BACKGROUND Childbirth fear is linked with lower labor pain tolerance and worse postpartum adjustment. Empirically validated childbirth preparation options are lacking for pregnant women facing this problem. Mindfulness approaches, now widely disseminated, can alleviate symptoms of both chronic and acute pain and improve psychological adjustment, suggesting potential benefit when applied to chil...

Background: Many techniques have been proposed to relieve labor pain, one of which is hypnotherapy, which can be defined as the usage of hypnosis during labor to alleviate pain or anxiety. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the possible relationship between hypnosis and neonatal outcomes based on the available reports. Methods: Major databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, S...

BACKGROUND Cervical ripening is a prerequisite for a normal obstetrical outcome. This process, including labor, is a painful event that shares features with inflammatory reactions where peripheral nociceptive pathways are involved. The capsaicin and heat receptor TRPV1 is a key molecule in sensory nerves involved in peripheral nociception, but little is known regarding its role in the pregnant ...

BACKGROUND Systemic opioids are commonly administered during labor, but their efficacy has been recently questioned. In addition, laboratory and clinical studies provide a strong rationale for combining mu- and kappa-opioid receptor agonists for analgesia. The authors therefore studied, using validated intensity and affective scales and definitions of effective pain relief, the efficacy of intr...

James Young Simpson was one of the first obstetricians to administer anesthesia during childbirth in nineteenth century Scotland. Before his work in the 1800s, physicians had few ways to reduce the pain of childbirth. Simpson experimented with the use of ether and chloroform, both gaseous chemicals, to temporarily relieve pain. He found that those chemicals both successfully inhibited the pain ...

BACKGROUND Assessments of labour pain focus on pain intensity, not on duration. We aimed to assess the importance labouring women apply to pain intensity and duration before labour and post-delivery. METHODS Forty healthy women scheduled for labour induction were enrolled in this institutional review board-approved, prospective cohort study. Participants completed a pain preference questionna...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to verify whether the distance walked is correlated with women's pain level throughout the active phase of labor. METHODOLOGY We realized an analytic, quasi-experimental intervention study. Study participants were 80 primiparous parturient women, who were admitted during spontaneous labor, with 37-42 weeks, at the start of the active phase. DATA ANALYSIS Spearman...

were already in attendance and the general condition of the woman was unsatisfactory. The sub-assistant surgeons were of opinion that the case was one of twins. Whilst admitting that the abdomen was abnormally large for a single foetus I refrained from positively stating that the woman had twins. As the labour pains were very strong a detailed abdominal examination was difficult. On making an e...

ments, aged about 30, was admitted to the hospital on the 24th March, 1924, with a history of pregnancy dating from the 1st January, 1923. She had her last regular menses in the month of December 1922. She noticed and felt all the usual signs and symptoms cf a normal pregnancy in the usual course of events. In the month of September, 1923, one day the usual labour pains began but in a very mild...