Improved pain relief after a Caesarean section can help moms bond with their babies and begin breastfeeding more quickly, notes Anthony Bamigboye, lead researcher of a new study by Cochrane Researchers.

The study, a review of 20 studies involving 1,150 women, found that women who were treated with local anaesthetic (in addition to general or regional anaesthetics) didn’t require as much morphine or other opioid drugs for pain after Caesarean sections.
The anaesthetic was either injected into the abdominal wall or applied to the wound as a solution. “This review is particularly important in light of the growing number of women giving …read more