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The painful truth: pain relief options for labour
Last session, Nicki the NCT teacher had us draw up a chart listing pain relief options during labour. We were then to work our way through them giving a tick or a cross against various criteria, such as ‘are there side effects?’ or ‘is it controllable?’. The ones with the most ticks at the end…
Dr Hilary advises Mums on children’s pain relief
Having a new baby or young child is stressful enough, but when they become ill it can be hard to know just when to go to the doctor, how to help them and what medication is best. With many ibuprofen and paracetamol based products available, what you can give your child and when can be…
Posted in News Tagged Calpol, Dr Hilary Jones, Ibuprofen, News, Nurofen, pain relief, Paracetamol Leave a comment
Transforming childbirth by Tina Taylor
Whilst studying NLP and Hypnosis one of the things that interested me was what you could do once you set your mind to it, and I was drawn to the minds ability to control pain. How some people had different pain thresholds, how is it that what someone finds unbearable another will say is OK. …
Posted in Labour and Birth Tagged Childbirth, contractions, Hypnosis, Labour, NLP, pain, pain relief, Tina Taylor Leave a comment
UK Mums favour pain relievers
UK mothers stand out across Europe, favouring pain relievers as one of their first responses to child illness Insight from a new independent study on European temperature taking commissioned by Kaz Europe SA, the manufacturer of Braun thermometers, shows that 57.6% of UK mothers give their children pain relievers upon the onset of illness compared…
Posted in Baby Health, News, Toddler Tagged child, fever, illness, News, pain, pain relief, sick, Temperature, temperature/fever, Thermometer Leave a comment
Aromatherapy in labour
Aromatherapy massage can provide relaxation and relief to women in the first stage of labour, according to the results of a long-term study of more than 8000 expectant mums. Along with more conventional forms of pain relief, women in the first stage of labour were offered essential oils, dropped onto a slip of paper or…
Common forms of pain relief during labour
There are several choices to make regarding medical forms of pain relief, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Talk through your options with your midwife. The right choice will depend in part on how far into labour you are, and how quickly labour is progressing. Your midwife will do an internal examination to see how dilated your cervix…
Advantages of waterbirths
Immersion in warm water is an excellent form of pain relief. Some women feel the relief as soon as they lower themselves into the pool, for others it takes 10-15 minutes to get the full benefit The depth of the water gives support and makes it easier to try different positions The warm water is a natural…
Posted in Labour and Birth, Water birth Tagged Baby, contractions, Entonox, gas and air, labour and birth, pain relief, Relaxation, Water birth Leave a comment
Pain relief for a home birth
Probably since you decided on a home birth, most people will have asked what you’ll do without an epidural. Well, while it’s true that you cannot have an epidural at a home birth, not every hospital birth has an epidural either! It also doesn’t mean that you have to go through your whole labour without any form of pain…
When should I write my birth plan?
By half way into your pregnancy, you’ll probably start giving some thought into how you want to give birth. Do you want an epidural or a water birth? At home or in hospital? Would you like your baby delivered straight onto your tummy, even if he’s bloody, or would you like him cleaned up first?…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Labour and Birth Tagged Baby, birth plan, Hospital, labour and birth, Midwife, pain relief, Pregnancy, when Leave a comment
Care after a caesarean
It is important for you to have excellent pain relief for the first few days after your operation. This may mean: Topping up the epidural that was used for the Caesarean Injections of strong drugs such as pethidine, omnopon or diamorphine Voltarol suppositories which are absorbed through the back passage to give very good pain relief Don’t…
