When I was in labour with DS I had the gas and air mouthpiece in almost constantly for hours on end, having been told to breathe in and out through it. It didn't seem to actually help with the pain tho, so apologies for a probably daft question, but was I doing it wrong?
I'm pretty sure it was 'on' as I occasionally felt a little dizzy, which got better when I took the G&A mouthpiece out, but I never felt any of the 'drunk' or happy away-with-the-fairies sensations every told me about, and it didn't seem to help with the pain either!
DS was back to back for a big chunk of the labour, and tbh I didn't cope fabulously well with the pain (didn't expect it to feel like I was shitting an elephant!), so while I didn't think it was working for me I didn't dare try a contraction without the G&A.
I'm hoping to try for a home birth with dc2, but am a bit wary of only having G&A available after last time! What do you reckon, was I doing it wrong, or is it just not very effective for some people?
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Ineffective gas & air - was I doing it wrong?
Tiddlyompompom · 19/09/2012 22:34
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