For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The thought of giving birth is intimidating. We have seen plenty of depictions of painful ...

Having an epidural during labour 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. Doctors refer to ...

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 ...

BOSTON - New research finds getting an epidural during labor could help reduce the risk of complications. Maternal mortality is on the rise across all racial and ethnic groups, and a new study in the ...

Getting an epidural during labor was linked to a 35% reduction in severe maternal health complications in a new study, with even higher protective effects in people with preterm births. When you ...

A pregnant woman has received overwhelming backing on Reddit after describing a tense standoff with her mother-in-law over her choice to have an epidural during childbirth. The 24-year-old woman, who ...