Read about them after i saw this thread the first time...
Forgot about them...
Biggest light bulb went on when my midwife offered them!!!

I'll honestly admit, i think they were almost the most painful part of my labour, they stung like all hell and i squealed like a flippin' banshee, but for me, they worked absolute wonders.

I had been in labour for 15 & 1/2 hours and only had 2 hours sleep the previous night - due to the nature of pain with my contractions i could not sit, lie, use a fit ball, lean on all fours... nothing seemed to work to any advantage - i was hanging onto the highest railings in the shower area and, quite frankly, screaming & swearing my way through my contractions.

The injections were abso-freaking-lutely amazing. I'm serious, they hurt, but i was handling my contractions, SILENTLY and by MYSELF afterwards (i only capitalize as i was very loud ). It was the only time during my labour I told DF to get lost because i needed time to myself.

Unfortunately it only worked for about forty minutes because once i started feeling like i needed to push it didn't help... but for those forty minutes i was *content*.

Kelly - that article you have up about them & about needing to break pain barriers etc is invaluable information for anyone thinking about them.