Women are showing a growing interest in less medicalized childbirth. According to the french 2021 perinatal survey, 52.2% of women want to limit medical procedures and 38.2% of women want childbirth without epidural anesthesia. Between 77 and 82% of deliveries nevertheless lead to an epidural anesthesia. The painful feeling seems to be the main motivation for using this mode of anesthesia.
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Number of requests for epidural anesthesia by parturients
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