Pain Management Options for Labor

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Your body must go through a lot of work to birth a baby. During labor, nerves send messages to your spinal cord and brain, and your brain interprets those signals into the feeling of pain. The good news is that you can access many pain relief options during labor as long as you know what those options are. The more tools you have available in your labor toolbox, the better you can manage contractions and confidently navigate your labor. Explore all of your pain management options for labor, from interventions like an epidural to non-pharmacological techniques.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about your pain management options.
0:19.0	Your body has to go through a lot of physical work to birth a baby. During labor you have
0:25.8	nerves that are going to be sending messages to your spinal cord and your
0:29.3	brain and your brain will interpret those signals into the filling of pain.
0:34.5	Now I know that's probably the last thing you want to think about when you're thinking about
0:38.0	having a baby, but the good news is that you can access a lot of different pain relief options during labor, but you have to know what those options are.
0:48.0	The more tools that you have available in your labor toolbox, the better you will be able to manage
0:54.1	contractions and confidently navigate your labor. So let's explore all of your
0:59.4	pain management options from interventions like an epidural to non-pharmacological techniques.
1:06.6	You can find the complete article and all of the resources and links for this episode at
1:12.4	pregnancy podcast.com slash pain management.
1:17.7	The episode today is an overview.
1:20.2	There are some other episodes that dive much deeper into some of the topics that we're touching on today.
1:25.6	Pregnancy Podcast premium members have access to the entire back catalog with over 200 episodes available in the private podcast feed.
1:36.4	All of the premium content is ad free and you can access it in your book. That's basically the shortcut. It's going to walk you through all of your
1:54.4	options for your birth plan. There are sample plans for everything from a home birth
1:59.1	to a planned Cessarian and even a template that you can download and customize to fit your preferences.
2:06.2	Become a pregnancy podcast premium member at pregnancy podcast.com
2:11.6	slash premium.
2:14.3	As you're going through labor, your babies descending, your uterus is contracting, and your
2:19.1	vagina and your parenium have to stretch.
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