Coping with Labor Pain

“One of the most influential biases in the acquisition of evidence is choice of the question, and the best evidence in answer to the wrong question is useless.” Menticoglou & Hall 2002 Making [...]

Popping up on the internet from time to time are announcements that hospitals are offering nitrous oxide (N2O), a.k.a. laughing gas, as a new option for relieving labor pain. Used for dental [...]

Medpage Today reports on a study contradicting the rationale for delayed pushing, or “laboring down,” with an epidural. Analysis of the hospital records of 21,000 1st-time mothers concluded that [...]

EurekAlert reports on a trial finding that giving 1st-time mothers more time to push out their babies cuts the cesarean rate for prolonged second stage in half. The American College of [...]