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No drugs and a quick five hour (spontaneous) labour. Had to have foetal monitoring for last 90 mins which kinda restricted me to laying on my back on the table (not happy, Jan). My "pain relief" was to do a HypnoBirthing (Calmbirthing) course and accupuncture (with a very pro drug-free, anti-intervention naturopath!!) in the weeks leading up. Both gave me bucket loads of self-confidence that I could birth my bub without drugs and/or intervention. I'm certainly not trying to sound like superwoman cos I did it drug-free, but I have nice sense of satisfaction that I got the birth I wanted.
Andie
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I used entonox for the last hour or so. That's gas, but it's a standard mix (50% gas, 50% oxygen) - what are the mix levels in hospital like? I don't know how that compares to your maximum/minimum, but i do know i couldn't have just oxgen because they don't want to risk having it all used up before the bub is born, JIC.
It made me feel spaced out from reality, so while my thoughts and sensations were as real and hard as ever, i couldn't communicate. I kept it because the clicking helped me focus my breathing through the pretty much unbearable urges to push, though i still had to drop it to roar through the peaks or i would have pushed despite it. If i hadn't had the gas i think i might have been able to more forcefully insist that i DID need to push and i might have been able to before DD crowned.
Next time i will use nothing and if i get so desperate to push that i want to have gas i will ignore my midwife and just bloody push.
Bx
