A news item caught my eye at the start of 2007. More American women are now experimenting with acupuncture and pain relief during labor.

Even if acupuncture for childbirth has been the subject of scientific research for many years now, it seems that its popularity on such a massive scale has only recently caught on.

Acupuncture therapy is currently used at New York’s Lutheran Medical Center. But rather than being used for healing any illness, the treatment is used to relax and soothe women who are about to give birth. Doctors say that acupuncture really does help ease the pain of childbirth.

I don’t about you, but I find it comforting that acupuncture and pain relief during labor is now being seriously considered by medical doctors at well-known hospitals. Although its fair to say, I really don’t think I want an acupuncturist poking at me when I’m pregnant.

If it’s my doctor who suggests the treatment, however, I’m willing to give it a shot. After two deliveries that have done nothing to raise my pain threshold, I’m willing to try anything – for as long as my doctor supervises, that is.

Besides, acupuncture has already been proven in clinical studies to have an analgesic effect. Doctors at Lutheran even say that acupuncture can sometimes help get labor started.

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