Painless delivery involves the use of an epidural anesthesia, a procedure where a pain-relieving drug is administered into the lower back through a catheter. The medication numbs the lower body while keeping the mother fully conscious and able to participate in the delivery process. Epidural analgesia (EA) This is the most effective and reliable way to get rid of labor pain. It is a mixture of oxygen into 50% nitrous oxide and a facemask administers this usually. Psychoprophylactic childbirth, better known as “painless childbirth,” consists of psychological pain relief based on the theory of conditioned reflexes.