Nonmedication Pain Management for ChildbirthYou have the option of not using any pain medicine during your labor and delivery. This is sometimes called a "natural" delivery. Nonmedication ways of controlling your pain include:
Other techniques without medicine Other ways to control pain without using medicine include:
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