If you’re within the last few months of your pregnancy, you might be in the process of creating your birth plan. A birth plan is a list of your wishes for the childbirth experience that can include ...

Thinking about getting an epidural? You're not alone – it's the most common form of pain relief during labor in the United States. Here's exactly how it works, what it feels like, and what to expect ...

As your due date nears, you’ll likely have many of the details of your baby’s birth hammered out. But a big decision might still be keeping you up at night: Should you use pain medications during ...

Normally childbirth involves labor pain which crescendos around the time of delivery. This significant level of pain can require much endurance from a woman, particularly if the labor takes longer ...

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 ...

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 ...

The early stages of labor can be filled with a range of emotions for expecting mothers including pain and uncertainty. Preparing yourself for the unexpected — to the best of your ability — and ...

It’s no secret that delivering a baby can be painful, yet the decision about whether or not to use an epidural is a personal one for you and your family. An epidural is used to block nerve signals ...

FOR many decades obstetricians have concerned themselves with finding newer drugs and combinations of drugs to alleviate the pain of the first stage of labor. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a ...

METHOTRIMEPRAZINE, an interesting analgesic agent 1 is, chemically, a phenothiazine and thus unrelated to the known potent analgesics. It also seems devoid of addiction liability in monkey 2 and man 3 ...