Some women experience less pain during childbirth due to a genetic variant, KV6.4, which acts like a natural epidural, ...

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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 ...

Is giving birth painful? After years of censoring the truth, it’s time we talked more openly about the realities of childbirth and new motherhood, says author Melanie Golding. I bumped into a ...

Since September 2024, the city of Tianmen, central China's Hubei Province, has been offering birth subsidies and incentives to couples having children, with up to 225,100 yuan (about 30,700 U.S.

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.

"Doctors think I am crazy," laughs Shanley. "But I believe childbirth is not inherently painful or dangerous unless there is interference from within or from outside." "She sounds like one of ...