Research Article
Survey of the Factors Associated with a Woman's Choice to Have an Epidural for Labor Analgesia
Table 6
Responses to the question. “After coming to the hospital, what was your main reason for not obtaining an epidural for labor pain?”
| | Main reason for not obtaining a labor epidural | No epidural received () |
| | Desire for natural childbirth | 19 (33%) | | Concern of possible risks to themselves | 15 (26%) | | Other | 9 (16%) | | Pain from needle or procedure | 5 (9%) | | Too far along in labor | 5 (9%) | | Afraid of delaying labor or increasing risk of cesarean | 3 (5%) | | Concern over possible risks to baby | 2 (3%) |
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