The epidural is the most favored pain relief used in labor. It’s been around for centuries and although it may relieve pain to a mother in labor it also can cause harm to the mother in labor. I want to explain three reasons why epidurals are not good for the baby or the mother, are the effects it has on the labor process, the maternal side effects and the side effects it has on the baby. When you prepare for the day your baby comes you think of all the things that can go wrong or maybe all the things that can go right but one thing is for sure you can either choose to have a baby natural with no medicine or choose to have some pain relief. The process of labor is effected by an epidural because it causes the labor process to slow down and
