Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

PENSACOLA , Fla. -- A routine medical procedure went horribly wrong, leaving a new mother in excruciating pain. Selena Gray has had an epidural lodged in her back since June 25, WEAR-TV reports. "It's ...

A woman in a difficult labour had no pain relief, likely for hours, because her epidural line had come out and no one noticed. Midwives told a junior midwife looking for advice the woman "just needs ...