pain free and not have anyone puch the drugs onto you unless you ask for them or the doctor thinks that you are going to be in for a rough time and will he will ask you to consider it.
The gas helps a little. Every labour is different and every person is different, wait until you are in labour and see how you go you will know what you can and can't handle.
Good luck

Answer 4

yes it is very painfull my first preg was with twins i was 19 so i was like heck yeah give me the epidural well i went into labor dilated so for, they gave me the epidural, guess what i stopped dilating several hours later still nothing they gave me a shot 2 educe labor, nothing, they broke my water nothing, this is all about 6pm that day. i did not start back dilating until about 3:45pm the next day and there was no stopping at this point they came in and gave me another injection (epidural) 4 sum reason it never took effect so i felt the complete pain of both babies first baby @ 4:23pm second at 4:31pm the pain was crazy, mainly in my lower back, i hyperventilated every woman is diff. some women just cant take pain as well as others plus knowing and doing your breathing exercise helps a lot and having something 2 focus on i put all my thought and focus into being able to see my beautiful identical twin daughters for the first time

Answer 5

Incredibly painful-definately like trying to squeeze watermelons out your nostril....or a pore....HOWEVER one thing no one tells you is that the moment the baby is born...the pain is gone; even if you get stitches from tearing, it's nothing compared to what you've already been thru. Put it this way, you know your alive and you think your going to die! But with breathing, focus, and all that it's just another experience you'll have as a woman that a man will never know!! But definately worth it. If your thinking about doing it, make sure that there is gas or injectable painkillers available if you change your mind. I was more afraid of the thought of the epidural needle going into my spine, than the birthing pains.

Answer 6

Great.

With a mother who 10 children and a bad story to go with each one of them I was quite concerned when I was young about giving birth. When I was born she was so drugged that I took hours to deliver and was born purple from the drugs. No wonder I was became interested in natural childbirth so quickly.

My sister told me about it, saying that while everyone thinks you are extra brave to have them that way in reality you have taken the easy way out, because it is much more natural. I was not to take a thing , not even an aspirin. My gyno explained to me that when you take drugs for childbirth your body loses its ability to do what comes naturally to it and starts to become confused with the process. On top of that your child has become drugged and loses its ability to do what comes naturally to it resulting in double confusion. Together drugged, you fight a much bigger battle. We should feel as comfortable with giving birth as any other animal does - she said, no doctors needed. We have her in case of complications only. If there is one they have everything there they need. Sounded good and logical to me.

The most important thing was to be comfortable with the idea that you yourself are delivering your own baby, not a doctor or midwife - you are. That nature has equipped you to do this as a woman, and that while you appreciate the assistance, it is something you do on your own.

I delivered a 9lb girl. No problems, minimal trouble, minimal time as easy as sis said it would be. I felt I had cheated because it was so easy. It took me ages to get over illogical guilt that it should have been difficult.

With my second I decided to experiment with an additional sort of meditation ritual during labor replacing labor pains with visual images. As it happened, she was a 'posterier birth' and became stuck in the birth canal, but still at no great stress to me as I was meditating. I delivered soon after, a 8lb 6 girl who was born purple with the extra time she took, and I was glad that there had been no drugs to complicate her journey.

Overall the experience was great. I would do it again, especially the meditation. - if I didn't experiment with a water birth next time.. :)

Good luck.

Answer 7

It's a pain like no other...I had all four of mine that way. The best thing to do is remember it is only temporary and it will help some......but i'm not going to lie...it's one of the worst pains ever. You feel better after delivery if you don't get anything though, less groggy and stuff.

Answer 8

I did it and I remember the exhaustion being more of a problem than the pain. Don't get me wrong, it did hurt... but I went into labor at my bed time and actually fell asleep between contractions. I probably wont have any for my next, either.

Answer 9

i had my baby without pain killers and i got thruogh it just fine i'm not saying that it's not painfull just that is;t one of those plesurable pains somthing happens to fast to still be scared
tell your freind i say congratulation and all of the best for her and the baby it's the best thing that could happen to a woman it's a gift dont't be scared

Answer 10

very painfull you have to have the right mind frame