Why aren't anesthetics used during childbirth to wipe out the mother's strain?
Answer:
They are! There is a whole sub-specialty of anesthesia concerning obstetrics!
We use epidural and/or subarachnoid (spinal) analgesia and anesthesia for labor, distribution and cesarean delivery.
The common sense inhalation anesthesia is not used for vaginal labour is that pregnant moms are at increased risk for aspiration (inhaling vomit), and inhalation anesthetics obliterate run of the mill airway reflexes. (They can inhale their vomit and die. We hatred that.)
All a pregnant woman has to do is ask, and we're within.
Sometimes they do, what do you think epidurals are?
You idiot, obviously they are used during child birth. Local anasthetics.
Because the function of anesthetics is to relax muscles and block memory as well as do away with pain and relaxing muscles is exactly what you don't want contained by child birth unless you are doing a C-section which is surgery. Many women do have some agony killing - it's call an epidural.
Many women have epidurals, which inject painkillers directly into the spinal cord to numb the torment. Beyond that, anesthetics are not widely used because the mother needs to push the child out, and if local anesthesia has be used she may not be able to. Also, local anesthetics may be negative to the baby.
Some use a simpler method of reducing cramp, a mixture of oxygen and Nitrous oxide, when pain get too much they are sometimes offered it. I think it be called Entonox.
Epidural anesthesia is pretty popular. Some anesthetics will interfere next to labor, and even simple pain-relievers drug the baby. It's largely a sanctuary issue.
epidurals, and less frequently spinals, are used for labor analgesia. common anesthesia (being made unconscious) is not induced for labor analgesia mainly because:
1. an knocked out mom is not very caring pushing out the baby
2. fetal depression- the anesthetics can cross the placenta and exact the baby to not breathe or enjoy decreased heartrate upon birth.
3. increased risk of aspiration for mom as pangolin said- although we could abstractly solve that problem by intubating the mom... but it would still remain a risk.
4. social factors- these days, some moms are justly insistent on having a "innate childbirth" experience. they would view even have a labor epidural as somehow a failure on their part of the pack. i can't imagine any mothers out within agreeing to be put to sleep for labor analgesia, although i'm sure there are some out here!
Epidurals hurt like hell. Its similar to a lumbar puncture. I think ego rather last out labour pains.. And most dont want it do u cant feel anything so u dont even know if ur even pushing or not. This is desperate for the baby.