Maternal expectations and experiences of labour pain and analgesia: a multicentre study of nulliparous women

Maternal expectations and birth-related experiences: a survey of pregnant women of mixed parity from Calcutta, India

“…Maternal autonomy has been shown to contribute to satisfaction with the experience of childbirth, [18][19][20][21][22] as does vaginal delivery. 15,20,[23][24][25][26][27] Currently, such services are provided in only a few urban centers in India but not yet in Calcutta.…”

Women's preferences and received pain relief in childbirth – A prospective longitudinal study in a northern region of Sweden

“…One explanation could be their previous experience of pain during labour which may bring a request for stronger pain management. One study states that the older the women (which could be assumed for multiparas), the better informed they are about pain management [24]. This could be another explanation for the demand of pain relief when planning for labour and birth.…”

Initiating Extradural Analgesia during Labour: Comparison of Three Different Bupivacaine Concentrations Used as the Loading Dose

“…As parturients are more satisfied with extradural analgesia than with other types of labour pain relief, e.g. systemic opioids or nitrous oxide [7,19,20], extradural analgesia is the most popular form of regional blockade on labour wards [21]. However, potential effects on the progress of labour and obstetric outcome are still a matter of concern and the focus of ongoing debates [20,22,23].…”

“…At present, bupivacaine in concentrations required for surgical anaesthesia is still used for initiating extradural labour analgesia [5]. As bupivacaine is still the standard local anaesthetic for extradural labour analgesia [5][6][7][8], the aim of our study was to determine the most suitable of three concentrations of bupivacaine commonly used as the extradural loading dose in labour.…”