Sibuyan narrated how she was able to take exams last March 11 at the Mary Chiles College in Sampaloc, Manila while, at the same time, feeling labor pains.

Massage therapy, which has been a standard comfort for all mothers after their baby's birth, now may be requested for labor pain management.

Conclusion: Aromatherapy is helpful in reducing pain in latent and early active phase, and can probably be used as an adjunctive method for labor pain control without serious side effects.

Relief of low back labor pain by using intracutaneous injections of sterile water: a randomised clinical trial.

The investigator in her clinical experience has witnessed that mothers who are going through labor process experience labor pain which is described by them as severe pain, and as the labor proceeds, they become exhausted and have no strength to expel the fetus out.

Women who use inhaled nitrous oxide for labor pain typically are satisfied with its use

The situation in low-resource settings (LRSs) is different; pain relief during labor is often neglected apart from relatives' support [6] because labor pain is considered a natural process and women should be able to cope.

The aim of this study was to evaluate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of noradrenaline, serotonin, gammaaminobutyric acid (GABA), and glycine in parturients with labor pain compared to those without labor pain in order to investigate the role of the descending inhibitory system and inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord in an acute pain setting.

Supporting the mother has a considerable effect on reduction of labor pain. In this regard, Hofmeyr et al.

Labor pain management other than neuraxial: what do we know and where do we go next?

NNA - 21/1/2012 - Social Affairs Minister, Wael Abu Faour, expressed hope that the same "labor pain" witnessed during the International Tribunal's funding phase would not be re-lived, once again, with the issue of its mandate renewal.

Thus, there is a need to innovate measures that are economical, safe and effective in reducing labor pains. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the use of ice massage on the energy meridian point, large intestine 4 (LI 4), during contractions to reduce the woman's perception of labor pain.

It is essential that childbirth educators view labor pain and its meaning through the eyes of the different cultures and subcultures in our society.

of Edinburgh School of Health, UK) provides a multifaceted perspective on pain in childbearing that focuses on the woman's experience of pain and also addresses pain in multiple dimensions that can include labor pain as "positive pain," pain associated with pregnancy-related pathological conditions, pain associated with the physiological changes of childbearing, and even forms of pain that are not widely recognized as such.