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any mums who had too much gas and air?

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3kidsisquiteenuff · 11/04/2008 11:56

when i had my last child i was so scared by the pain that i over sucked the gas and air it did'nt do anything for the pain.
afterwards i had bad chest pains and was even sent for a chest x ray.doctors said i had bruised my lungs what with that and a sore fanny it was'nt the best experience.

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lacarte · 11/04/2008 12:03

I did but not with this result - I hallucinated.

MamaG · 11/04/2008 12:05

I hated gas and air - one suck made me queasy so I didn't use it.

Tried it with DS (second baby), but as soon as I got the thing in my hand, i chucked it back at thte MW shrieking "I just remember i hate this!"

I was very tetchy giving birth to ds

Ambi · 11/04/2008 12:09

yes, just put on your other thread, vomited twice, lovely! Told to ease off it then.

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3kidsisquiteenuff · 11/04/2008 13:46

it really is a useless drug in my opinion and it made my voice sound like a mans!!
my husband was laughing not what you want to hear when your in awful pain

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Skimty · 11/04/2008 13:51

I hallucinated too.

It was amazing.

The only reason I got pregnant again!!

Tutter · 11/04/2008 13:52

i love the stuff

but with ds1 i didn't realise you were only supposed to use it during contractions and was chugging away most of the time

was off my face plus did throw up a couple of times

(but it was worth it )

Ecmo · 11/04/2008 13:54

I had so much it ran out... they had to send for another bottle but I'd given birth by the time it came! I thought the midwife was joking when she said it had run out!

FAWKEOFF · 11/04/2008 13:56

i love the bloody stuff...untill you get to the stage in albour where it does eff all for you.....you can be crying one minute then laughing hysterically.....love it

NineUnlikelyTales · 11/04/2008 13:57

I had far too much and was chugging away all the time like you Tutter! I had the idea that it would help with the contractions if I never let the effect wear off It was a rubbish idea as it made me have no idea what was going on and even les able to cope with it. Plus I thought the room had exploded.

lillypie · 11/04/2008 13:57

I hallucinated too.I was in a golden room with a man putting a crown on my head

CarGirl · 11/04/2008 13:58

I love the stuff but there is definately a knack to using it effectively for pain relief, you have to start sucking as soon as the contraction starts and then stop as it peaks so you get a break in between.

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3kidsisquiteenuff · 11/04/2008 14:00

so it seems im deffinatly out numbered then well i should of known i would have to have horse tranquillisers to knock me out

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lacarte · 11/04/2008 14:22

didn't stop pain for me either - but made things more entertaining!

terramum · 11/04/2008 14:30

Couldn't get enough of the stuff - went through 2 mini cannisters at home and after the broke my waters at the hospital breathed nothing but for 4 hours & used up a whole HUGE cannister!

TheFallenMadonna · 11/04/2008 14:34

I also hallucinated. IMO, it doesn't dull the pain, it just stops you caring about it quite so much...

I know there are lots of downsides to it, but in my first labour I was continuously monitored, and I actually found this helped with the gas and air monitoring. I could see from the trace when the contraction was about to start and would start to breathe it in then. By the time the contraction reached its peak I could remove the mouthpiece and have a break.

It was harder to get the timings right in my second (easier ) labour, because I tended to start each round a bit later. I only hallucinaed the second time around.

Beeper · 11/04/2008 15:49

If possible I would keep a cannister at the side of the couch for general use when watching TV or a movie. Its good stuff. Only bested by the four shots of morphine after my CS. From pain to Lala land in one easy needle.

And no I am not a druggie - I only indulge at the behest of qaulified medical personnel.

stleger · 11/04/2008 16:08

I found the mask better than the stick you suck. If the mask is available go for it!

mylovelymonster · 11/04/2008 16:09

I had sore ribs for a few days after too

yorkshirepudding · 11/04/2008 16:11

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ScroungingSingleMum · 11/04/2008 16:14

My friend used 18 bottles of gas and air at home before being transferred to hospital.

She lost the plot, was hallucinating, and remembers pretty much nothing about the birth.

I was fairly amazed that the midwives let her have so much.

Sazisi · 11/04/2008 16:20

I didn't get sore lungs or hallucinate, but I do think it didn't help, and actually distracted me in a way that wasn't helpful. I think it slowed down my contrcations. I had a lot for the first two births, none for the last and I was much more focused and the labour progressed more steadily.

Sazisi · 11/04/2008 16:20

18

TsarChasm · 11/04/2008 16:23

If only they sent round a regular supply for the following years. I could do with some from time to time nowadays 9 years down the line

yorkshirepudding · 11/04/2008 16:23

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onepieceoflollipop · 11/04/2008 16:27

I loved it - I had pressured speech, talked rubbish throughout, threw up once and laughed like a hyena. mw and dh just kept exchanging glances but I'm telling you they would have had to call security to get it off me. At one point I muttered vague threats about what I would do if it ran out -no worries apparently it is piped in to our new unit so no cannister to run out.

I would like to start a campaign to have it available at weekends for the general public. Imo it would solve thr binge drinking culture once and for all.