SCIENTISTS have ranked the worst types of pain people can experience – including childbirth, gunshot wounds and a slipped disk. Unsurprisingly, labour pains ranked pretty high in terms of ...

Some women experience less pain during childbirth due to a genetic variant, KV6.4, which acts like a natural epidural, increasing their pain threshold and reducing sensitivity to discomfort.

Birth is unpredictable. It is full of gore, fluids, wetness and screams. It flirts with death. Even today, with modern ...

Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald, who specializes in disorders of the pelvic floor, is ‘begging women to learn’ the physical risks and ...

LOVISA DAHL, 39, a Birth Preparation Mentor, lives in Spain with her husband Pelle, 53, a property manager, and their three ...

Suffering, which is different from pain, is not an outcome that is usually measured after childbirth. We assumed that suffering is unlikely if indicators of satisfaction were positive after ...

As the countdown to birth begins, some signs that labor is 24 to 48 hours away can include low back pain, weight loss — and of course, your water breaking. But since labor differs for everyone ...

Hip pain affects countless women but is often overlooked by doctors Understanding its causes and solutions can lead to ...

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year ... the procedure itself can lead to lasting pain, incontinence, infection, and sexual dysfunction. The study is funded by a ...

The researchers found that the higher level of perceived childbirth stress was comparable ... can also have calming and pain-relieving effects. It also plays an important role in breastfeeding ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the ...

Celebrity fashion designer Toyin Lawani has spoken about her experience with epidural anaesthesia, a pain-relief injection given to pregnant women during childbirth.