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When Birth Becomes Trauma: How One Mother Reclaimed Control

At 26 weeks pregnant in 2022, Azhia Kirk was rushed into an emergency delivery where everything happened in an instant — ...
Reuters

Childbirth deaths from spinal anesthesia rising

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. women who die from anesthesia complications during childbirth has fallen sharply in recent decades. But deaths specifically related to so-called regional ...
The Atlantic

The Pain That Is Unlike All Other Pain

Not long after wheeling me into the room where I would eventually give birth to my eldest daughter, the nurse asked me what my plan was for pain management. I didn’t have much of an answer. I had just ...
CNN

Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are more likely to experience postpartum depression, study finds

Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe postpartum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to ...
phillyvoice.com

Using an epidural reduces risk of severe childbirth complications, study finds

The use of an epidural during childbirth for pain management is a common practice, but a new research suggests it might provide other benefits as well. An epidural may decrease the risk of severe ...
Reuters

Guidelines for childbirth anesthesia revised

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued revised guidelines for anesthesia administration to women during labor and delivery -- whether natural or ...
CNN

China to make all hospitals offer epidurals to incentivize childbirth

China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anesthesia during childbirth, a move it said would help promote a “friendly childbearing environment” for women ...