Does Gas and Air make you sick? - Page 2

JayDee · Nov 9th, 2009, 06:48 AM

DH had it a few years ago when he had an accident and described it as making you feel light headed, a bit like when you get drunk, before you feel sick.
MW did say that too much can make you feel ill, but I guess everyone's different.

XbumpX · Nov 9th, 2009, 06:53 AM

hi! with my third child i used gas and air as i didnt want any other pain relief and wanted a natural birth, it make me feel really light headed and dizzy like i was out of control and going to faint! i continued using it thinking i would soon get used to it however within 10 minutes of using it i was violently sick all over my hospital bed and floor, i stopped using it after that and was fine! it really didnt work for me but i suppose everyone is different.
good luck! xxx

suzib76 · Nov 9th, 2009, 06:59 AM

i was sick both times during labour but i dont think it was anything to do with gas and air - second time it def wasnt coz she took it away lol

i found to start with not to take too much, buliding up gently was best, by the time you are near delivering you will be sucking on that mouthpiece like you have never sucked before

lisa35 · Nov 9th, 2009, 07:10 AM

I have always been ok on it, had it in previous pregnancys and when i broke my foot i suppose everyone has diffent effects off it!

florabean1981 · Nov 10th, 2009, 10:44 AM

i started puking the minute my contractions kicked in, lol! think it's my body's way of dealing with pain... the gas n air made it no worse, no better... but pethadine- now that made me soooooo sick!

LoobyLou75 · Nov 10th, 2009, 10:51 AM

I had it with my son but I wasn't sick, very light headed though!

emalou90 · Nov 10th, 2009, 11:10 AM

my midwife said 'the people who say gas and air made them sick, well, they only say it because it's usually the first pain relief you're offered and you're just so excited and worried and overcome with emotion when you first come into the hospital that most ladies are sick and end up blaiming it on the gas and air they had, when it's not the gas and air at all'

- granted, it makes you feel a bit funny and WHOA, but that's it's job haha.

most people take it differently

some are sick
some are not

50/50 i'd say.

im not having any other pain relief unless someone suggests its better for me and baby xx

AtomicPink · Nov 10th, 2009, 11:14 AM

I didnt feel sick, I couldnt get enough until the morphoine kicked in. Then i didnt need it...

I was sick after the birth though, I was tired and in shock.

hondagirl · Nov 10th, 2009, 11:51 AM

Hi there, im not sure whether the gas and air specifically mad eme sick but i d o know that many women are sick during the transition between early labour and pushing baby out, its quite a good sign that your getting near the end apparently, with both mine I was sick just before i got them out!
xx

Sekhmet · Nov 10th, 2009, 11:59 AM

I haven't had the hospital's gas-and-air but I have had nitrous recreationally (in younger, wilder days!) and it did not make me sick, and that was straight nitrous oxide, not mixed with additional oxygen.... I can see how it would freak people out, as it really does make you high temporarily, so if you aren't prepared for that it would be really disorienting. Its effects are extremely brief, however, so if you don't like it, you'll be back to normal quite quickly.

Nov 9th, 2009, 06:48 AM	#11
JayDee Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,625	DH had it a few years ago when he had an accident and described it as making you feel light headed, a bit like when you get drunk, before you feel sick. MW did say that too much can make you feel ill, but I guess everyone's different.

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Nov 9th, 2009, 06:53 AM	#12
XbumpX Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west sussex Posts: 49	hi! with my third child i used gas and air as i didnt want any other pain relief and wanted a natural birth, it make me feel really light headed and dizzy like i was out of control and going to faint! i continued using it thinking i would soon get used to it however within 10 minutes of using it i was violently sick all over my hospital bed and floor, i stopped using it after that and was fine! it really didnt work for me but i suppose everyone is different. good luck! xxx

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Nov 9th, 2009, 06:59 AM	#13
suzib76 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,695	i was sick both times during labour but i dont think it was anything to do with gas and air - second time it def wasnt coz she took it away lol i found to start with not to take too much, buliding up gently was best, by the time you are near delivering you will be sucking on that mouthpiece like you have never sucked before

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Nov 9th, 2009, 07:10 AM	#14
lisa35 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: N yorkshire Posts: 1,237	I have always been ok on it, had it in previous pregnancys and when i broke my foot i suppose everyone has diffent effects off it!

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Nov 10th, 2009, 10:44 AM	#15
florabean1981 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,405	i started puking the minute my contractions kicked in, lol! think it's my body's way of dealing with pain... the gas n air made it no worse, no better... but pethadine- now that made me soooooo sick!

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Nov 10th, 2009, 10:51 AM	#16
LoobyLou75 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 1,765	I had it with my son but I wasn't sick, very light headed though!

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Nov 10th, 2009, 11:10 AM	#17
emalou90 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,398	my midwife said 'the people who say gas and air made them sick, well, they only say it because it's usually the first pain relief you're offered and you're just so excited and worried and overcome with emotion when you first come into the hospital that most ladies are sick and end up blaiming it on the gas and air they had, when it's not the gas and air at all' - granted, it makes you feel a bit funny and WHOA, but that's it's job haha. most people take it differently some are sick some are not 50/50 i'd say. im not having any other pain relief unless someone suggests its better for me and baby xx

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Nov 10th, 2009, 11:14 AM	#18
AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 19,123	I didnt feel sick, I couldnt get enough until the morphoine kicked in. Then i didnt need it... I was sick after the birth though, I was tired and in shock.

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Nov 10th, 2009, 11:51 AM	#19
hondagirl Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 435	Hi there, im not sure whether the gas and air specifically mad eme sick but i d o know that many women are sick during the transition between early labour and pushing baby out, its quite a good sign that your getting near the end apparently, with both mine I was sick just before i got them out! xx

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Nov 10th, 2009, 11:59 AM	#20
Sekhmet Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Yankee in Edinburgh Posts: 909	I haven't had the hospital's gas-and-air but I have had nitrous recreationally (in younger, wilder days!) and it did not make me sick, and that was straight nitrous oxide, not mixed with additional oxygen.... I can see how it would freak people out, as it really does make you high temporarily, so if you aren't prepared for that it would be really disorienting. Its effects are extremely brief, however, so if you don't like it, you'll be back to normal quite quickly.

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