They say experience is the best teacher, and for nurse practitioner and long-time labor & delivery (L&D) nurse ...

We assumed that suffering is unlikely if indicators of satisfaction were positive after childbirth. Adequate evidence of benefit in reducing pain exists for continuous labor support, baths ...

A recent study conducted by American researchers identified cluster headaches as the most excruciating pain a person can experience, surpassing labor pains, gunshot wounds, and bone fractures.

A Chinese man lost part of his small intestine after undergoing three hours of a childbirth pain simulation device at his ...

Acupuncture can ease the pain of childbirth for women and help them to relax, scientists have discovered. Women who had the alternative therapy were less likely to ask for an epidural, they said.

The technological revolution in the field of pregnancy and childbirth offers innovative solutions that significantly enhance the experience for both mother and baby.

In summary, 4 RCTs have found that intradermal water blocks reduce severe low back pain in most laboring women without any identified side effects on the fetus or mother, except for the transient ...

Having endured an induced labor with no pain medication for her first birth, an experience she described as "torture," Burton knew she wanted to approach this pregnancy differently. "I remember ...