Pain relief
- Created by: Keira-Seacombe
- Created on: 14-09-16 09:47
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- Pain Relief in Labour
- Other Kinds..
- Massage
- Acupunture
- Reflexology
- Breathing exercises
- Aromatherapy
- Disadvantage
- Not as effective
- Information + training needed
- Gas and Air
- When contractions get really strong
- Mixture of oxygen + nitrous oxide
- Advantages
- Controlled by mother
- Disadvantages
- Effect wears off quickly
- Mother may feel sick
- Pain isn't completely removed
- Tens Machine
- Advantages
- Block pain
- No side affects
- Disadvantages
- Mainly available at hospital
- Mother can't bath or shower with it on
- What is it?
- Four flat pads containing elcrodes
- Attached to mothers back.
- When mother feels pain, she can send electrical impulses to her back
- With a handheld controller
- When mother feels pain, she can send electrical impulses to her back
- Attached to mothers back.
- Four flat pads containing elcrodes
- Advantages
- Epidural
- Disadvantages
- Only available in hospitals
- No urge to push
- Increased labour time
- Advantages
- Works quickly
- Blocks out pain
- What is it?
- Injection given in the lower spine
- Blocks nerves from sending painful sensations to the brain
- Disadvantages
- Pethidine
- What is it?
- An injection
- For leg or bum muscle
- Relieves pain
- For leg or bum muscle
- An injection
- Advantages
- Relieves pain
- Disadvantages
- Causes drowsiness of baby
- Takes 20 minutes to work
- Mother has lack of control
- What is it?
- Other Kinds..
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