Faster childbirth without anaesthesia?

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Tom Salls - 19 May 2005 14:25 GMT

A friend of mine claims that childbirth goes quicker if you're not
anaesthetised. I can see that it allows you to get into positions where
gravity can help the delivery, but is there any truth in it apart from
that?

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Tom Salls - 19 May 2005 21:20 GMT

noaddress@nope.com wrote:

> A friend of mine claims that childbirth goes quicker if you're not
> anaesthetised. I can see that it allows you to get into positions where
> gravity can help the delivery, but is there any truth in it apart from
> that?

Having read some of the older posts to this group, I should point out
that this is a genuine question and I am not about to start wittering
about chiropractic or how certain birth positions close the birth canal
by foo%! :)

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Emma Chase VanCott - 20 May 2005 04:10 GMT

: A friend of mine claims that childbirth goes quicker if you're not
: anaesthetised. I can see that it allows you to get into positions where
: gravity can help the delivery, but is there any truth in it apart from
: that?

Absolutely.

Drugs (and epidurals) slow the 2nd stage of labour.

Pitocin (being "induced") can also start a bad chain of events, leading to
surgical childbirth.

The best way to avoid these surgical interventions is to use Waterbirth.

I am seeing/hearing/reading of this, again and again.

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