Obstetrics

Epidural Pain Relief During Labor Does Not Increase Chance Of C-Section

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 6th, 2001

Contrary to what has previously been reported, epidural analgesia, used to relieve women's pain during labor, does not appear to increase a woman's chances of having a cesarean section, according to an analysis of hospital records by researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.

The researchers also found that epidural analgesia, or pain relief, does not increase the chances for difficult birth, as many had feared, but does prolong labor by an average of 25 minutes. The findings were reported recently in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-09-06)

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