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Explainer: what is an epidural for labour?

  • Written by Alicia Dennis, Associate Professor of Obstetric Anaesthesia, MBBS, PhD, PGDipEcho, FANZCA, University of Melbourne
imageAn epidural takes up to 45 minutes to work, so if the baby's coming it could be too late. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Epidurals were developed for pregnant women to address the severe pain of labour. In Australia about one in three pregnant women in labour has an epidural for this reason.

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