Objective is to examine the effect of epidural ... labor on occurrence of cesarean and operative vaginal deliveries in nulliparous women and multiparous women without a previous cesarean delivery.

Sara Martinez says that every time she watches the footage back she remembers the trauma and "pain I felt in that moment." ...

Hack points out several myths about epidural during labor and delivery, including that it can cause paralysis. However, these ...

But if the mother does not experience the need to push, a possible result of having received an epidural ... Other risks to the infant during both labor and delivery can include the early ...

you know you're close to term, and the contractions get more frequent, they get stronger, they get closer together, and then labor ... have an epidural in place. And then after delivery, the ...

Moreover, multiple fixed factors such as parity, maternal weight, and fetal weight as well as commonly employed interventions (e.g., oxytocin augmentation and epidural use) may significantly ...

Wealthy women are far more likely to get an epidural during labour ... data from 1,000 women who underwent caesarean section delivery with ethnicity and deprivation information provided.

Having an epidural during labor is associated with a marked reduction in serious complications in the first few weeks after giving birth, finds a study published by The BMJ today. A study by KK ...