The unique pain of labor is complex and multifaceted, but managing the pain has been correlated with increased maternal satisfaction, as well and improved bonding between mothers and their newborn child. (yogauonline.com)
Together, we learn many different ways to use the mind to work with the physical pain of labor, as well as learn how to come to terms with any fears we may have about the many unknowns that lie ahead. (mindfulbirthing.org)
They did not expect the pain of labor, the frustration and humiliation of fertility procedures, the trauma of Cesarean surgery, the loss of their independence — or all of the above. (religion-online.org)