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to think Gas and Air shouldn't be available

60 replies

ilovemuffins · 16/12/2009 12:27

only to women in labour - but also to pregnant and breastfeeding mums, especially during the festive season. Think pubs, bars, restaurants, office christmas parties... Preferably free on the NHS, but I'm willing to negotiate :-)

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bruffin · 16/12/2009 13:58

I can't use it. One wiff and I am throwing up all over the place

NorbertDentressAngel · 16/12/2009 14:04

DD had bloody loads some recently after a suspected fracture of her arm.

The ambulance crew couldn't help but laugh at how she took to it. I said she probably inherited her taste for it from me as I got through loads during labour with both DC!

She went all smiley and glassy-eyed and afterwards was saying that it made her feel as if her eyes kept moving to different parts of her head and body.

ParkBench · 16/12/2009 14:08

I had just G&A throughout 2 labours and when i smashed my ankle to bits....fabulous stuff. I could get sooooo addicted to it tbh.

It does give me the voice of Barry White though much to DHs amusement.

MedusaHead · 16/12/2009 14:10

During my first labour they had the take the gas and air off me at the pushing stage as I was so busy trying to suck as much in as I could that I wasn't concentrating on pushing.

It's good stuff

TheShowMustGoOn · 16/12/2009 14:12

My cousin is a heart surgeon - he never tells anyoneat work but he occasionally orders gas and air for home (over the internet) and has it at parties.

MrsKitty · 16/12/2009 14:13

That's a fantastic idea! In fact when I used it in my first labour I was convinced at one point that I was on a night out! I asked DH if we could go for a kebab on the way home

FourArms · 16/12/2009 14:13

DS2 had some sort of tranquiliser a few months ago (fairly horrible circumstances, waiting for a lumbar puncture) because he couldn't calm down (was being denied bm on demand for the first time in his memory!). However, it was hilarious to watch him trying to colour in, and drawing all over his face in the process. Apparently it's just like being drunk. Would love to see him on gas and air!

LadyGlenChristmasPresent · 16/12/2009 14:46

I tried to bribe the midwives to leave the stuff behind after DD3's birth. I'd love some for Christmas, it would get me through the festive season nicely.

Malificence · 16/12/2009 15:03

My husband still laughs about it now,almost twenty years on - "take the gas and air away from your mouth please Mrs Mal" as I was apparently growling at them if they came near me .

oldraver · 16/12/2009 18:47

A lot of the clubs I used to go too had a stand with it for sale, quite a few friends used to buy it of the internet though not sure if its 'legal' anymore

SparklyGothKat · 16/12/2009 18:58

I love gas and air, fabulous stuff. With Ds2 DH had popped home to sort out the older kids and my sister stayed with me, when he returned I was completely off my face and started kissing everyones hands and laughing loads, better than being stoned

5inthesleighbed · 16/12/2009 19:03

YANBU, I can uite imagine the queue for it would be longer than the ones to get the actual nightclubs

I had to have a blast on some when getting the drain removed from my section scar after having ds3. It was the worst pain I've ever felt. A few sucks on the good old G&A and I was away with the fairies for a few hours. The MW had to look after ds3 for me .

nickytwotimes · 16/12/2009 19:05

Yanbu.

Itis MARVELLOUS stuff.

Like being stoned/pissed but with no ill effects and the effects stop as soon as you stop inhaling.

The perfect drug.

LastTrainToLapland · 16/12/2009 19:07

YANBU! I loved the feeling of being high (before labour got too painful and I was screaming my head off). It was especially appreciated due to the preceding nine months of being sober

SparklyGothKat · 16/12/2009 19:08

I have to say though that with DD1, I had a 2 hour labour, which was very fast and intense. I went through 2 cylinders of G&A!! and was very sick afterwards, I learnt to take it easier with DD2 and DS2, but when Ds2 was born it was plumbed into the wall... great stuff!!!!

EdgarAleNPie · 16/12/2009 19:10

a friend tried to make a tidy profit going to parties selling nitrox canisters - she ended up having a hell of a summer but barely covering her costs...

was it unreasonable of me then, to not allow my husband to have any whilst i was giving birth? (especially as i wasn't using it)?

GirlWiththeMouseyHair · 16/12/2009 19:22

boo, had no effect except allowing me to concentrate on my breathing...too many drugs when younger clearly

notcitrus · 16/12/2009 19:23

It's another of those things that's made hard to get because of some people being stupid, usually nicking dentists' kit and putting masks over their faces and ending up suffocating. Or just doing it while standing up and falling over.

As opposed to lounging around with a balloon filled with the stuff like a sensible goth person.

NO2 propellant canisters for professional squirty cream dispensers are the same thing. Surprisingly expensive on Ebay I understand given the low numbers of people needing catering quantities of whipped cream.

spicemonster · 16/12/2009 19:27

Are you sure you're not all going to become addicts?

NinthWave · 16/12/2009 19:38

I've got friends who buy it off eBay disguised as 'whipped cream canisters' or some such flimsy cover-up

I had it in September while in A&E going through a particularly hideous miscarriage. A combination of that and morphine made me lose the plot totally...at one point I heard my husband's voice ouside the curtain, then becasme convinced I'd been wheeled onto a different ward. Great stuff!

poshsinglemum · 16/12/2009 19:48

YANBU- it's great!

cd123 · 16/12/2009 20:09

If you're going to use gas and air/nitrous you may aswell just smoke spliff, snort cocaine or take ecstasy aswell. What an irresponsible thing to want do, especially whilst actually still pregnant you could end up falling over or anything and causing a miscarriage. You parents who think it would be acceptable are disgusting!

Nevergoogle · 16/12/2009 20:13

the tanks get knicked all the time from hospitals for people at festival etc to get high on.

dilemma456 · 16/12/2009 20:13

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peppapighastakenovermylife · 16/12/2009 20:13

A fantastic idea. The only reason I am having DC3 is to get another go on the gas and air.