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Is pain to be expected when using a painkiller drip?

The pain during childbirth varies from woman to woman. There are several factors that can increase the pain during childbirth. For example, according to research results, being heavily overweight seems to increase the pain during childbirth.

Psychological factors, such as an anxious or stressed expectation, can also further increase the pain during birth. It is important to understand that pain during birth is experienced as a very individual experience. Therefore, it is not possible to make a general prediction of how strong or weak the expected pain will be.

This is also not possible when using a pain dropper. Although the drip can lead to a sometimes very strong and therefore painful contraction, this does not have to be the case. Furthermore, it is not possible to say how strong the pain will ultimately be felt by the pregnant woman, as this depends very much on her own pain tolerance. The pain when using a drip does not have to be stronger than the pain without the drip would be.

Drop of pain after caesarean section

A drip can also be inserted after a caesarean section. This may sound ambiguous at first, but it is quite simple. The drip promotes contraction, i.e. movement, of the uterus.

After the baby has been taken out of the uterus during a Caesarean section and the placenta has been removed, the uterus must contract and move to stop the bleeding. This can be assisted by using a drip. In the correct dosage, oxytocin helps to stop postpartum bleeding. This procedure is particularly useful for women with a known weakness in labour, who have already had several Caesarean sections or after the birth of a very large child (macrosomia). Get more information about Caesarean section