Obstetrics and Anaesthesia

An epidural provides very effective pain relief for women in labour.  If you are planning your birth, it's important to consider knowing about epidurals before labour, as it's a challenging conversation to have when you are in significant pain during labour. In addition to the details about epidurals below, extra information is also available from [...]

The following text outlines the types of anaesthesia available for caesarean section. Your anaesthetist will see you and discuss your general health, progress of your pregnancy and anaesthetic with you in more detail. You can also obtain more information from your obstetrician, midwife and antenatal classes. This text is intended to provide information only. Please [...]