EBB 273 - Evidence on Nitrous Oxide for Pain Management During Labor
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the EBB Podcast, we dive into the updated research on Nitrous Oxide. I discuss the following topics:
- What is Nitrous Oxide?
- How is it used?
- How commonly is Nitrous Oxide used around the world?
- How does Nitrous Oxide impact overall satisfaction in birth?
- What are the benefits of Nitrous Oxide?
- What are the risks of using Nitrous Oxide?
- And lastly, as always, we will discuss the bottom line!
Resources & References
For Practitioners
For Parents
- EBB videos/articles:
- EBB Podcast:
- EBB Podcasts: Birth Stories (5 birth stories with nitrous)
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- Episode 76: Pushing Through Anxiety in Birth with Parent Emily Fleenor
- Episode 147: Long Preterm Birth with Caitlyn Martens
- Episode 158: Empowering Hospital Birth Experience during COVID-19 with Fiona and Craig Castleton
- Episode 163: Stress and Anxiety During Pregnancy with Nathalie Walton, CEO of Expectful
- Episode 202: A Fast First-Time Birth Experience with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Haley Grachico
- Other Resources: News Articles
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- Contemporary OB/GYN: Nitrous oxide’s revival in childbirth
- Cosmopolitan: Why I Used Laughing Gas to Ease My Labor Pain
- The Atlantic: Using Laughing Gas to Relieve the Pain of Childbirth
- The New York Times: The Rise of Laughing Gas in the Delivery Room
- NPR: Laughing Gas Gives Women Another Option to Manage Labor Pain
- NPR: Bill of The Month: $4,836 Charge for Laughing Gas During Childbirth Is No Joke
- Today: Laughing gas for childbirth is on the rise in the US. What took so long?
References
For a full list for references, please access https://evidencebasedbirth.com/nitrous-oxide-during-labor/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk about the evidence on nitrous |
| 0:04.9 | oxide for pain management during labor. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome to the evidence-based birth podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my |
| 0:16.2 | PhD and the founder of Evidence Space Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get |
| 0:22.2 | evidence-based information into the hands of families |
| 0:25.3 | and professionals around the world. |
| 0:27.8 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:31.2 | See EB-B-Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the evidence-based birth podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | Today I'm so excited to bring some brand new evidence-based information to you all about |
| 0:47.3 | nitrous oxide during labor. |
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