With less than two months to go before my due date, I've read a lot about my pain-management options, including the epidural. Before diving into the information out there, my general opinion went ...

The thought of giving birth is intimidating. We have seen plenty of depictions of painful deliveries with screaming, crying and fainting partners. Labour can be painful but of course every delivery is ...

Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

I've Googled the phrase "epidural vs. natural childbirth" so many times that the letters on my keyboard have practically worn off. I couldn't read enough stories, binge enough YouTube videos, or skim ...

Childbirth hurts. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Thanks to modern medicine, there are some great pain control options out there to make delivering a baby way more bearable—in some cases, virtually ...

Mandy Moore will likely undergo labor without an epidural again for the delivery of her second child. The "This Is Us" alum, who is set to welcome another son with husband Taylor Goldsmith in October, ...

Mandy Moore will likely undergo labor without an epidural again for the delivery of her second child. "My platelets are too low for an epidural," the pregnant actress told NBC's TODAY Parents in an ...

Being pregnant is never a walk in the park. Along with a tiny hitchhiker taking up residence in your uterus and all the fun that comes along with that, there's a veritable laundry list of decisions ...