#374 Pain & Pain Relief In Labor

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

So many good listener questions on this topic inspired us to look into the pharmacologic options laboring women have for relief when needed. We talk about nitrous oxide in detail and in relation to MTHFR. Opiates and epidurals and their pros and cons are discussed. We answer the question, does epidural fentanyl cross the placenta? In an upcoming Patreon segment, we will also review the non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management. Blyss gets ready to travel while Dr. Stu stays home. Huge thank you to The Informed Consent Action Network and their legal team for finally exposing the liars! Please consider donating.

Key highlights:

Successful Breech Birth Discussion
Nitrous Oxide Use During Labor
Labor Pain and Memory Recall
Pain Relief and Ventilatory Effects
Epidural Usage in the US and UK
C-Section vs. Epidural Debate
Impact of Fentanyl in Labor Epidural

Episode resources:

Join our Patreon! patreon.com/birthinginstinctspodcast
Article: Influence of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Polymorphisms on Homocysteine Concentrations after Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia
Evidence-Based Birth Handout: Evidence on Nitrous Oxide During Labor
Article: 10 Reasons NOT to Get an Epidural
Article: Weighing the Pros and Cons of the Epidural
Article: Fentanyl in Labor Epidural Can Affect Results of Maternal and Neonatal Toxicology Tests
New England Journal Vaccine Article: Funding Postauthorization Vaccine-Safety Science | NEJM
Click here to make a donation to ICAN: icandecide.org/support-ican

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast.
0:05.0	I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and long-time advocate for birth choices.
0:10.0	And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.
0:13.0	Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth.
0:17.0	Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So here we go.
0:24.3	You stubbed your toe.
0:26.9	I was like, ow, ow, all I heard was, ow, ow on the screen. It was black.
0:35.2	So hi, you look good. Hi. How are you? you well what a mixed bag this week has been yeah yeah
0:44.7	you want me to fill you in yeah i want you to fill me in okay so i was going to costa rica i didn't go
0:52.2	wise decision but sad.
0:55.5	I wasn't feeling great.
0:57.3	And I still had a fairly large air bubble in my eye.
1:00.3	And I was a,
1:01.8	I think my,
1:02.4	I think the universe was just keep,
1:03.9	you know,
1:04.1	made me a little feel under the weather to keep me home.
1:06.8	Mm-hmm.
1:07.7	And then I'm not healing real well from that.
1:10.1	So I'm not real optimistic about the eye. And then it feels
1:15.3	really good to be home and I had a birthday. So that was kind of fun. And yeah, and then we've had
1:22.7	it's monsoon season here. So it seems like it's raining with thunder every afternoon, which is kind of fun, too.
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