Getting an epidural during labor is linked with a decrease in severe maternal morbidity in the first few weeks after delivery. These severe complications can include heart attack, heart failure, sepsis, and hysterectomy.
The findings were published in The BMJ Trusted Source this month.
Researchers looked at Scottish National Health Service data for 567,216 mothers in labor between 2007 and 2019 who gave birth naturally or through unplanned cesarean sections.
