Pain Management

Labor and delivery is a lot of work and is painful. Fortunately, there are many ways to manage pain. Since you now have more control over your birthing experience than ever before, you can choose several methods to help get through your pain.

Labor & Delivery Without Medication:

Breathing techniques
Massages
Moving around — see also Benefits of Using a Birth Ball
Relaxation techniques

Labor and Delivery With Pain Medication:

Minimal Intervention Pain Management

Nitrous oxide, sometimes referred to as laughing gas, is a decades-old proven method to manage pain during labor. It allows you to have control over how much pain relief you need and when you need it.

IV Pain Medication

You can choose IV pain medication to dull your pain, which will not interfere with the progression of labor or your ability to push during delivery.

Epidural

You can have peace of mind that if you need more pain control, you can get an epidural with virtually no waiting. Epidurals block the pain almost instantly. At hospitals, more than half of the women giving birth choose epidural anesthesia.