Women in labor can take a variety of measures to ease their pain, Toledo says. They can try one approach, and if that doesn't work, move on to a different option.

In a study performed on 587 women who received sterile water injections during their labor, researchers found that sterile water is a good form of short-term pain relief (it reduced their pain by ...

After 20 minutes my body was producing huge contactions very close together. When I got home from the hospital, I looked up self hypnosis and realized that my method of preparing was indeed hypnosis.

CLEVELAND - - Many women approach childbirth labor fearful of the pain they may experience, but are also unwilling or unable to take medication to ease the pain. However, a new study provides hope ...

This is why pain management becomes important during labor and delivery. Knowing what options are available helps the woman and the support personnel, as well as the medical team, to decide on ...

After nearly disappearing from labor and delivery wards in the United States due to the availability of the epidural, nitrous oxide has grown in popularity as a pain-relief alternative during ...

It was amazing. For about a minute. Subsequently, I was flying high, yet still in pain. Every body is different, and I knew my body's dismissal of the pain relief was no fault of Dr. Y or Andrea.

While there are no statistics as to how often and how many women are sent home from the hospital in the early stages of labor, the issue appears to be front of mind for many. Numerous online ...

But my body can't connect the pain with any kind of physical memory.” Melissa, who has one son whom she delivered vaginally, was in labor for 59 hours. “I don't remember the pain,” she says.

While in labor with her second child, in November 2016, Erin Martucci’s doctor suggested an unorthodox option to quell her anxiety about giving birth without the pain relief of an epidural: a ...

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 and self-confidence.