Ep129: Your Options for Managing Pain in Labor

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode you’re going to learn all about your options for pain management during labor. And here’s the thing: everyone who’s having a baby needs to know all the options - whether you plan to get an epidural or you plan to have an unmedicated birth or you’re somewhere in between.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

Why it’s important to think about labor pain differently than other kinds of pain
Why everyone needs to learn about all the options for managing pain
How having a pain management plan is crucial
Medication-free pain management techniques
What are the pros and cons of an unmedicated birth
Medications that are not an epidural and how can they affect you and your baby
Epidurals - the pros, cons, and risks as well as some things you probably didn't know

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0:00.0	In this episode of the podcast, you're going to learn all about your options for managing those contractions during labor.
0:12.7	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certifiedcertified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years.
0:23.8	I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth.
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1:23.3	Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 129. Thank you, thank you for spending some of your time with me today. So this is an episode that I actually originally did like almost two years ago, a hundred episodes ago actually, so I figured it was long overdue to update it. So in this episode,
1:46.5	you're going to learn all about your options for managing pain during labor. And here's the thing.
1:52.9	Everyone who's having a baby needs to know all the options, whether you plan to get an epidural,
1:59.2	or you plan to have an unmedicated birth, or you're somewhere in between. If you plan to get an epidural or you plan to have an unmedicated birth or you're somewhere
2:02.2	in between. If you plan to get an epidural, there will be a period of time that you have to manage pain
2:09.4	before you get the epidural. I actually recommend that you stay home as long as possible before you go
2:15.6	to the hospital, assuming everything is okay with your
2:17.8	pregnancy, so that you're in good active labor by the time you get to the hospital, that actually
2:23.4	reduces the chances of unnecessary interventions. So even if you plan to get an epidural, you need
2:30.1	techniques to manage contractions before you get to the hospital.
2:38.9	And if you plan to go without an epidural or have an unmedicated birth, which some people say is a natural birth, I actually believe all birth is natural.
2:42.5	And when I refer to birth without medications as unmedicated birth as opposed to natural birth.
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