Pain Relief During Labour

Follow the links below to find information about the various methods of pain relief available during labour.

Reviewed May 2009

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Title:   Epidurals - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Learn about the anaesthetic procedure often used in childbirth, known as an epidural.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain relief in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   TENS is a device which emits low voltage currents which has been used for pain relief in labour. The way that TENS acts to relieve pain is not well understood. The electrical pulses are thought to stimulate nerve pathways in the spinal cord which block ...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Immersion in water in labour and birth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Water immersion during the first stage of labour significantly reduces epidural/spinal analgesia requirements and reported maternal pain, without adversely affecting labour duration, operative delivery rates, or neonatal wellbeing. Immersion in water du...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Childbirth - pain relief options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Childbirth is usually a painful experience. Pain relief options include drug-free methods as well as medications such as nitrous oxide (gas), pethidine and epidural anaesthesia. Other options include hypnosis, acupunture, massage, breathing techniques and the TENS device.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Therapeutic ultrasound for postpartum perineal pain and dyspareunia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Too little evidence from trials to show whether women have less pain if they have ultrasound treatment for perineal pain after childbirth....
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Discontinuation of epidural analgesia late in labour for reducing the adverse delivery outcomes associated with epidural analgesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to suggest that stopping an epidural late in labour lowers the risk of instrumental delivery or other unwanted outcomes....
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Enemas during labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Giving women enemas during labour has been routine practice in many countries for a number of years. Occasionally women leak from their back passage whilst giving birth and it was thought an enema in early labour would reduce this soiling and the conseq...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Continuous versus interrupted sutures for repair of episiotomy or second degree tears
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Continuous stitching causes less pain than interrupted stitches when used for repairing the perineum after childbirth...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Little difference overall between combined spinal-epidural (CSE) and other forms of epidural for pain relief in labour....
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Continuous support for women during childbirth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Continuous support in labour increased the chance of a spontaneous vaginal birth, had no identified adverse effects and women were more satisfied....
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acupuncture and hypnosis may help relieve pain during labour, but more research is needed on these and other complementary therapies....
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epidurals are widely used for pain relief in labour. There are various types, but all involve an injection into the lower back. The review of trials showed that epidurals relieve pain better than other types of pain me...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Prophylactic intravenous preloading for regional analgesia in labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Regional (epidural, spinal or combined spinal-epidural) analgesia is a common form of pain relief used during labour. Some women have hypotension (low blood pressure) following regional analgesia which can affect both mother and baby. Intravenous fluids...
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Pethidine in labour (Comments for Consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Pethidine is a strong painkiller which has been used for more than 60 years. Although it has often been given as an injection to reduce pain during childbirth, it usually does not work very well.
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Does pethidine still have a place in the management of labour pain?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Pethidine was first was first used in labour in 1940. Since then pethidine has been the most widely used systemically administered opioid for obstetric analgesia1. While pethidine relieves acute pain for 24 hours, there are concerns about its efficacy in labour.
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Interventions to help external cephalic version for breech presentation at term
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born in the breech position (bottom first) are at increased risk. During external cephalic version (ECV) practitioners use their hands on the woman's abdomen to gently try to turn the baby from the breech position. The review of trials found that...
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Rectal analgesia for pain from perineal trauma following childbirth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rectal suppositories give short-term pain relief for perineal trauma after childbirth....
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Childbirth: drug-free home birth - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read the story of Vanessa, who had a drug-free delivery in a birth centre for her first baby and chose to have her second baby at home in the bath!
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Childbirth: elective Caesarean - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read one woman's account of why she chose to avoid the pain of childbirth by having an elective Caesarean section.
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Soft versus rigid vacuum extractor cups for assisted vaginal delivery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The original cups used for vacuum extraction delivery of the fetus were rigid metal cups. Subsequently, soft cups of flexible materials such as silicone rubber or plastic were introduced. Soft cups are thought to have a poorer success rate than metal cups.
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