| Low dose mobile epidurals are generally more attractive to women in labour than traditional epidural techniques. |
| This included the ability to induce labour and the use of epidurals to ease difficult pregnancies. |
| Anaesthetists want to prove epidurals work well and they don't want to follow up on stories of backache or discomfort. |
| The addition of opiate drugs in epidurals can create further risks for the mother, such as respiratory depression. |
| Her work's on epidurals, pain relief in childbirth and how very dicey it is getting the needle into the right place. |
| Old-school birthing is back in style, with well-read women forsaking obstetricians for midwives and epidurals for warm baths. |
