Hi Happyqueen,happyqueen:757378 said:Congrats ! Happy for you! Hope u manage well during your confinement.
Can you share how u manage to tolerate without using epidural?
I was induced for first kid but frantically asking for Epi after 2-3 hours cos I cannot tolerate the pain.
I would be happy to share.
First of all, I have made up my mind to go without epi for the first baby and now for the second baby too. To me, I would love to experience as much as I can with childbirth. So for the first baby, with induced, I used the gas mask and also the pethidine cos with gas mask I couldn't tolerate the contractions as well and was dilating slowly.
For second baby, I told myself that I would love a natural labour with minimal drug..the nurse keep asking if I wanted the jab again and I was very hesitant so I took the gas mask. And it helped cos it made me so high and I just had to breathe it in whenever contractions come. And for second baby,the dilation process was faster. So just the gas mask helped me. And at the same time, though feeling high, I could feel each contraction and could also hear the instructions from the midwives, so it was an awesome experience altogether that I could deliver the boy. And the tear was a small one according to my gynae, and all thanks to the midwives instructions,cos they keep asking me to breathe in and out,and not hold my breathe otherwise it will tear, so when I hear that, I managed to control with the breathing with each contractions.
Oh yes, I had the gas mask and of cos I held onto my husband's hand and each contraction I squeezed it really hard. Hee he was a great supporter.
For me, with each contraction, I visualize that my baby is making his way down. So that helped too..