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water birth...they take the gas and air away when its time to push !! is this normal

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kittenbaby · 07/07/2007 13:58

hi guys
just wanted to ask is it normal when you have a water birth for them to take the gas and air away whn its time to push ???
because i had a water birth 27th june and i was suprised when the mw said now its time to take the gas and air away its time to push

i wasnt expecting that

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murcimari · 07/07/2007 14:24

Hi there,
Sorry don't know the answer as I didn't have a water birth and didn't use any pain relief during labour, but... having thought about your question, I'd say when it's time to push it's time to push, there isn't a lot of time for anything else, no matter what type of birth you choose...IMHO. Would be interested to see what the others (with real experience) say though.

serenity · 07/07/2007 14:30

Yes, because the G&A can slow everything down. I overdid it with DS1 and although it only took 2 or 3 pushes to get him out, it took ages because there were big gaps between them.

serenity · 07/07/2007 14:33

Soory, didn't read it properly - I didn't have a water birth, but I'd assume it would have been for the same reason.

KittenKat · 07/07/2007 14:33

I had gas and air taken away without a water birth, it can hinder the pushing...

I too was mightily upset as I quite liked it you know!

KittenKat · 07/07/2007 14:34

Kitten - so I am guessing if this is normal with non-water birth, then it would also apply with water birth...

KittenKat · 07/07/2007 14:35

Nice name btw and congratulations on your LO!

kittenbaby · 07/07/2007 17:11

thanks for replying girls
sounds like it pretty routine
good job i didnt know that b4 otherwise i would of prob gone 4 somthing stronger like pethadine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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SoupDragon · 07/07/2007 17:14

No, they didn't take mine away! Not in either DS1 or 2's Land Births or DD's home Water Birth.

KittenKat · 07/07/2007 17:46

Kitten - should say well done without any additional drugs! How was the water birth?

I had pethadine, thought might as well, as they would not let me have a water birth as they needed to monitor dd .

told me that I could not have pethadine if I had a waterbirth as it makes you drowsy? So if you had it you may not have had the water birth.

softmusk · 08/07/2007 10:28

i had the gas and air took away from me when pushing dd1 and 2 out (not water births) told i needed to focus on the pain to make me push

did say to dp that tthis time would like to just hold it as made me feel safe

derlor · 08/07/2007 10:39

i had G&A for both DD1 (water birth) and DD2 (came out so fast no time for water birth!!) and wild fecking horsed wouldn't have been able to prize the G&A from my mouth!!! - never told not to use it though - maybe a local policy thing where you are, or maybe my MW's just thought better of telling me to hand it over

Frizbe · 08/07/2007 10:40

they didn't with me, the pushing bit was the only time I used it, and only twice at that mind, good old water

Alfie72 · 08/07/2007 23:06

Also maybe the gas and air is not compatible near water perhaps- if you are pushing and inhaling perhaps they worry you'll drop it in the water !!!???

ApuNahasapeemapetilon · 08/07/2007 23:22

no water birth but 5 births NEVER had ga nd a taken away
no way jose!!!!
never heard of it

lulumama · 08/07/2007 23:26

maybe it depends on how well you are pushing.... i know that i pushed better when it was taken away...as i was so intent on breathing and using the G&A i was not concentrating on the pushing.....

MrsWeasley · 08/07/2007 23:32

When I was in labour (4 times) nobody would have been brave enough to come between me and my gas & Air loved the stuff [blsuh]

MrsWeasley · 08/07/2007 23:32

opps sorry thats

DaisyOink · 08/07/2007 23:42

Probably depends a bit on how well you're pushing and a bit on the midwife - some may 'allow' you to keep using the G&A when pushing, others won't. As someone else said with the pethidine, you wouldn't have been allowed in the pool after pethidine, plus they would aim for it to have worn off before pushing anyway because otherwise it can depress the baby's breathing after the birth. Sounds like you did really well anyway, congratulations!

lucykate · 08/07/2007 23:44

i didn't have a water birth but with ds. i did have a fight with the mw over the gas and air whilst pushing

i hadn't had any other pain relief and admitidly, i was completely overdoing it on the g&a, so much that my memories of it are like a surreal dream. she tried to take the mouthpiece away but i bit her and it, breaking the mouthpiece.

MrsWeasley · 08/07/2007 23:47

I was biting the mouthpiece so hard I couldnt loosen my jaw to remove it, even when the tube came off the end and I was getting nothing! LOL

mummyto2littleprincess · 10/07/2007 19:58

do they god i was thinking of having a water birth in hospital but wont bother id they take away the gas and air i need that

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