Before giving birth, I was terrified of labor. To be honest, I wasn’t entirely convinced that the baby was going to come out the way my medical providers said she was. After doing some homework, ...

Sarah Dunant gave birth to her two children in 1987 and 1990, and her experience informed her portrayal of childbirth in her ...

If you’re thinking about getting an epidural to help manage the pain of childbirth, you’re not alone. More than 70% of women delivering at hospitals elect for an epidural or other spinal anesthesia ...

As women who have gone through childbirth know, labor contractions and the birth process are typically painful. But women have been giving birth for centuries without pain medication. There are ...

The Japanese capital is rolling out subsidies for epidurals in a country where cost is a barrier and women are often ...

Birthing and peanut exercise balls are two non-pharmacologic interventions that are frequently used during labor. Although midwives and nurses have been using birthing and peanut balls during labor ...

A review of practices a one major university health system in New York found disparities in the type of pain relief given to women in labor. Researchers found African-American women are 50% less ...

Intermountain hospitals offer a variety of options for pregnant patients for labor and delivery and postpartum care. Pregnant patients can opt to see an OB/Gyn or certified nurse midwife, and they may ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Epidurals and other drug-based treatments are the tried-and-tested way to ease labor pain, but also have side effects that make them less attractive, according to a new ...

In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia -- an epidural or spinal pain reliever-- among non-Hispanic White women and, to a ...

British author Sarah Dunant says she gave birth to both her children without pain relief so she could better understand the ...

Two recent studies in Anesthesiology looked at pain relief; one studied chronic pain after breast cancer surgery and the second the connection between capsaicin and labor pain, according to News-Wise.