Pregnancy and labour pains - Many women having babies complain of all sorts of aches and pains during pregnancy and after birth pains that seem all the more irritating because you...

Epidurals: pain after birth - Women who have had epidurals during labour and birth are more likely to experience long term problems like backache and headache. ...

Epidurals follow on to forceps - Pregnant women given epidurals during labour are more likely to experience a forceps delivery even if they are given a less powerful anesthetic which...

Epidurals: They’re useless, researchers discover after 50 years - The epidural is standard medical practice for patients with sciatic back pain.

So you think you need . . . an episiotomy - Since the middle of the 18th century, when episiotomy was first introduced, the practice of artificially widening the vaginal opening by cutting into...

Epidurals likely to lead to antibiotics for the newborn - Babies born to mothers who had an epidural during labour are four times as likely to have antibiotics because of the fear of infection. ...

10 situations where you don't usually need a medical doctor - ...

Anesthesia - Q:My wife recently had a severe, near fatal reaction when given Diprivan (propofol) in a routine operation. All doctors in the hospital tried to cover...