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To be in love with gas and air

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allisgood1 · 04/09/2014 19:10

Had DS1 (dc3) last week. After having first two with epidurals, DS was coming too quick so my only option was gas and air. It was awesome. I have no recollection of any pain and was high as a kite. I almost want another one just to get off my face on it againGrinConfused

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burgatroyd · 04/09/2014 20:52

Had gas and air and peth!

Nadda!

I amEnvy

LumpenproletariatAndProud · 04/09/2014 20:56

My contractions were 30 seconds apart for 2 hours so I never stopped sucking, it was the only way it worked. Took me an hour to figure out though.

TheRealNightsWatch · 04/09/2014 21:00

Don't get me wrong, It was fab at first but by the time things moved on it did chuff all!

Would still love to try it again, purely recreationally! I enjoyed the wooziness.

Almostfifty · 04/09/2014 21:02

They tried to take it off me as well.

I gave them my look, and refused to let go of it.

It got me through four labours, marvellous stuff.

BigfootFiles · 04/09/2014 21:03

It did nothing for me. I got a hairline crack in one of my front teeth from biting down too hard on the gas and air thing, from the pain. Envy

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SignoraStronza · 04/09/2014 21:07

Have never actually tried it, as the only time I've ever experienced labour was in Italy and they don't do/believe in entonox or any pain relief for that matter - women must suffer for the sins of Eve.

Morphine however (after an elcs and one coming up next week). Mmmmm just hand me that bottle of oromorf please.

CarbeDiem · 04/09/2014 21:10

YA so NBU.
It's bloody brilliant, although I don't like the after effects when I'm done with it - it makes me sick as a dog.

While I'm high as kite from it I tend to encourage force whoever is in the room with me to try :)

I think it was with ds3, I had the tube clamped between my teeth and wouldn't give it back. The midwife rather sternly said '' For christ sake Carbe, you've given birth almost 10 minutes ago, now give it bloody back'' Reluctantly I had to or else she'd have switched it off at the bottle anyway.

Kewcumber · 04/09/2014 21:15

I hate it. I hate the swimmy spacey feeling (control freak)

Just as well I never gave birth. Though could have done with some hard core drugs during the adoption process.

trixymalixy · 04/09/2014 21:16

Yanbu, I love it too.

TheLostWinchesterWife · 04/09/2014 21:22

I love it sooooo much. I miss g&a hums in strange trance like way
I do talk shit on it though. DD1 I thought I had the answer to life the universe and everything and it had something to do with button moon (with Mr spoon!)
DS I thought I'd time travelled.
DD3 DH tried to take it off me and I turned into Mr T and told the midwife everything was ok cos DH had had coffee before he came to the delivery room so I'd just take the caffeine out of his pocket to stay awake Hmm

helensburgh · 04/09/2014 21:26

I love it!

I have never been drunk, is it similar?

TheLostWinchesterWife · 04/09/2014 21:28

Sort of but better. Just happy and no hangover Grin

WooWooOwl · 04/09/2014 21:28

It's fab stuff. You get the same sort of feeling if you get 'narked' while scuba diving. I don't understand the science though, it's something to do with nitrogen.

Ifyoubuildit · 04/09/2014 21:34

Bloody, bloody love it! I remember hallucinating that I was a hot shot scuba diver saving all the fish in the sea. They took it off me at that point Smile

seasavage · 04/09/2014 21:37

Ah fond memories no g&a for delivery (they tried but I didn't want things near my face). But for stitches I was much more receptive. It was brilliant. The mw took it off me (and I think she and ex h were laughing at me).
Shame no need with dd2.
It's great stuff.

Sapat · 04/09/2014 21:39

Had it for all three, absolutely fantastic. I overdid it with my first though (verrrrrrrry long labour) and they told me to stop it for a bit after I started mouthing off at some registrars who were discussing among themselves whether or not to cut me up. I told them to speak up because I couldn't hear them, only they weren't actually talking to me.

Sapat · 04/09/2014 21:41

Thinking about it, I was off my face during the third labour (I was induced, it was really painful) and along with the other drugs, I completely hallucinated and talked utter gibberish, told my DH he was bloody useless, laughed and cried at the same time. Of course with G&A you fell the pain, it is just your perception of it that changes.

Happypenguin2014 · 04/09/2014 22:01

I had gas and air and pethidine.

I went from trying to give birth standing up and walking around unsure what I was supposed to be doing. While screaming.

to on my back, pushing. I kept having a conversation in my head about my next facebool status, and I would say "guess whst im thinking about?" Mw would say Facebook? And I was totally convinced she could read my mind lol. I kept repeating myself over and over. My darling husband recorded it. And me mooing while I was pushing.
I also didn't stop breathing it. Like even when I had no contractions.

HarrietdeBagotSoay · 04/09/2014 22:05

Same reaction as you. I have it at the dentist as well when I go in the US. J'adore.

commsgirl · 04/09/2014 22:08

Fabulous stuff. I remember asking DP if we could get it installed in the house.

I really didn't want it and was worried about feeling out of control but after 30 hours of contractions two minutes apart it was literally the best thing ever. Ever.

Needadvice5 · 04/09/2014 22:20

I fractured my leg a few months back and had Entonox whilst in A+E, apparently I refused to let them put the plaster cast on until I was spoon fed Cottage pie and shouted at the Orthopaedic Doctor, accusing him of being a medical student....

The only problem being that I'm a senior sister in that department and the staff are now taking the piss!

Bloody marvellous stuff!!!

mawbroon · 04/09/2014 22:24

I first had it when A&E were putting my leg in plaster.

They said they would normally give morphine, but you can't have it because you are heavily pregnant.

I was aware that I was shouting and swearing and calling the doctor all sorts with the pain, but I didn't care. When I "came round" there were tears streaming down my face. It must have been fucking sore, but G&A blanked it all out!

I had it again 8 weeks later when ds2 was born. That was nowhere near as sore as getting my leg plastered, so I really enjoyed the G&A, especially since I had become tee total 4 years before. It was lovely to feel pissed again Grin

MulberryPeony · 04/09/2014 22:45

I found it to be awful stuff. It made me panic-y.

irememberwhenthiswasallfields · 04/09/2014 23:10

It was great when I had DD. I was off my tits and talking rubbish, it was like being very drunk.

I had a minor procedure fairly recently and had gas and air again and it was still as great as I remembered.

Unfortunately DS was born by ELCS so I didn't get to try it this time :(

idok · 04/09/2014 23:37

I quite liked it, but according to the midwife I was 'using it wrong' (between contractions rather than just before/during, or something like that) and it made no difference to the pain, but helped me not be a wimp about the pain. Was only in hospital 30mins before DS was born, and he was a couple of weeks early so was all a bit of a shock to me, def helped with that.

Also I declared to the midwives "OH WTF, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A 4D VERSION OF ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE. I DON'T EVEN LIKE THAT SHOW"

and started singing "ah, push it push it, push it reeeeeaaaaal goooood"

Made me sweary too, poor woman was told "NO. NO I DO NOT WANT TO FUCKING SEE WHAT KIND OF WEIRDO ARE YOU"

and for the placenta but "MUM! EURGH! IT FELT LIKE SHE JUST PULLED A GIANT SOGGY TAMPON OUT OF ME"

Was VERY embarrassed after.