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  2. Butorphanol - Wikipedia

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    It may also be used parenterally for management of moderate-to-severe pain, as a supplement for balanced general anesthesia, and management of pain during labor. Butorphanol is also quite effective at reducing post-operative shivering (owing to its kappa agonist activity). Butorphanol is more effective in reducing pain in women than in men. [8]

  3. Pain management during childbirth - Wikipedia

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    Pain management during childbirth is the partial treatment and a way of reducing any pain that a woman may experience during labor and delivery.The amount of pain a woman feels during labor depends partly on the size and position of her baby, the size of her pelvis, her emotions, the strength of the contractions, and her outlook. [1]

  4. Nalbuphine - Wikipedia

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    Nalbuphine is indicated for the relief of moderate to severe pain. It can also be used as a supplement to balanced anesthesia, for preoperative and postoperative analgesia, and for obstetrical analgesia during labor and delivery.

  5. Twilight sleep - Wikipedia

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    The use of morphine and scopolamine in twilight birth also positioned drug intervention as the main measure used in pain management during labor. [4] Because twilight birth was performed in a hospital setting, it greatly contributed to changing childbirth from a home event to a medicalized hospital procedure.

  6. Companies Should Offer Doula Care for Their Employees ... - AOL

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    It’s good for moms and babies, yes, but also for the bottom line. Helping pregnant and new parent employees helps companies. Getty Editor’s note: In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week ...

  7. Black women are less likely to receive epidurals during labor ...

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    While the research revealed that both Black and white women facing social inequities experience poorer obstetric pain management, Black women in general are about 10% less likely to receive ...

  8. Obstetric anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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    Obstetric anesthesia or obstetric anesthesiology, also known as ob-gyn anesthesia or ob-gyn anesthesiology, is a sub-specialty of anesthesiology that provides peripartum (time directly preceding, during or following childbirth) [1] pain relief for labor and anesthesia (suppress consciousness) for cesarean deliveries ('C-sections').

  9. Labor induction - Wikipedia

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    Labor induction is the process or treatment that stimulates childbirth and delivery. Inducing (starting) labor can be accomplished with pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical methods. In Western countries, it is estimated that one-quarter of pregnant women have their labor medically induced with drug treatment. [1]