Epidural anesthesia is the most common method of pain control used for a patient in labor (Women's Health Care Physicians, 2017). Epidural anesthesia reduces the patient’s motor and sensory function to take away the painful sensations related to the labor and delivery process. The epidural does not take away the sensation of pressure that a patient feels when the fetal head descends into the birth canal. Although the patient’s cervix fully dilated, and their body is working to deliver the fetus, the epidural anesthesia blocks the perception of pain and allows the patient the ability to not
Epidural anesthesia is the most common method of pain control used for a patient in labor (Women's Health Care Physicians, 2017). Epidural anesthesia reduces the patient’s motor and sensory function to take away the painful sensations related to the labor and delivery process. The epidural does not take away the sensation of pressure that a patient feels when the fetal head descends into the birth canal. Although the patient’s cervix fully dilated, and their body is working to deliver the fetus, the epidural anesthesia blocks the perception of pain and allows the patient the ability to not