Sentences with phrase «less use of epidurals»

There are many documented benefits of having a doula, among them a lower rate of C - sections, less use of epidurals and other interventions, and more overall satisfaction and confidence with birth experiences.

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Nurse - midwives demonstrated with a high grade level of evidence a lower rate of cesarean sections, lower apgar scores, lower labor augmentation, lower episotomy rates, equivalent low birthrates, lower vaginal operative deliveries, less use of labor analgesia and epidurals, and lower rates of third - and fourth - degree perineal lacerations.

One study found that women under the care of family physicians with a low mean use of epidurals were less likely to receive monitoring and Pitocin, to deliver by cesarean, and to have their baby admitted to newborn special care.119

Roughly 94 percent of the women in the study had a vaginal birth, and less than 5 percent required oxytocin augmentation (which is used to make contractions stronger and closer together), or an epidural.

After adjustment for maternal age, lone parent status, income quintile, use of any versus no substances and parity, women in the home birth group were less likely to have epidural analgesia (odds ratio 0.20, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.14 — 0.27), be induced, have their labours augmented with oxytocin or prostaglandins, or have an episiotomy.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but women who used epidural pain relief have less positive feelings about their birth experience than women who use no medical pain relief.7, 8 No matter what methods of pain relief a woman used, low levels of pain have not been found to be associated with high levels of enjoyment during labor.9 So what matters for a good birth experience?

In a multivariate analysis controlling for maternal age, lone parent status, income quintile, parity or use of any substances (illicit drugs, alcohol or tobacco), women who intended to have home births were significantly less likely to be exposed to induction or augmentation of labour, epidural analgesia, episiotomy or cesarean section (Table 3).

Research shows that the active presence of a supportive and educated life partner is associated with many positive benefits during childbirth, including shorter labors, less use of pain medication or epidurals, fewer cesarean sections and more successful breastfeeding.

Reduced risk of interventions — studies have found that doula assisted births have 50 percent less chance of caesarean section, 40 percent less risk of a forceps delivery and 60 percent reduction in the use of epidural pain medication.

It found that births attended by «continuous doula support» — compared to those that weren't — had «lower use of epidural analgesia, less pitocin, fewer mothers developing fever, fewer forceps or vacuum deliveries, and an extremely low number of cesarean deliveries,» making doula support a relatively «risk - free intervention.»