| Childbirth is maybe the one of the most amazing | | | | So what natural methods of labor pain relief are |
| things that will happen to a woman in her lifetime. | | | | available? |
| But why does it have to hurt! The truth of the | | | | - Tens is a semi-natural method. Under your |
| matter is, and I would guess this is the same for | | | | control - you release tiny electrical impulses into |
| majority of women, labor pains do hurt. The | | | | your nerves just under the skin. Although this |
| more advanced the labor, the greater the pain. | | | | worked for a while, it wasn't enough for me |
| There's nothing that we can do about it, only put | | | | when things really got moving! |
| our trust in medicine and hope for the best. | | | | - Aromatherapy. Most women love being |
| Maybe there is more that we can do about it. | | | | massaged by nice smelling oils. If carried out by a |
| You don't have to have medical drugs to ease | | | | professional during labor, this can be very relaxing. |
| the labor pain. Unfortunately I didn't realise this | | | | - Active birth. You will attend classes before the |
| until after the birth of my babies, but I wish I had! | | | | birth that will teach you breathing exercises and |
| There are natural methods of pain relief for labor. | | | | certain positions that can be used to ease labor |
| You don't have to just rely on gas & air, pethidine | | | | pain during childbirth. |
| and epidural. As good as these drugs are, have | | | | - Acupressure, This method has been used by |
| you looked at the side effects that they can | | | | millions of women for thousands of years! In Asia |
| have on you and your baby? | | | | and surrounding area's women swear by this |
| If pethidine is given too late during labor, then it | | | | method of labor pain relief. Why haven't we heard |
| can cause problems to your baby's breathing, | | | | of this before? Because it's only just starting to |
| although there is an antidote that can be given, do | | | | be recognised as a serious contender against our |
| you really want your baby subjected to so many | | | | medical drugs. It's only now that women of the |
| drugs within minutes of being born? | | | | western world are starting to put trust in |
| Epidural is the one drug that I wanted, but never | | | | alternative natural remedies for a multitude of |
| managed to get. The first time my midwife talked | | | | everyday problems. |
| me out of it, the second I was just too late. | | | | Acupressure can be easily mastered by your birth |
| Looking back now I'm pleased that I managed | | | | partner and put into practice in childbirth. Certain |
| without it. An epidural means that you may have | | | | pressure points on your body, if manipulated |
| a catheter fitted during the birth, and the side | | | | correctly can cause the release of a natural |
| effects aren't pretty either. Months of backache | | | | human painkiller. |
| and headache can follow the easier and pain free | | | | Acupressure can also be used by women who's |
| birth that this method of pain relief provides. | | | | baby's are overdue to naturally induce labor. |