If the tendency maintains itself, more than 80 000 women will give birth, to Quebec, in 2008. In the majority of the cases, one will have resort to pain-killing medicines (epidural opiate, of nitrogen monoxide) to relieve their pains during the childbirth. The use of non conventional approaches in the delivery rooms could he/it improve the action of these medicines, or even to permit to reduce the use of it?
The acupuncture, the acupression and hydrotherapy could relieve the pains during the childbirth, according to the results of a recent analysis of tests cliniques1. The pain-killing effect of these non medicinal approaches would be superior to the one of a placebo, according to researchers of the service of obstetrics and gynecology of the hospital Saint-Vincent of Paul of the university of Paris.
The authors of the survey reviewed the scientific documentation carrying on the use of various complementary methods aiming to relieve the pain felt by a woman who gives birth.
Besides the acupuncture, the acupression and the hydrotherapy for which one has proofs reasonable of efficiency, the hypnotherapy, yoga, the relaxation, the therapeutic touch and the massage could contribute to improve the comfort of the women also. According to the results, these methods would also have the effect of reducing the dosages of anesthetizing medicines.
Because of the increasing demand of complementary care expressed by the women, the obstetricians should familiarize themselves more with the complementary approaches, conclude the authors of the survey.
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