The use of labor pain relief medications is a controversial issue that has stimulated heated discussions among healthcare professionals about safety, interference with birthing, and breastfeeding. In this regard, a recent study investigated the effect of nitrous oxide labor analgesia and pain relief memory in breastfeeding women. Study Design In this case-control study, 62 women- who has recently given birth to a child and treated with nitrous oxide- and 124 control women (ratio 1:2) were matched for age, gestational age, parity, delivery route, labor augmentation, and spinal regional analgesia.
Several parameters like anhedonia, anxiety, and depression symptoms at hospital discharge were investigated by The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The intensity of nitrous oxide labor pain relief and satisfaction memory by a retrospective Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 0-10 Numeric…
