Many suspicions on the effect of walking during one's first stage of labor have been made but little has been done to study its scientific effects on pregnancy. A study was done at a Texas hospital monitoring the walking habits of approximately 1000 women in labor during 1996 and 1997. Doctors were hoping to find that walking during labor could reduce patient discomfort or improve labor outcomes. The studied women were divided into two separate groups. The "normal …showed first 75 words of 309 total…

…showed last 75 words of 309 total…any kind of study (regardless how petty) can benefit in some way. Personally, I can not keep still for more than five minutes in class, so knowing I could not harm my child if I walked around my room anxiously during labor will help me to not be so overwhelmed. Source: Bloom, Steven L. M.D. et al. "Lack of Effect of Walking on Labor and Delivery." New England Journal of Medicine. 9 July 1998 vol339:76-79.