A new study by the University of Oldenburg and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) published in Population and Environment shows that the birth of a child has little impact on parents' environmental and ...

who gave birth last month, said she refused to be knocked out by anesthetic because she wanted to be 'present for my baby’s first breath'. 'Suffice to say I've never felt pain on that scale ...

A teary Josephine Awino recalls the night she gave birth on the road. She had staggered from her house with her husband’s help, trying to reach the hospital. As they navigated the narrow alleys of ...

‘I’ve never felt pain on that scale.’ Madeleine West has opened up about giving birth to her seventh child, in an exclusive column for Stellar. Picture: Christopher Ferguson for Stellar My ...

Participants 691 738 women giving birth to a singleton baby during the period 2000 to ... diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), labour onset, delivery type, pain relief utilised and ...

Problems with the pelvic floor can result in vaginal or uterine prolapse, incontinence and difficulties in giving birth ... during birth. They also tended to develop back pain more often than ...

“But on a scale of zero to ten, how do you rate your pain?” asked the nurse. My daughter’s tear-streaked face creased with confusion. “What does ten mean?” “Ten is the worst pain you ...

For the analysis, participants were asked to rate the intensity of pain they felt when suffering the problem on a scale of 0 to 10. Surprisingly, childbirth came in at only 7.2. Patients ...

Why is it so hard for our society to grasp the realness of birth? We use every euphemism in the book to gloss over the pain, the unpredictability. “Surges” or “waves” instead of crushing pain.

Still, it gave me the confidence to choose a home birth with a midwife. In December 2016, I went into labour. I didn’t have any pain relief and, while the contractions were challenging ...

It’s impossible to quantify exactly how much pain this causes, but giving birth to larger offspring tends to be more dangerous and to result in more tearing. For other animals, the size of the ...