OB Anesthesia:

Future mothers have many questions regarding their birthing experiences.  In addition to speaking with your own anesthesiologist the World Wide Web contains a number of excellent sources of information for women about to give birth. Listed below are pages written by anesthesiologists or other health care personnel. This list is not comprehensive or all-inclusive. The information on these pages is not endorsed by the Department of Anesthesiology nor should it be considered authoritative.

• Planning Your Child Birth: Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery

• Epidural Anesthesia for Labor

• National Institute of Health Report on Epidural Anesthesia

• How Does Epidural Affect My Labor?

• Labor Pain: Weigh Your Options for Pain Relief

• Glossary of Anesthesia Terms

• Publications

Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Michigan Medical School

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