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.

During my first birth, I was not prepared for the intense, all-consuming pain of labor contractions. I wanted to be more in control of my labor for my second, so I worked with my midwife on ways ...

Scroll down as we explain to you the different types of labor pain. Before experiencing true contractions before childbirth, many women have Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as false labor ...

TENS causes a buzzing or prickling sensation that may reduce her awareness of contraction pain. A 1997 systematic review of 8 trials of TENS for labor, [60] including a total of 812 women ...

a cutting type of pain will be generated, thus creating a block to the slower signals from the uterine contractions. This knowledge is useful to practitioners assisting women in labor, because ...

Ask your doctor for pain medication ... and it could make your labor last longer. In the meantime, focus on your breath -- take deep ones in, and blow out during the contractions.

Contractions and dilation (opening) of the cervix before 37 weeks of pregnancy are considered preterm, or premature, labor. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks after the first day of the last ...