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An epidural is an injection into the small of your back, using a curved, hollow needle. The needle goes between the vertebrae of your back, and into the space outside the coverings that surround your spinal cord. A fine tube is passed through the needle and then the needle is removed. The tube is taped [...]
Entonox is often called “gas and air”. It’s a gas made up of 50% oxygen and 50% nitrous oxide, it is colorless and odorless.
You can have “gas and air” whenever you want in labor. Simply put the mouthpiece between your lips or teeth and breathe deeply and evenly. Continue to breathe deeply until you start [...]
To help ease contractions it can really help to stay warm. Take a hot-water bottle filled with hot (not boiling) water, wrap it carefully in a towel and place it against your back. When your baby is being born, a soft warm flannel placed over your perineum (the tissue between the back of the vagina [...]
