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Article: Mobile epidurals: vaginal delivery success. (Pelvic Muscle Strength may be Key).
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- July 15, 2002
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Just how mobile do patients on mobile epidurals need to be?
Apparently, it may not matter. The major benefit of mobile (walking) epidurals in terms of spontaneous vaginal birth doesn't boil down to the degree of preserved motor function at the time the patient is at full dilation, Dr. Samina Bharmal said at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
Instead, there may be other factors, such as pelvic muscle strength at the time of dilation, that are more instrumental in helping a woman on an epidural have a normal vaginal delivery. The dose of epidural may influence these factors, said Dr. ...