Post-anaesthetic advice imparted to breastfeeding mothers can vary. This is due in part to
the differing information from published data, product information sheets and inevitably from …

Maternal labour pain and stress are associated with progressive fetal metabolic acidosis.
Systemic opioid analgesia does little to mitigate this stress, but opioids readily cross the …

Background: The effect of epidural analgesia on labor and effective breastfeeding is still
being debated. The aim of this study is to define its impact on the trend of labor, the …

A critical evaluation of anaesthetic agents in the puerperium is difficult because systematic,
relevant studies are still lacking. Current knowledge of the effects of different agents used in …

Topics in Pain Management October 2016 emphasis in prenatal education, to avoid
discouraging mothers from breastfeeding. 7 However, this gap in mothers' knowledge …

Background: The effect of labor analgesia on breastfeeding success is not well defined.
Some authors have hypothesized that labor analgesia may affect lactation success. The …

ACCORDING to the American Academy of Pediatrics, breast-feeding is the optimal form of
nutrition for infants and should be maintained for the first 6 months of life. In addition to food …

INTRODUCTION—The way pain is experienced is a reflection of the individual's emotional,
motivational, cognitive, social, and cultural circumstances [1]. The pain of childbirth is likely …

Doctors, nurses, and midwives often inform mothers to “pump and dump” their breast milk for
24 hours after receiving anesthesia to avoid passing medications to the infant. This advice …

Background Pain experienced during labor is reported as severe or intolerable in up to two
thirds of parturients [1]. This discomfort may result in harmful physiological responses in both …