The need for cranio-sacral treatment to facilitate comfortable breastfeeding is often discussed here, thus the connection of the following with BF. This was just sent to me by a nurse-anesthetist colleague from our "olden days" in the hospital.

<Epidural During Labor May Cause Abnormal Head Position

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have found a correlation between receiving epidural analgesia during labor and an increased risk of delivering a baby face-up. The study involving 1,562 pregnant women evaluated changes in fetal position during labor through the use of ultrasounds performed at first admission to the labor delivery unit, during epidural administration or four hours after the initial ultrasonography if no epidural was given, and in the late stages of labor. Investigators discovered that there were not more fetuses in the face-up position in those women receiving an epidural when they were admitted to the labor delivery unit. By the time they delivered, however, the patients in the epidural group did have more face-up fetuses than other groups. The researchers note that the findings appear to explain why there is a higher rate of C-sections association with epidurals.

From "Epidural During Labor May Cause Abnormal Head Position" 
TeleManagement (09/01/13)>


K. Jean Cotterman RNC-E, IBCLC
WIC Volunteer LC     Dayton OH

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