Vaginal birth articles Show All Showing 15 articles Pain relief in labour The early signs of labour What is a vaginal birth? Hormones in labour: oxytocin and the others – how they work Preparing for a vaginal birth First stage of labour: signs, coping and when to go to hospital Second stage of labour: how and when to push Birth centre: what pain relief can I have in labour? Labour pain relief: TENS machine Labour pain relief: Gas and air (Entonox) Labour pain relief: sterile water injections Labour pain relief: remifentanil Labour pain relief: intramuscular opioids – pethidine and diamorphine Labour pain relief: epidurals and combined spinal epidurals Third stage of labour: delivering placenta and cord clamping
