epidural

The mum was out of line Towards the end of your pregnancy, your midwife will help you make a birth plan for when you go into labour. This birth plan will detail who you would like to have in the room and what method of pain relief, if any, you want to use. These choices […]

2 years ago

Hospitals have banned gas and air. Women in childbirth will be offered an epidural alternative that they can control themselves while in labour. The fast-acting opioid is called Reminfentanil and it’s to provide pain relief to women in severe pain during childbirth but who don’t want to have an epidural. According to the National Institute […]

3 years ago

Very interesting. The first time I became pregnant I was honestly over whelmed when trying to decide on a birth plan. Was a going to try for a natural birth? Did I want an elective C-section? Was I going to use pain relief?  If so which? Gas and air? Epidural? I feel like when it […]

4 years ago

This is so stressful. Towards the end of your pregnancy your midwife will generally help you draft up a birth plan, for when you go into labour. This birth plan will detail who you would like to have in the room and what method of pain relief, if any, that you want to use. These […]

4 years ago

This is shocking. Most people have mother-in-law horror stories, particularly when it comes to telling new mums how to look after their babies but this is next level inappropriate. A new mum found out that her mother-in-law tried to prevent her from getting an epidural when she was in labour. Even worse, her husband knew […]

4 years ago

Sure look – we knew it – mums really are warriors. Giving birth is no picnic, as everyone who has done it knows, and to help cope with the pain, some women opt for having an epidural – a type of anaesthesia that is injected into the epidural space, which is located around the spinal […]

4 years ago