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.

The walking epidural uses a lower dose of the drugs used in a classic epidural to promote mobility during labor. Learn more ...

Women in labour should be offered an alternative to an epidural spinal block injection, say new draft guidelines for the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE ...

"When they placed him on my chest, I was just in shock and I think I said, 'Oh my god' about a hundred times," Jessie Ginsburg told Newsweek.

And most women know when they really get into true labor. Keith Eddleman ... the answer is it depends on whether or not you have an epidural in place. Sometimes it takes a little longer if ...

An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...