A recent study comparing women's choices of pain relief in midwife - led and consultant - led units in Ireland showed that when women were offered other options such as hydrotherapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, fewer women
chose epidural analgesia [9].
Not exact matches
They state «Research is needed regarding which pain - relief options women would
choose if they were offered a range of choices beyond
epidural analgesia or parenteral opioids.»
Therefore,
epidural analgesia for labor may be used as part of TOLAC, and adequate pain relief may encourage more women to
choose TOLAC (14, 123) However,
epidural analgesia should not be considered necessary.