Is there any pain relief medication you can get during labor before receiving an epidural?

they can give you something thru your iv just to take off the edge some

If you have any children have you gotten that?

they kept giving me something because I kept sleeping through it

Yes , and it work wonders the first time around . Once it start wearing off after a couple hours they say it might not work the second time around .

Honestly you may not even feel it. I was in so much pain and having a contraction while they were doing it that I didn't feel a thing. All I felt was the contraction