Maternal morbidity and mortality constitute a national health crisis, and pain is a significant
component of maternal morbidity. One important way to reduce maternal morbidity is to …

Background: Preclinical and clinical research has suggested the existence of pregnancy-
associated analgesia, wherein responses to painful stimulation or pain from disease …

As recently detailed in an Institute of Medicine Report, pain represents one of the most costly
and prevalent public health conditions in the United States, and the burden of pain is …

IMARY HORAN uring pregnancy, women typically experience D various discomforts
because of pressure and alterations in various body systems. Each woman recognizes and …

Some health issues are easy to diagnose and easy to resolve. If you fall off a ladder and
your leg hurts, you get an X-ray. If the X-ray shows a fracture, your leg is put in a cast. No …

Scientific advances over the past 150 years have influenced pain management practices
during childbirth. Cultural attitudes about pain in childbirth have also affected these …

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to explore women's pain experience
during their pregnancy. RESEARCH APPROACH: Qualitative descriptive design …

Objective Pain is a variably experienced symptom during pregnancy, and women scheduled
for cesarean delivery, an increasingly common procedure, are a relatively understudied …

Raising the possibility of fetal pain continues as a tactic to undermine support for abortion in
the US and the UK. This paper examines anatomical and psychological developments in the …

Objectives: To examine trajectories of pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, and pain
interference during pregnancy and the early postpartum, and associated sociodemographic …