Health is Gold (135): Labour pain relief or epidural

Labour pain relief: Epidural or not?

Labour pain relief: Epidural or not? Source: AAP

About 30 percent of Australian women in labour request the procedure, which involves injecting a drug into the epidural space around the spinal cord to block nerve-transmitted pain signals. More than 200 pregnant women were interviewed or filled out a questionnaire for Dr Quach.



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