Sue Jacoby, IBCLC wrote:

>Can somebody help me with a response to someone on another list- a third
>year MD intern who is stating that there is apparently not much evidence
>that epidurals slow labor?
>Thanks,
>Sue Jacoby
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you could try Cochrane?  They do systematic reviews on previous studies?
http://www.cochrane.org/index0.htm

Also,  "A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth", has 
something in Chapter 34, Control of pain in labour.  This is an actual 
book that has been put on the web for all to read.  this is Chapter 34.
http://www.maternitywise.org/pdfs/gecpc3ch34.pdf

I found this on a hospitals website (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/painfreebirthing/labor1.asp

These will probably have other studies etc that you can get if needed.
HTH

-- 
Merewyn Janson
RN, student Midwife
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor ('98)
Queensland, Australia


"Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they *should* feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference." -Elizabeth Gene

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