By Lia Scenna, as told to Beth Ann Mayer I got an epidural the first time I gave birth, and the whole process was seamless – ...
Epidural analgesia is a widely used method for pain relief during labor, providing significant comfort to many women during childbirth. It involves the administration of anesthetic agents into the ...
With advancements in medical treatments around the world, childbirth no longer has to mean enduring overwhelming pain, thanks to epidural analgesia. An epidural is a form of pain relief that ...
To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to encourage larger families. Japan desperately needs more children as its ...
There are advocates of everything from "natural" birth (minimal intervention and no epidurals), "ecstatic" birth (achieved through hypnosis and other mental gymnastics), "total control" birth ...
The Tokyo metropolitan government will subsidize the cost of “painless delivery,” the use of an epidural or other anesthetics during childbirth, for Tokyo residents starting in fiscal 2025.