JwithJ
At the risk of sounding stupid... are you allowed to have panadeine forte during labour? Do they hook you up to monitors or anything like that after you have taken them to keep track of bub? (that's my biggest blergh with drugs, I wanna be able to moooove!)
I was given this when I was induced with Jayvan, and it really helped just to take that edge off so I could have a quick 30 min snooze.
Yes you can take panadeine forte during labour - that's what the middy suggested to me whilst I was labouring at home. Apparently it was supposed to take the edge off and allow me to sleep - it did not work. I had gas & peth at the hospital & was never put on a monitor despite my age (42) and having a long labour (6 hours at home 11 at hospital) so don't worry about monitoring. I think they only make you get monitored once you have an epidural, but I'm not sure about that.



To the OP - what charming terminology "the old fashioned way". I remember when I birthed my bub one of the first questions I got from a lot of people was "was it natural" (meaning vag not c section) and it was always seen as a victory, not something that was par for the course.