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>>> WE
>>> WE HOPE YOU LOVE OUR NEW STUDIO IS MUCH AS WE DO, WE ARE
TURNING IT PINK, TO HONOR MOMS,
ON THIS M+@OTHER'S DAY,
DELIVERING A GIF TO WMNWHO
ARE EXPECTING, AN EASIER
CHILDBIRTH, AND A ESNTO
LAUGH DUGLABOR PAINS, WE
EXPLAIN IN THIS WFAA ORIGINAL.
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♪ ♪ >> I WENT TO DO IT ALL +@NATURA
>> ReporeO,YS NATURAL
CHILDBIRTH, UNMEDICATED, RAW,
SO MANY HARD-CORE OE TURNIN
AWAY EPUSTO FEEL EVERY
SINGLE BEAUTFL ANU
MOMENTOTHE REALNESS.
MOMENTOTHE REALNESS. >> WE ARE EXCITED.
>> Reporter: AMELIA IS ONE OF
THOSE WOMEN.
THOSE WOMEN. >> I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK
AROUND, MOVE, AV E FREEDOM
TO GET UP OUT OF BED IF I
WANTED TO.>> Reporter: SHE
HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING KIND OF
FUNNY IN HER BIRTHING CLASS,
BUT NO JOK+@E, NITROUS OXIDE,
YES, LAUGHING GAS TO DIAL DOWN
THE PAIN.
THE PAIN.
THE PAIN. >> PREVIOUSLY THE ONLY THINGS
WE HAD WHICH ARE IV NARCOTICS,
MAKE THEM LOOPY AND THE BABY
LOOPY AS WELL.>> Reporter: A
LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE, SHE
HAS WITNESSED COUNTLESS BIRTHS
FOR 10 YEARS, AND ONE TREND
GAINING STEAM.
GAINING STEAM. >> THE POPULATION WAS WANTING
ANOTHER OPTION THAT WAS SAFER
FOR MOM AND BABY, THAT COUL+@D
USED ALL THE WAY TO THE END
WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE THE
EPIDURAL.
EPIDURAL.
EPIDURAL. >> Reporter: SHE STARTED USING
THE NITROUS AS THE OPTION, THEY
HAVE TWO MACHINES NOW, MORE THE
WAY, ABOUT 25% OF WOMEN GOING
INTO LABOR HERE ARE ASKING FOR.
>> WHEN THE CONTRACTION STARTS,
HOLD IT TO YOUR FACE, AND
BREATHING.>> R+@eporter: SHE
ASKED FOR NITROUS WHILE WE WERE
IN THE LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT
SHOOTING THE STORY.
>> WITH MY FIR+@ST ONE, I TRY T
DO NATURAL, BUT IT DIDN'T GO AS
PLANNED.
PLANNED.
PLANNED. >> Reporter: SHEET ALLOWED US
TO STA+@Y AS THE NURSE TALKED H
THROUGH THE CONTRACTIONS.
>> A LITTLE DIZZY?
>> SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE
CONTRACTIONS TO FIGURE OUT THE
TIMING, SHE SEEMED TO GET A
PRET+@TY QUICKLY.
PRET+@TY QUICKLY. >> Reporter: WE NOTICED HER
HUSBAND EXTRA CHILL.
TO SUPPORT HER.
>> I COULD FEEL HER BODY
+@RELAX.>> I LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: SEEMINGLY MORE
PLEASANT+@ FOREFATHERS, TOO.
>> IT DOESN'T TAKE THE PAIN
AWAY COMPLETELY, BUT ANN'S I
ANXIETY AFFECTS, AND HELPS THEM
REAC+@TS -- RELAX.
-- BUT IT HAS ANTI-ANXIETY
EFFECTS.
EFFECTS.
EFFECTS. >> Reporter: 50% OF OXY+@GEN AN
NITROUS ARE DECIDE -- NITROUS
OXIDE, FOR LABOR PAINS, IN
THESE COUNTRIES.
THESE COUNTRIES. SHE DID NOT GET THE EPIDURAL.
>> INSTEAD OF BLOCKING OUT THE
PAIN ENTIRELY, IT FORCED ME TO
BREATHE THROUGH THE
CONTRACTIONS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TO INHALE REALLY DEEPLY INTO
THE MASK.
THE MASK.
THE MASK. >> Reporter: SHE DELIVERED HER
SUN WITH A LITTLE +@BIT OF PAIN
AND PLENTY OF GIGGLES.
IF YOU DOORS AWAY, PERSISTING +@
LIKE A CHAMP, WORTH HELP FROM
HER HUSBAND.
HER HUSBAND. >> THIS OPTION ALLOWS THEM TO
BE UPRIGHT, AND USE THEIR BODY,
VERSUS BEING STUCK WITH THE
EPIDURAL, IT ALLOWS THEM TO BE
@ A LITTLE BIT MORE IN CONTROL.
>> Reporter: BEFORE SHE KNEW
+@ IT, AVA ARRIVED, AND AS ANY MOM
WILL TELL YOU, REGARDLESS OF
THE BIRTHING EXPERIE+@NCE, IT W
ALL WORTH IT.
CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
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♪ ♪ >> NITROUS OXIDE HAS THE
SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE
OF NURSE MIDWIVES, AND IS
CONSIDERED SAFE TO USE DURING