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Researchers: A Fear of Giving Birth Could Lead to More Time in Labor

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Women who are afraid to give birth could end up in labor longer.

A Norwegian study looked at about 2,200 pregnant women.

It found women who feared giving birth spent an hour and a half longer in labor than women who were not scared.