Gas & Air (Entonox) Reviews

I've got two lovely little boys and had a normal delivery with both of them. My first was six weeks early.. My water's broke early one morning, contractions never started but they could only wait for it to happen naturally for a day or two because of the risk of infection. Well, it didn't which meant I had to be induced. This was ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Gas and air *********** Nearly every woman that you speak to who has had babies will tell you about Gas and Air (Entonox) and how they used it as a pain relief whist giving birth,easing off thier contraction's. Otherwise know as Entonox, Gas and Air is made up od 50% Oxygen and 50% Nitrous Oxide. Wether you ...  Read the complete review

***What is it?*** Something that only mums know about, Something that is talked about in secretive tones and with knowing looks ..but I'll let the rest of you into our little club... pregnant pause for effect(sorry, couldn't resist)... it's probably the most common form of pain relief that you will be offered in ...  Read the complete review

I'm a mother of three children, a boy aged 24 and two girls aged 22 and 15. I can still remember the birth of my children as the memories never fade and each birth was different from the other. At each birth the gas and air was offered and I did use it each time, the difference was that it took me untill the third child to actually realise how ...  Read the complete review

When I arrived at the hospital to have my daughter I was already in considerable pain. I had to wait another fourty-five minutes for any pain relief so whether it was the fact that I had programmed myself into believing that any pain relief would work or whether it actually did work, I couldn't say. I was offered either a mask or ...  Read the complete review

Whilst I was pregnant I was advised to write a Birth Plan. Under the section 'Pain Relief', I requested none but if I was in a lot pain, I might try Gas & Air. As it turned out, in the throws of a 48 hour labour, I had all the forms of pain relief available to me! When I arrived in hospital, I was wearing my TENS machine and was ...  Read the complete review

I had planned to go au naturel with my delivery. However, had to be induced 2 weeks overdue. 2 doses of intravaginal prostin gel resulted in overwhelming contractions, fully dilated in 2 hours. So miserable with pain that I took gas and air- felt groggy, with only minor reduction in pain. Snap decision for epidural despite my previous ...  Read the complete review

When facing childbirth, the subject of pain relief invariable crosses your mind - what to have, when to have it and the like. Hopefully the fruits of my recent expereinces will be helpful if you are wondering about what to use. What it does: Gas and air puts a great deal of distance between you and your pain, making it possible to cope ...  Read the complete review

I was very nervous of what to expect when pregnant with my daughter (now 10 months), and explored a range of pain relief options before the big day. I wanted to use as little pain relief in labour as I had to, not to be a hero, but to have as little effect on my baby as possible. I opted for Entonox (gas and air) and I can tell you it worked a ...  Read the complete review

I am awaiting the birth of my third baby in October. I suffer from deep vein thrombosis and have to inject blood thinning drugs daily (fragmin). As a result of taking fragmin, I cannot have any other pain relief during pregnancy other than gas and air. When I was told this on my first pregnancy I burst into tears. Panic over took ...  Read the complete review

I was one of those women who liked the sound of a natural birth - that was until the contractions started! I was in labour for 23 hours and after 15 hours using a TENS I could take the pain no longer. I was offered gas and air and I loved it! I didn't think I would like it and was very reluctant to try it at all. Somehow it reminded me ...  Read the complete review

I used gas & air during all 4 of my labours. It is given via a mask, and doesn't actually kill pain, just fudles your brain so much you don't realise your in pain. It wares off really quickly, so you're less likely to be groggy when that special wee bundle is put into your arms. I write this opinion not just for the ...  Read the complete review