Anaesthetists provide pain relief on delivery suite with epidurals and patient controlled analgesia (PCAs) in addition to providing anaesthesia for caesarean sections and other operations around the time of delivery.

Local information, Royal Berkshire Hospital

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust maternity information leaflets Leaflets can be accessed via the Trust website:

• Royal Berkshire Hospital 

• Click on ‘Patients and visitors’ or Click here 

• Click on ‘Patient information leaflets’ or Click here 

• In the Search box type any of the following that may be of interest:

- Anaesthetic advice regarding heparin and low weight molecular heparin (LWMH) injections 

- Anaesthetic info – OAA translations on pregnancy issues 

- Bad backs during pregnancy and labour  Blood transfusion?

- Will I need a  High BMI - why might I need to see an anaesthetist? 

- Caesarean birth – Anaesthetics for

- Epidural for pain relief inc PIEB pumps

- Epidural or spinal – Postnatal advice

- General anaesthetics on Delivery Suite

- Pain relief after birth  Pain relief in labour

- Pain relief when breastfeeding

- Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia. 

National information

I recommend the following website for further information, written by the Obstetric Anesthetists’ Association:

• LabourPains.org 

This includes leaflets in many other languages