I started feeling even more exhausted than usual. I also had lower back and abdominal pain and bloating, but I shrugged it off because women just have to deal with that..." ...

There are a lot of reasons this pain-management procedure is used by two-thirds of laboring moms. Here’s how an epidural works and how to decide if it’s right for you.

State officials say if Marion Bowman Jr. is so worried about dying by lethal injection on Jan. 31, he can choose the electric chair or a firing squad.