Every woman — and every labor — is different. Some women find the experience to be less painful than they expected, while some find it more painful. Many of those in the latter category who might have ...

During pregnancy, you’ll face many decisions, one of them being whether to use pain medication in childbirth. While it’s not right for everyone, choosing to go without medication during labor can have ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — There is a new option for birthing patients along the lakeshore, to help ease pain during labor. Holland Hospital's Boven Birth Center now has a labor hydrotherapy tub. It is a ...

Women who used a virtual reality (VR) headset to watch relaxing immersive scenes — such as a walk through a forest or along a beach — experienced a reduction in labor pain, according to results from a ...

Combined spinal epidural anesthesia provides better pain control during the first stages of child labor compared with traditional epidural labor analgesia, according to a recent article in ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

The demographic profile of the respondents was similar to ACNM membership in age and years of experience. The distribution of birth settings in the sample was the same as ACNM members for hospital ...

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 ...

"Pain" is the word most associated with labor and delivery. But it doesn't have to be; here's why. Learning self-hypnosis can make childbirth and labor much easier with less discomfort, more control ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Mercy Springfield is the first in the city to offer a familiar pain and anxiety treatment for labor and delivery. Most of us are familiar with nitrous oxide, commonly known as ...