If you’re thinking about getting an epidural to help manage the pain of childbirth, you’re not alone. More than 70% of women delivering at hospitals elect for an epidural or other spinal ...

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 ...

During fiscal 2022, 386 women opted for the pain-relief method during childbirth. It is performed by inserting a thin tube into the epidural space of the spine and injecting a local anesthetic.

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.

If you’ve ever been in labor, or know someone who has, you’ve heard of an epidural. The term is an adjective that has also become a noun, describing one of the most common analgesic procedures ...