Dear patient:

You have chosen Instituto Universitario Dexeus as your healthcare provider to monitor your pregnancy and to assist you during your labour and delivery. In general, labour and delivery is a painful process that in many cases requires the administration of anaesthesia, being indispensable in C-sections. These lines are intended to provide you with basic information on the process of labour and the pain that is usually present in labour and delivery, and to inform you on the anaesthetic techniques that can be used both in vaginal deliveries as well as in C-sections. We hope that the following information is useful to you and allows you to face labour and delivery with greater peace of mind and confidence.