MHSC now offers new pain relief option for laboring mothers

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Jelena Frey watches the monitors as Women’s Health Center Director Megan Jacobsen explains how the nitrous oxide machine works in the Obstetrics Department at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County.

Wyo4News Staff, [email protected]

ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING (September 3, 2020) — Laboring mothers now have the option of using nitrous oxide to ease pain and anxiety when giving birth at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s (MHSC) Labor and Delivery Unit.

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“We are proud to be one of only three hospitals in Wyoming to offer this choice for women,” said Megan Jacobsen, director of Women’s Health Clinic of Sweetwater Memorial. “This allows women more options and lets them have more control during their labor experience.”

According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives, “Research has supported the reasonable efficacy, safety, and unique and beneficial qualities of nitrous oxide as an analgesic for labor and its use as a widely accepted component of quality maternity care.”

 

Sweetwater Memorial is now one of three hospitals in Wyoming to offer nitrous oxide for laboring mothers.

 

Nitrous oxide is often called “laughing gas.” It’s a safe anesthetic gas targeting the pain receptors in the brain.

Jacobsen said there are a lot of benefits in using nitrous oxide:

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  • Self-administered so the patient has complete control over her pain management
  • Noninvasive
  • Does not affect the baby
  • Does not affect breastfeeding
  • Does not stop or slow labor
  • Allows mom to maintain mobility and move around the room

Nitrous oxide is a good option for women who want a low-intervention birth or before the use of an epidural.

For more information, call MHSC Labor and Delivery at 307-352-8340.

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