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  2. Getting an Epidural During Labor Drops the Risk of Severe ...

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    How an epidural lowers the risk of severe complications The study results found 22% of women had an epidural in labor. Additionally, severe maternal morbidity occurred in 4.3 per 1,000 births.

  3. Pain management during childbirth - Wikipedia

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    The procedure, especially when performed by untrained doctors, had a number of risks and side-effects. Its rise and fall coincided with both first-wave feminism and the anti-German sentiment that arose during World War I. In 1956, Pope Pius XII approved the use of painless childbirth. [10] The 1960s saw the rise of epidural analgesics for pain ...

  4. Epidural administration - Wikipedia

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    Medical intervention Epidural administration A freshly inserted lumbar epidural catheter. The site has been prepared with tincture of iodine, and the dressing has not yet been applied. Depth markings may be seen along the shaft of the catheter. ICD-9-CM 03.90 MeSH D000767 OPS-301 code 8-910 [edit on Wikidata] Epidural administration (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, "upon" + dura mater) is a method ...

  5. Birth trauma (physical) - Wikipedia

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    Birth injuries encompass any systemic damages incurred during delivery (hypoxic, toxic, biochemical, infection factors, etc.), but "birth trauma" focuses largely on mechanical damage. Caput succedaneum , bruises , bleeding along the displacements of cranial bones, and subcapsular hematomas of the liver are among reported birth injuries.

  6. Psychiatric disorders of childbirth - Wikipedia

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    After excessively painful labors, or those with a disturbing loss of control, fear of death or infant loss, or complications requiring forceps delivery or emergency Caesarean section, some mothers experience symptoms similar to those occurring after other harrowing experiences; these include intrusive memories , nightmares, and a high-tension ...

  7. Epidural blood patch - Wikipedia

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    An epidural blood patch (EBP) is a surgical procedure that uses autologous blood, meaning the patient's own blood, in order to close one or many holes in the dura mater of the spinal cord, which occurred as a complication of a lumbar puncture or epidural placement.

  8. Black women are less likely to receive epidurals during labor ...

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    A new study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology looked at the link between structural racism and a lower use of pain-relieving epidurals in childbirth. While the research revealed that both Black ...

  9. Shoulder dystocia - Wikipedia

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    Risk factors include gestational diabetes, previous history of the condition, operative vaginal delivery, obesity in the mother, an overly large baby, and epidural anesthesia. [2] It is diagnosed when the body fails to deliver within three minutes of delivery of the baby's head. [2] It is a type of obstructed labour. [4]