Not true. Fentanyl is given for acute pain relief to mothers in labor. "No fentanyl" was in our birth plan, and we had our OB look at it before delivering, an

Not true. Fentanyl is given for acute pain relief to mothers in labor. "No fentanyl" was in our birth plan, and we had our OB look at it before delivering, and her comment was "Realistically, you're not going to get addicted from the doses given in labor, and it gives the attending physician another option if needed, but if you really feel strongly about it..."