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Take it from someone who waited until I was too far along to request drugs and had to “bite the bullet” when my first child was born, hypnotize yourself to say: “Epidural now!”
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“I am looking forward to going to the Epidural Farm,” she mumbled, rolling over and putting a pillow over her head in an attempt to get some sleep.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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“I am looking forward to going to the Epidural Farm,” she mumbled, rolling over and putting a pillow over her head in an attempt to get some sleep.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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De, “Epidural analgesia side effects, co-interventions, and care of women during childbirth: a systematic review,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 186 2002: S81-93.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Hager, “Comparing Epidural and Parenteral Opioid Analgesia During Labor,” Journal of Family Practice (2005); S.H. Halpern et al., “Effect of Epidural vs Parenteral Opioid Analgesia on the Progress of Labor: A Meta-analysis,” Journal of the American Medical Association 280 (1998): 2105-10; B.L. Leighton and S.H. Halpern, “The effects of epidural analgesia on labor, maternal, and neonatal outcomes: a systematic review,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186(5) (2002): S31-68.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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I strongly prefer to avoid but understand the possible necessity for the following interventions: Epidural or narcotics for exhaustion or specific medical procedure such as vacuum extraction or cesarean surgery.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Hager, “Comparing Epidural and Parenteral Opioid Analgesia During Labor,” Journal of Family Practice (2005); S.H. Halpern et al., “Effect of Epidural vs Parenteral Opioid Analgesia on the Progress of Labor: A Meta-analysis,” Journal of the American Medical Association 280 (1998): 2105-10; B.L. Leighton and S.H. Halpern, “The effects of epidural analgesia on labor, maternal, and neonatal outcomes: a systematic review,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 186(5) (2002): S31-68; E.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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•Epidural use raises the risk of fever and postpartum separation to rule out infection.10 Epidural drugs do reach your baby.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Howell, “Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour,” Cochrane Database of Syst.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Howell, “Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour,” Cochrane Database of Syst.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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