Educational Resources for Patients and Colleagues

Welcome to the SOAP Patient Education Center

The goals of the site are to:

• Provide you with descriptions of techniques available for pain relief during childbirth,
• Discuss the benefits & risks of modern pain relief techniques for childbirth,
• List electronic links to other informational websites, and
• Electronically publish educational materials, including handouts, pamphlet templates, and slide presentations, for use by community anesthesiologists, childbirth educators, and non-anesthesiologist health care providers to help educate their patients about labor pain relief and anesthesia for obstetric surgery.

You may also refer to our SOAP Links page for more information.

Educational Links

• Easy Labor: Every Woman's Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy during Childbirth - William Camann, MD and Kathyrn J. Alexander, MA

• Pain Relief for Labor: A Patient's Guide - Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Planning Your Childbirth - American Society of Anesthesiologists

• "Enjoy Your Labor: A New Approach to Pain Relief for Childbirth" - Gilbert J. Grant, MD

Please be advised that these links will take you outside of the SOAP website and are not part of the SOAP website nor is the content maintained by the Society. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology cannot be held responsible for any content contained in these off-site links.