Objective is to examine the effect of epidural analgesia in first stage ... babies were delivered at a free standing birth center or at 3 hospitals, all in San Diego, CA. This study of 2,052 ...

TALK TO. . . your consultant. Epidural Birth An epidural is an injection of powerful pain relieving drugs into the spine. It can only be set up by an anaesthetist so it?s as well to let the ...

Few birth plans make it out of the hospital bag, and Milner’s glossy manifesto was no exception. On February 1 2023, two weeks before her due date, Milner, 34, was rushed into hospital with high ...

Women in labour should be offered an alternative to an epidural spinal block injection ... whether it is available where you plan to give birth, advises the National Childbirth Trust.

A medical society survey found that less than 10 percent of women who gave birth in clinics were given epidural anesthesia. A mother in Beijing says, "Pain-free delivery is not that common.