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Pudendal anesthesia, also known as a pudendal block, or saddle block, is a form of local anesthesia commonly used in the practice of obstetrics to relieve pain during the delivery of baby by forceps. ... This allows quick pain relief to the perineum, vulva, and vagina.

SYMPTOMS

This allows quick pain relief to the perineum, vulva, and vagina. A pudendal block is usually given in the second stage of labor just before delivery of the baby. It relieves pain around the vagina and rectum as the baby comes down the birth canal.

CAUSES

Three types of local anesthesia may be used for childbirth: the paracervical block, the pudendal block, and local infiltration of the perineum. The paracervical block is given during the late first stage. Two injections of local anesthetic drugs are made into the cervix and bring pain relief during contractions.