With advancements in medical treatments around the world, childbirth no longer has to mean enduring overwhelming pain, thanks ...

To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to ...

The subsidy — which Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike first proposed during her reelection bid last year — will likely cover women who ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is looking to begin offering a subsidy for epidural childbirths in fiscal 2025.

Likely one of the biggest — especially if this is your first baby — is how you'll manage labor pain. While an epidural is the most common labor pain relief option,[1]#1 there are other ways to help ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government will subsidize the cost of “painless delivery,” the use of an epidural or other anesthetics ...

Objective is to examine the effect of epidural analgesia in first stage ... babies were delivered at a free standing birth center or at 3 hospitals, all in San Diego, CA. This study of 2,052 ...

Social media algorithms told me that I had to give birth at home, without drugs. But my baby didn’t care about the ...

To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to encourage larger families. Japan desperately needs more children as its ...

“Even with an epidural to mitigate the pain, pushing my baby out was the hardest thing I have ever accomplished.” Credit: The tricky thing was, I found the idea of home birth compelling and ...