Sometimes moms don't realize it, but receiving the epidural, a prolonged
epidural during the delivery can sometimes delay the lactogenesis process or the milk production process after the birth.
Not exact matches
Chang ZM, RN, MN, IBCLC, and Heaman MI, RN, Ph.D. «
Epidural Analgesia
During Labor and
Delivery: Effects on the Initiation and Continuation of Effective Breastfeeding.»
When my boys finally came into this world after three hours of pushing, a complication with my
epidural during surgery that almost caused me to lose consciousness, and finally an emergency c - section
delivery, my sons were seven weeks early.
Luckily, I had learned a very painful lesson
during the
delivery of my first son — I didn't waste any time on getting my
epidural this time.
Childbirth classes discuss topics including labor and
delivery, coping strategies
during labor,
epidurals and pain medications, medical procedures, and what to expect at the hospital or birthing center
during labor and throughout the recovery period.
«
Epidural Analgesia
During Labor and
Delivery: Effects on the Initiation and Continuation of Effective Breastfeeding.»
For the mother's part, it has been found that women who smoke
during pregnancy, had a long labor, needed an
epidural, or required forceps
during their
delivery are more likely to have a colicky baby.
The same with newborns exposed to oxytocin and
epidurals during medicated vaginal
deliveries.
S. H. Poggi et al., «Effect of
Epidural Anaesthesia on Clinician - Applied Force
During Vaginal
Delivery,» Am J Obstet Gynecol 191, no. 3 (2004): 903 — 906.
You will probably receive a regional anesthetic, such as an
epidural, rather than the general anesthesia that once made women unconscious
during the
delivery.
On the other hand, if you want the option of getting an
epidural, or you're very anxious about something going wrong
during labor and
delivery and don't want to chance having to transfer to a hospital, you'll want to be in a hospital from the get - go.
If you have medication
during labor and
delivery, such as an
epidural, the drugs in your system do not magically go away once baby is born, unfortunately.
If an
epidural isn't for you, there are many other ways to manage pain
during labor and
delivery.
The study also found that women who delivered babies at a higher gestational age (further along in their pregnancy) were less likely to develop PPD, and women who did not have anesthesia, such as an
epidural,
during delivery had an increased risk.
While the research is mixed (some studies show that hypnosis reduces the overall use of pain meds
during labor, but not
epidurals), many women say it's worked wonders
during their
deliveries.
More than 50 percent of all women will receive an
epidural to control their pain
during labor and
delivery, according to the American Pregnancy Association.
The use of
epidurals during labor and
delivery is a pretty (and, annoyingly) debated aspect of childbirth.
Recent research has found that
epidural medications
during labor and
delivery are associated with 0.5 % greater weight loss by the newborn, and increased rates of supplements in hospitals, along with fewer babies being fully breastfed on discharge from hospitals.
Women who have a CNM with them
during labor and
delivery have fewer interventions, such as continuous electronic fetal monitoring,
epidurals, and episiotomies, without any difference in the outcomes for women or their babies.
If an
epidural is used
during labour and birth — in addition to oxytocin, pethidine and an instrumental
delivery — then how can research conclude that it was the
epidural anesthesia that caused a neonate to be drowsy and slow to latch on to the breast?
Wisner's editorial is based on a new Chinese study that found women who had pain control with
epidural anesthesia
during a vaginal
delivery had a much lower risk for postpartum depression than women who didn't have the
epidural.
The Chinese study found that women who had an
epidural for pain relief
during labor for a vaginal
delivery had a 14 percent rate of depression at six weeks postpartum compared to nearly 35 percent rate of depression for those who did not have the pain relief.
Siranda Torvaldsen of the University of Sydney, Australia, found that 416 women given the opioid drug fentanyl by
epidural injection
during delivery were twice as likely to have stopped breastfeeding their baby by the age of six months compared with 312 women who didn't receive
epidural fentanyl (International Breastfeeding Journal, DOI: 10.1186 / 1746 -4358-1-24).
Using data from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology's (SOAP's) Serious Complication Repository (SCORE) project — a large, comprehensive database that systematically captures
delivery statistics and tracks complications — the authors identified more than 257,000
deliveries (including both vaginal and cesarean) where
epidural, spinal or general anesthesia was administered
during childbirth.
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News)--
Epidurals are a popular form of pain control for women
during labor, but they've long been blamed for hindering progress in the
delivery room.