Giovanna Ippolito is living with a broken needle in her spine after it broke off during childbirth ... Her son's birth required an epidural and a spinal block, and her daughter's birth required ...

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.

Women who experience a long childbirth won’t necessarily remember ... is particularly interesting given the common use of epidural analgesia,” says psychological scientist Eran Chajut of ...

Alanna Ubach and Thomas Russo Jr. Welcome Son Thomas Rodolfo When it comes to getting an epidural during childbirth, Ubach advises pregnant women, “Don’t be a martyr” and to save themselves ...