In this episode, you are going to learn about medication-free techniques to manage pain during labor.

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. If you're having a baby in the hospital,

you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from

women over what happens in their own bodies. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway-Rankins, a practicing

board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this

world. I've been a doctor for over 20 years, and I'm here to help you take back your power,

advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve. This podcast is for educational

purposes only and it's not a substitute for medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at

Dr. Nicole Rankins.com full with slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it.

Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast, whether this is your first time listening or you have been here before. I'm so grateful you're spending some time with me today.

In this episode, you are going to learn about medication-free techniques for managing pain.

This is the first episode in a series of three short episodes I'm doing about managing pain

and labor. The other two episodes will be on medications that aren't an epidural like

narcotics and nitrous oxide. And then the third episode will be about epidurals.

And in each episode, you'll learn what options are available to you.

You'll learn about risk, benefits, pros, and cons of each in order to help you make a decision

about pain management that works for you.

Now, don't worry about writing anything down.

You can get all of the information

that's in this episode as well as the other two episodes and a lovely free guide that you can

download from my website. It's Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash pain. And again, it contains

all of the information. So don't worry about writing anything down. Just sit back, listen, soak all the information in. So to get started, let me just give you a bit

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