Today I came across this article in which the author describes research being performed to determine anesthesia’s effect on developing brains. The article is talking about children who undergo surgery but can easily relate to the use of epidural anesthesia in birth. Many practitioners blow off parental concerns related to effects of anesthesia in labor, despite their validity. While a lot of investigation is going on about the effects of television, vaccinations, video games, etc. on our children’s brains why are we not spending more time/money/energy on the events surrounding their entrance into the world?