Breathing and Relaxation techniques can help lessen pain and fatigue during labour. This video contains information about breathing and relaxation for labour produced by the Women’s health physiotherapy team and midwifery team. The leaflet below also provides the same useful information; the links are at the bottom of the page.

National Information

For more information from the Charted Society of Physiotherapy about breathing and relaxation for labour please click on the links below

• http://acpwh.csp.org.uk/publications/fit-birth
• http://acpwh.csp.org.uk/publications/mitchell-method-simple-relaxation