Searching for Medical Substances Safe for Mother and Child, Facilitating the Delivery of Pain Management and Decreasing Exhaustion--Evaluation of Obstetric Gel by Pregnant Women.

The aim of the present study was to determine whether applying obstetric gel, a noninvasive method of pain management that is safe both for the mother and the child, during labor influences delivery satisfaction by facilitating pain management and decreasing exhaustion. Forty-seven primiparous women were included in the study: 23 on whom during the delivery gel was used and 24 whose delivery proceeded without the use of a gel (control group). The following research tools were used for the evaluation of satisfaction with the course of the delivery: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), self-authorship survey, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. There were no significant differences in intensification of pain in the first and second periods of delivery, exhaustion after delivery and intensification of pain in the second period of delivery, and increased anxiety between the study group and the control group. Our results suggest that application of obstetric gel during the first and second period of delivery does not significantly influence women's satisfaction with the course of delivery.