Gas & Air (Entonox)

Gas & Air (Entonox): They should sell this in pubs! (390 words)
by rollover20 - written on 22.05.07 (Useful, 233 readings)
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When I first went into hospital to have my son, the midwife gave me paracetamol as I was only 2cms dilated! (I found out later that she didn't have children of her own). Luckily there was a shift change not long after I arrived and the next midwife was fantastic, she offered me the gas and air and showed me how to use it. I was a bit dubious as I know so many people who had used it and it made them feel sick. but at that stage I would have had anything I was given! The hospital I was in has individual rooms and the gas and air is connected to a main supply so I didn't have to worry about it running out. The way it works is as soon as you feel a contraction, you take a ...

Legally Stoned (on the Delivery Table) (871 words)
by MagdaDH - written on 02.08.06 (Very useful, 876 readings)
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The times of giving birth in pain by defult are gone. It all started with chloroform in the 19th century and for mothers now there is a whole array of options including of course the possibility of virtually pain-free labour with a 100% successful epidural. In Poland where I come from any pain relief became common in labour only in my adulthood - my mother gave birth to two children with no pain relief, my sister to one, and so did quite a few of my friends. I thus felt quite lucky to be able to even contemplate options for easing the labour pains. Entonox (or 'gas and air') is supposed to be one of the 'lighter' options of pain relief, just a ...

Gas & Air (Entonox): Pain relief in labour (699 words)
by xxsaraxxm - written on 19.03.06 (Very useful, 1333 readings)
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ENTONOX (GAS & AIR) Entonox more commonly known as gas & air is a 50/50 mix of oxygen and nitrous oxide. It is used to dull down the pain of each contraction whilst you are giving birth. Women who have had a baby may have used gas & air during their labour and will tell you how taking the gas and air helped them through their labour. HOSPITAL OR HOME BIRTH Whether you decide to go to hospital to have your baby or you choose to have a home birth you will be able to have access to gas & air. As it comes in a gas cylinder with a pipe coming out the top which will have either a mouthpiece or mask attatched to ...