Share on Pinterest A new study finds getting an epidural can lead to a lower risk of certain complications. Yoss Sabalet/Getty Images Getting an epidural during labor is associated with a reduction in ...

CALLING mothers who use an epidural during labour as “cheaters” is both unfair and illogical, after all, no one criticises patients for using anaesthesia during surgery. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ...

Developed countries have seen rising rates of medical interventions during labor and delivery. A team of investigators from Australia studied how a new approach to prenatal childbirth education ...

Not long after wheeling me into the room where I would eventually give birth to my eldest daughter, the nurse asked me what my plan was for pain management. I didn’t have much of an answer. I had just ...

Childbirth is complicated, and it's understandable to have questions about the process if you've never gone through it before, including details about pain medication options like an epidural. The ...

A new study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology looked at the link between structural racism and a lower use of pain-relieving epidurals in childbirth. While the research revealed that both Black and ...

Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

Analysis of TikTok videos on neuraxial labor analgesia found them to be of poor overall quality, with 10% of the videos containing inaccurate information. Videos from medical sources demonstrate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natalia Deriabina/Shutterstock Before giving birth, I was terrified of labor. To be honest, I wasn’t entirely convinced that the ...