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Vent: Epidural bias on Birth Day

roshybrideroshybride member
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Let me start off by saying, I do not have a problem with epidurals. If you want one, no problem. If you don't, that's fine too.

I'm watching an episode of Birth Day and it is presenting and incredibly biased view of epidurals. It is completely pro-epidural and makes it seem like if you don't have an epidural, you are foolish or maybe even stupid. One of the anesthesiolgists even said, 'in my opinion, there is only one choice. Why would you do something with pain, if you could do it with out pain?' They also are making it seem like an epidural comes with absolutly no risk. I mean, they are relatively safe, but there are risks.

Grr, just a vent. I would like a show like birth day to give a more balanced view of any medical procedure.

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  • ~Flossie~~Flossie~ member
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::
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  • robinsokjrobinsokj member
    I'm sure anesthesiologists are pro-epidural.  Its their livelihood. 
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  • akaluttsakalutts member
    While I was grateful for my epidural with DD, I hope to go without for any future child. I experienced tremendous back pain as a side effect of the epidural, lasting almost until her first birthday.
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  • Mama_SASMama_SAS member

    imageroshybride:
    'in my opinion, there is only one choice. Why would you do something with pain, if you could do it with out pain?'

     

    This is my view but I wouldn't push that on someone else. If you don't want an epidural it isn't my business, but I personally can't imagine not having one.

    But, yes, I would be against any doctor saying there is only one choice to any patient when that clearly is not true.

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  • charlies-angelcharlies-angel member

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    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

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    imagerobinsokj:
    I'm sure anesthesiologists are pro-epidural.  Its their livelihood. 

    This.

    They need people to take drugs so they get paid.

    That said, I hope they drug me with everything legally allowed.

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  • armandos_girlarmandos_girl member
    I've always found that show to be pro-intervention.  Its one of the reasons I stopped watching it.
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    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

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    imagecharlies-angel:

    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

    Yeah, I would like to have the choice to get one but there isn't an anesthesiologist always at the hospital so they don't give them if you are in labor. They will only call one in if you *need* it like having a c-section. The next hospital does them but they are an hour away. If I ever get pregnant I could take the chance to drive an hour to that hospital, my luck I wouldn't make it! lol

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  • roshybrideroshybride member

    imagerobinsokj:
    I'm sure anesthesiologists are pro-epidural.  Its their livelihood. 

    Yeah, that was my thought too.

    and for the pp that said they only give epis to c-sections, I think that is wrong. I'm going to be a midwife, and I'll definately allow my patients to have an epi if they desire it. I think it definately has merit.

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  • KKMKKM
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    imagecharlies-angel:

    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

    Yeah, I would like to have the choice to get one but there isn't an anesthesiologist always at the hospital so they don't give them if you are in labor. They will only call one in if you *need* it like having a c-section. The next hospital does them but they are an hour away. If I ever get pregnant I could take the chance to drive an hour to that hospital, my luck I wouldn't make it! lol

    What happens if you need an emergency c-section?  They have to have one there for a situation like that.  This is really weird to me, I have never heard of it before.

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    imageKKM:
    image~Flossie~:
    imagecharlies-angel:

    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

    Yeah, I would like to have the choice to get one but there isn't an anesthesiologist always at the hospital so they don't give them if you are in labor. They will only call one in if you *need* it like having a c-section. The next hospital does them but they are an hour away. If I ever get pregnant I could take the chance to drive an hour to that hospital, my luck I wouldn't make it! lol

    What happens if you need an emergency c-section?  They have to have one there for a situation like that.  This is really weird to me, I have never heard of it before.

    That's what I meant by they would call one in. As in they would call in an anesthesiologist. They don't do elective c-sections either. You get a c-section if it is medically necessary or it is an emergency c-section.

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  • KKMKKM
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    imageKKM:
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    imagecharlies-angel:

    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

    Yeah, I would like to have the choice to get one but there isn't an anesthesiologist always at the hospital so they don't give them if you are in labor. They will only call one in if you *need* it like having a c-section. The next hospital does them but they are an hour away. If I ever get pregnant I could take the chance to drive an hour to that hospital, my luck I wouldn't make it! lol

    What happens if you need an emergency c-section?  They have to have one there for a situation like that.  This is really weird to me, I have never heard of it before.

    That's what I meant by they would call one in. As in they would call in an anesthesiologist. They don't do elective c-sections either. You get a c-section if it is medically necessary or it is an emergency c-section.

    Yeah, but sometimes c-sections need to happen in like 5 minutes...not able to wait long enough to call someone in.  I am not questioning you at all, it just sounds weird to me.

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    imageKKM:
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    imageKKM:
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    imagecharlies-angel:

    image~Flossie~:
    Yet at my hospital they will only give you an epidural if you are having a c-section. :::Sigh:::

    Wow...thats crazy. That would scare me! 

    Yeah, I would like to have the choice to get one but there isn't an anesthesiologist always at the hospital so they don't give them if you are in labor. They will only call one in if you *need* it like having a c-section. The next hospital does them but they are an hour away. If I ever get pregnant I could take the chance to drive an hour to that hospital, my luck I wouldn't make it! lol

    What happens if you need an emergency c-section?  They have to have one there for a situation like that.  This is really weird to me, I have never heard of it before.

    That's what I meant by they would call one in. As in they would call in an anesthesiologist. They don't do elective c-sections either. You get a c-section if it is medically necessary or it is an emergency c-section.

    Yeah, but sometimes c-sections need to happen in like 5 minutes...not able to wait long enough to call someone in.  I am not questioning you at all, it just sounds weird to me.

    I agree, it is weird. I don't know of any other hospital in Canada that is like this. Fortunately, we are moving likely within a year or so for DH's job and that will be the only reason I'll be glad to leave.

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  • agdudley08agdudley08
    I work in a small rural hospital & we don't have someone in house to do anesthesia either.  If we need to do an emergency c-section we have to not only call in the anesthesia provider but the OR team as well.  Legally with a  a "STAT" c-section you have 30 minutes from "decision to incision."  We do however call anesthesia if a labor patient needs an epidural.
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