What types of medicines are used for pain relief?
There are many ways to lessen pain during labor and the birth of a baby. Several kinds of medicines can relieve the pain. Medicines can be used to remove all feeling from one part of your body or to lessen or remove feeling in all of your body. Medicines may also relieve pain without a total loss of feeling. Relaxation methods called childbirth preparation (such as Lamaze) may help you deal with the pain of having your baby with very little pain medicine or even without any pain medicine.