That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

Researchers have established that epidural analgesia, at the expense of augmenting small perineal tears marginally, ...

A woman in a difficult labour had no pain relief, likely for hours, because her epidural line had come out and no one noticed. Midwives told a junior midwife looking for advice the woman "just needs ...