Gas & Air (Entonox)

Entonox or Gas and Air as it is more commonly known is given to ease the pain in child birth, I have had 2 natural births with entonox being my only method of pain relief and it truly is amazing. I know that some people get very sick with entonox and a lot of people don't like it, I on the other hand couldn't get enough. It is the strangest thing I have ever done by far, like a extra strong version of being drunk, entonox didn't stop the pain it just made it easier to cope and made me feel slightly weird and floaty. I had very strange illusions and found the pain and my surroundings both scary and amusing. You take entonox through a tube that you ...  Read the complete review

My first and only experience of Entonox was in hospital in labour with my daughter. What exactly is Entonox? Entonox is better known as gas and air (I wouldn't have even know it's real name if I hadn't have looked it up) and is a anaesthesia gas which is used as a form of pain relief. It can be used for general pain but is most commonly used in child birth. It is a mix of 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen. Nitrous oxide is better known as laughing gas! What does it look like? Well you can't see Entonox because it's obviously a gas but it comes in a large metal cylinder and was placed next to my hospital bed. I think all delivery rooms have ...  Read the complete review

well this is amazing stuff! When i had my daughter i had not really thought about what i was going to have as pain relief and had kind of put the whole pain thing to the back of my mind! I used gas and air when i had my daughter as i wanted a water birth and you are not able to have any other pain relief when in the pool. I said that i would try it thinking that i would have to get out and have something stronger but it didn't get to that stage! I was hooked up to a machiene before i got into the pool and it told me when my contractions were happeing as i couldn't feel them - that is how good the entonox was! I was in labour for several ...  Read the complete review

My own experience of using gas and air was during the labour of my son 13 months ago. This was my first experience of labour, and I had no idea what to expect. My only form of pain relief was using the gas and air. This was because I had decided to have a water birth. Which means that you cannot have any other form of pain relief. Unfortunately I didn't get to have the water birth as my baby had done a poo inside of me, which meant that I was not allowed to go into the water. By this time I had gone past the stage at which you are allowed to have any other form of pain relief, so I was left with just the gas and air. I must say that my experience of using it was a ...  Read the complete review

I wasnt sure about having gas and air at first, ive seen my mum take it for her hip when its disloacted nad it just seemed to really send her in a daze ,which i didnt find nice to watch it would also make her feel sick which i didnt like the thought of either. But when it come to been in the delivery room i need pain relief i was having twins as it was but contractions are not the best pain in the world and can be agony. I already pretty much know how to use it because of seeing my mum take it but it is really easy to do, as soon as your feeling a contraction you have to take a really deep breathe in. it does relive some of the pain but it doesnt go away totally and you ...  Read the complete review