Question

What type of pain reduction during child birth uses smaller needles and a system for administering continuous doses to reduce the pain of child birth?

Answer 1

Answer:

Walking epidural or dual spinal-epidural

Explanation:

Epidural which involves the direct administration of anesthesia into the outermost section of the spinal cord, is a form  pain relief procedure usually used in childbirth. There are basically two types of epidural procedures. We have the continuous classical epidural and the walking epidural.

The walking epidural, also know as the dual spinal-epidural, involves the use  smaller needless as well as a system in administering continuous small doses of drug cocktail to reduce the pain of the woman in labor as well as make her comfortable and aware of her contractions.

Unlike the classical epidural, walking epidural promotes contraction and mobility of the woman during labor, thereby shortening the length of labor. Walking epidural makes it possible for the woman to have control over her body unlike the classical epidural.