Any tips on making labour just that little bit easier.?

Answer 1

I havent been through it yet, but are 4 months pregnant so I am thinking the same as you as time passes. My friend swears by a thing called "tens machine" it is similar to the body sculpting muscle things that you attach to your tummy and they stimulate the tummy muscles.

Well the tens machine has a small handheld part that has the strenghts etc that you want to put the electric pads to. You connect the pads to the certian areas of your back that all most affected/hurt by labour and when you feel a contraction coming on you wack up the power on the tens machine. It is meant to make your back tingle instead of hurt.

She said that she couldnt have got through hers without it!!! You can hire them for the duration, and are meant to be quite cheap. I dont know if your hopsital would have one for you, but ask!!

Good Luck and try not to think about it too much

Answer 2

Water births are much less painful as is squatting to give birth as it shortens the birth canal. In the last trimester try stretching the inside of your vagaina by pressing with some olive oil (your husband can do this for you!). This decreases the chance of you tearing during birth. Taking yoga classes specially designed for pregnant women can also reduce pain during labour. Mostly though try and be relaxed when you start. It is going to hurt like hell, but the more tense you are the worse it wil be. Also remeber that you will have a beautiful baby at the end of it all!

Answer 3

I would say forget any birth plan or ideas you may have, you have no idea what it will be like and just go with your instincts and feelings at the time. I had my first baby 9 weeks ago and was induced. My labour was extremelly intense and fast (just 2 hours in total) and I survived on Gas and air which althouh it didnt reduce the pain, made me feel completelly detatched from it and was amazing for me.
Amazingly I was not atall worried about the labour, my thoughts were that it was just one day that was the beginning of an amazing life and I hardly remember it now.
good luck and listen to your body, it will know what to do and what pain relief you need.

Answer 4

I had my baby 6 weeks ago, and for various reasons coudn't have any form of pain relief (gas and air made me vomit, too close to delivery for pethedine, nobody available to give an epidural). It was the most painful experience of my life, I'm ot going to lie to you!

I would give you three pieces of advice. Firstly, read as much as you can about the stages of labour. If you know what to expect and have an explanation clear in your own mind for the different sensations, pains and procedures you are less likely to panic and tense up.
Secondly, write a birth plan and make sure the midwife/doctor delivering your baby kow what you want to happen. this way you will feel more in control.
Thirdly, as unbearable as the pain may seem at the time, remember that as soon as your baby is born the pain stops completely. It's like magic !

Good luck with everything.

Answer 5

I was terrified at the thought of giving birth here are a few tips,
1.try not to listen to everyones horror stories every labour is different.
2.breath through the contractions.(It really does help)
3.take a nice warm bath or opt for the birthing pool if available.
4.try walk around as much as poss and move your hipr from side to side.
5.listen and do everythink your midwife tells you to do(well at least try!)
6.Try to have your baby delieverd on all fours or kneeling on the bed as gravity is supposed to help bring the baby down.
7.If all else fails ask for as many drugs as you can and i'm sure you won't feel a thing.
The first six tips helped me through a drug free two hour labour with my 9lb little boy.GOOD LUCK.

Answer 6

The only thing I wish I'd done differently, and I know it sounds stupid, but I wish I'd really, really pushed when they told me to rather than chickening out and stopping! This prolonged the pain for about 20 minutes, and second time around, I just thought "it's got to come out" and pushed for all I was worth! Also, it's really not as bad as you expect (if it's a normal, straightforward delivery) and it's true what they say about you forgetting it all the minute it's over. Good luck, and don't worry. We're designed to give birth, it's not so bad.

Incidentally, I totally recommend the TENS machine too - I'm not sure it did all that much for the pain, but it was a distraction, and I felt that twiddling the knobs on it must be doing SOMETHING!

Answer 7

Move around as much as possible. Dont just lie there.

Walking, squatting rolling around on a big ball all helps baby move down the birth canal faster and you will find things progress pretty quickly.

I had my last child at home with no pain relief whatsoever. I walked around, leaning over the sofa when I was having contractions but I never sat down and therefore my labour lasted 1 3/4 hours!! I didnt need stiches and my daughter came into the world with Jackass on the TV!!!

Answer 8

try to stay calm and relaxed listen to your body if you feel you need to move around then do that the longer your on your feet the quicker your labour will progress. i am on my 6th pregnancy and only had pain relief for my first 2 i really recommend trying to do it without medication i felt that my last 3 deliveries were amazing compared with the first 2 where i felt anxious and irritable as soon as the baby is out the pain disappears its quite wonderful enjoy every second of your labour it is very special I'm sure everything will go well for you best wishes xx

Answer 9

Stay calm, don't panic and just think of the next day when you'll have your baby in your arms and you'll have your body back to yourself. Honestly on my first baby i didn't know what to expect and was so chilled thinking women do it everyday...how bad can it be, so i done all of the above and it was a little painful as expected but i really think me staying calm helped. No drugs and a little baby later and it was all over.



but.....if you need the drugs, have the drugs....what ever makes you feel better.

The reason i really believe the above is because on my second child i know what to expect and was all agitated and nervous and tensed up and it hurt more!!!

I'm now expecting my third and are terrified so i will be trying to keep my own advice and thinking positive and of course calm.

Answer 10

my daughter is now 9 months old
personally my labour was easy and i did not think it was as bad as i was told.

my labour was quite quick and i had no time for any pain relief so my labour was natural

i was started off as daughter was 14 days late, middle of night in hospital pains started and midwifes would not believe they were actual labour pains so i was on my own all i did was thought of a song and just concentrated on singing it in my head when pain got bad and that really helped (did not help i was in a double room so i had to be quite as girl next to me was sleeping). midwifes did believe i was in labour when i was pushing my daughter was then delivered minutes later.

try not to think of it to much and concentrate on the baby you will have at the end.

GOOD LUCK