Are you getting an epidural?

Amya · May 2011

I will try for once again this time and hope it works. With my ds, it did not work at all. They tried redoing it with no success, so I ended up going all natural....not fun at all. I did feel super proud of myself though for delivering with no pain meds, but I hadn't planned on that route. Confused

SLSeibert1 · May 2011

I was so against it, I really wanted to go natural, but I had a 24 hour labor, 12 hours of which I was on pitocin at the HIGHEST dose, I broke down at 20 hours and got one. I am so glad I did at that point because I was beyond my threshold for pain and was so exhausted that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to push and would end up with a CS. I still had a wonderful birth, bottom line, you want a healthy baby, how you get there really doesn't matter.

stefanie_cbc · May 2011

yes

MinnieM · May 2011

I'm going in with an open mind. I don't want one, but I really have no idea how bad the pain will be or how long the labor, so if I end up with an epidural I'm not going to beat myself up about it. My hopsital actually offers "walking epidurals" which is great so I'd still be able to move around and not be confined to the bed.

CCinLove · May 2011

Absolutely. More power to people who chose to do it without drugs, but I see no reason to experience that pain if I don't have to. I wouldn't have any other painful procedure/experience without drugs, so I definitely want my epi!

StefanyaMarie · May 2011

Most definitely yes!

ragazza988 · May 2011

Yes

as soon as I'm admitted I will ask for an enema and when I am 4 or 5 cm I'll ask for the epidural

MammaBear81 · May 2011

Haven't had one yet, and I'm not planning on it this time either.

laurakaz13 · May 2011

I got one and it was amazing! I had no idea how painful labor would be. It was seriously the worst pain I've ever felt. I never had any desire to go med-free and now I know I never will if I have another baby.

I was able to relax and enjoy my delivery. I only pushed for 1 hr. I could feel the pressure of the contractions, but not the pain. Great experience!! And baby and I both felt GREAT after delivery. I breastfed right away and was discharged w/in 24 hrs.

lisamoe · May 2011

YESSSSS, omg thank god for epidurals. Im a baby when it comes to pain!

amwest · May 2011

Yes. Had one with my son and based on that experience I am absolutely ready for it again.

fadushi · May 2011

I have a high pain tolerance but was induced with my son and the Pitocin kicked my butt so I ended up getting one. I don't have to be induced with my daughter so I'm going to try to do it without one but I'm fine if I end up caving in and getting one. I had a hard time walking after because I couldn't feel my right leg for a few hours after they took it out so that kind of creeped me out.

yougrindmygears · May 2011

Another open mind here. I'm not planning for one but I decided that if I really need one I'm going to take it.

helenejr · May 2011

it's not in my birth plan, but things change - if i suddenly feel like i can't do it naturally than i will look at an epi as an option....

maddiemoon43 · May 2011

SurfBabe900:

I'm going in with an open mind. I'd really like to go med-free but I've never birthed a child before and therefore I have no clue what my pain tolerance will be like. I do want to labor via walking, showering, using the birthing ball, etc, and push in the squatting position and to do that I can not have an epidural.

So again my goal is to go med-free but I'm not against getting help it if I need it.

This exactly. I would like to use some of the other techniques and hold off as long as I can at least. To me for whatever reason, the thought of HAVING to be on my back in bed, and a catheter, is scarier than anything.

ETA - I am hoping to not need Pitocin, and my MWs will let me go to 42 weeks without induction, so hopefully this helps me hold off on the epi (since Pit seems to make it more painful). Also, I am reminding myself that no epi means if all is well, we can go home (with MWs accompanying us) within 6 hours.

JenLeano · May 2011

I'm planning on going med free but we'll see how that goes when the time comes. Just three more weeks to go!

jckh912 · May 2011

SurfBabe900:

I'm going in with an open mind. I'd really like to go med-free but I've never birthed a child before and therefore I have no clue what my pain tolerance will be like. I do want to labor via walking, showering, using the birthing ball, etc, and push in the squatting position and to do that I can not have an epidural.

So again my goal is to go med-free but I'm not against getting help it if I need it.

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