Does Getting an Epidural Increase Your Risk of Having an Unplanned C-Section?

February 26, 2014

Dr. Yvonne Chang is the lead author of a new study that will be highlighted in Obstetrics and Gynecology (March 2014) and a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Chang and her team found that women who had epidurals during labor took more than two hours longer to deliver compared to women who did not get the pain reliever.…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

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