There are a lot of reasons this pain-management procedure is used by two-thirds of laboring moms. Here’s how an epidural works and how to decide if it’s right for you.

Some women experience less pain during childbirth due to a genetic variant, KV6.4, which acts like a natural epidural, increasing their pain threshold and reducing sensitivity to discomfort.

You know the old adage, women carry the babies because men can't handle the pain. Well, a couple of guys wanted to prove that adage wrong.

Labor Wards Looking at Laughing Gas Nitrous oxide could give women an intermediate option short of an epidural.

An expecting mom found a groovy way to deal with her labor pains by doing the "Tootsie Roll" dance. Yuki Nishizawa had gone into labor with her second child when she started doing the dance to ...

The majority of the midwives who stated that they were unaware of sterile water injections as a pain relief method during labor requested to receive information about sterile water injections.

Effectiveness of Aromatherapy in Reducing Pain and Suffering During Labor One large, uncontrolled prospective study [65] reported on the use and effectiveness of aromatherapy in a large referral ...