Vaginal birth articles Show All Showing 15 articles What is a vaginal birth? Pain relief in labour The early signs of labour 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 Labour pain relief: intramuscular opioids – pethidine and diamorphine Labour pain relief: epidurals and combined spinal epidurals 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 Third stage of labour: delivering placenta and cord clamping
