Leaflet - pain relief

Both this leaflet and the Caesarean Section leaflet have been translated into several languages and are available for download by clicking on the buttons below. Versions in several other languages are planned or in progress. Any interested anaesthetists who might be able to help with translations into other languages should contact Dr Rosie Jones.

Pain Relief in Labour 
 

See English and Foreign Language translations to download  

This leaflet (now in its 3rd edition) is designed to give mothers and their partners some idea about the pain of labour and what can be done to relieve it. It uses clear patient-friendly language to discuss the options for analgesia in labour (Simple Methods, TENS, Entonox, Pethidine, Epidurals).   

Based on good evidence, the leaflet may be used in conjunction with the film 'Coping with Labour Pain' (see DVD link).

The 3rd Edition of the leaflet has been approved by the Plain English Campaign

(First and Second editions of the leaflet were approved by the Centre for Health Information Quality).

We are grateful to the following doctors and patients who have kindly contributed to the translations of these leaflets:

• Arabic - Dr Anwar Al Abdelrahman Obeidat, Miss Lian Otta
• Catalan - Dr Ildefons Sardà, Dr Mireia Romeu, Coia Masdéu (Mother)
• Croatian - Dr Dzenana Music
• Czech - Dr Sylva Dolenska, Ms Magda Strapkova, Ms Jana Zalesakova
• French - Dr Nathalie Frayssinet, Véronique Segria, Nicolas Frayssinet
• Georgian - Drs Alex Gokhelashvili, Lasha Phirtskhalava, Kakhaber Sanikidze, Alex Kakauridze and Tinatin Chkhaidze
• German - Dr Robbie Pongratz
• Greek - Dr Chryssoula Karanastasi, Prof. Athina Vadalouka, Dr Elena Kourteli
• Hindi - Dr Amit Chawla, Dr Rajrani Chawla, Mrs Chitra Jain, Mr Sudhir Jain
• Icelandic - Dr Adalbjorn Thorsteinssons (Anaesthetist), Anna S Vernhardsdottir (Midwife), Unnur Lisa Schram (Mother)
• Italian - Dr Pierluigi Trevisan, Mrs Sally Pellegrini Booth
• Japanese - Dr Takashi Asai, Dr Koh Shingu, Mrs Yoko Shingu
• Mandarin - Dr Lu Anqi, Dr Vincent Yeo, Ms Wee Soon Kwang
• Polish - Dr Tomasz Langie, Elzbieta Langie
• Portugese - Dr Egidio da Silva, Ms Maria Correia de Campos, Ms Madalena Oliveira Dias
• Punjabi - Dr Jaspreet Kaur, Mr HP Singh (IT support), Mr Ranbir Singh, Mrs Surinder Rehal and Aheer Family
• Russian - Dr Svetlana Rutter, Dr Irina Kosheleva
• Serbian - Dr Mirjana Kendrisic, Dr Nikac Tomanovic, Dr Dragan Malobabic,  Ana Sentov, Mirjana Bikar
• Slovakian - Dr Robert Tirpak
• Slovenian - Dr Aleš Rozman, Martina Zupančič
• Spanish - Dr Carlos Restrepo Garces, Mrs Nati Sidbury
• Tamil - Dr V Hariharan, Mrs R Chetty, Mrs Sai Harihan 
• Turkish: Dr. Sukran Sahin, Ms Gokcen Aladag, Ms Gulsah Olcay
• Urdu - Dr Muhammad Qasim, Mr. M Aktar, Mrs R. Akram
• Welsh - Dr Christine Bell, Dr Gwilym Davis, Ms Bethan Jones

We are also grateful to the other patients who contributed but who did not wish their names to be included