Although severe pain during labor is not life-threatening for a healthy pregnant women , it may result in the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system leading to maternal hypertension, increase oxygen consumption and adversely affecting uteroplacental blood flow. It may also contribute to psychological consequences like postpartum depression and post-traumatic stress disorder [5] [6].
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) states that ‘‘there are no other circumstances; considered as severe as labour pain and study in United Kingdom and Finland indicated 93.5% and 80% of laboring women described the pain as very severe and intolerable [9]. Childbirth is a traumatic event for 34% of mothers, 1.9% posttraumatic
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) states that ‘‘there are no other circumstances; considered as severe as labour pain and study in United Kingdom and Finland indicated 93.5% and 80% of laboring women described the pain as very severe and intolerable [9]. Childbirth is a traumatic event for 34% of mothers, 1.9% posttraumatic