EBB 15 - Nitrous oxide
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2018
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
What nitrous oxide gas is and how it is used during labor for pain relief. What studies have found about the safety and effectiveness of nitrous oxide during labor. The potential pros and cons of using nitrous oxide gas for pain relief during labor
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone in today's podcast we're going to talk about using nitrous |
| 0:03.5 | oxide for pain management during labor. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome to the evidence Space Birth Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Join us each week as I tackle the evidence on another hot topic about childbirth. |
| 0:18.0 | As a reminder this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:22.0 | See EB Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everyone, my name's Rebecca Decker, I'm your your host I'm a nurse with my PhD and the |
| 0:35.6 | founder of evidence-based birth.com today we're gonna talk about the evidence on |
| 0:40.2 | using nitrous oxide or laughing gas for pain management during labor. |
| 0:45.0 | But before I get started, I want to give a shout out to the labor and delivery nurses at St. John's Medical Center in the beautiful town of Jackson, Wyoming. |
| 0:53.9 | I recently found out that some of the labor delivery nurses, |
| 0:56.9 | along with one of their certified nurse midwives, |
| 0:59.6 | have been listening to these evidence-based birth |
| 1:01.7 | podcasts together as a group in dialoguing |
| 1:04.9 | about all of these issues and talking about the evidence. I'm so thrilled to |
| 1:09.4 | hear that your group is doing this. So for those of you out at St. John's Medical Center, |
| 1:14.8 | I am mailing you a care package for the nurses there to thank you for the work that you do |
| 1:19.9 | and for all that you're doing to educate yourselves. |
| 1:23.0 | If you're part of a group at a birth center |
| 1:25.1 | or a labor and delivery unit, |
| 1:26.7 | or a dual or midwifree clinic, or any place like that, |
| 1:29.8 | and you'd like to also get a shout out on the podcast. Just take a photo of your group listening |
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