Clinical Trial: Early Labor Pre-Marking for Epidural Analgesia: Ultrasound vs Manual Palpation

U.S., June 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07669441) titled 'Early Labor Pre-Marking for Epidural Analgesia: Ultrasound vs Manual Palpation' on June 21.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if finding and marking the best spot on the back early in labor helps doctors perform epidural pain relief more successfully in pregnant women. Usually, epidural pain relief is requested when labor pain is already severe, which makes it hard for women to hold still. This makes it difficult to find the right needle spot, leading to more needle attempts

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* Does using ultrasound to mark the back early in labor (before severe pain starts)...