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scared,what will happen?
i was hoping someone can help me out... i have a history of not being able to take much pain which then causes me to faint. sometimes the situation can be so minor like breaking a nail or getting a charlie horse. so my worry is, do you think that even with epidural, i will feel anything that will cause me to faint?
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Re: scared,what will happen?
Are you pregnant yet?
If not, don't worry about that yet.
:blinks:
What?
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There are SO many more important things to worry about regarding pregnancy than pain.
Trust me.
ditto. I'd ask your doctor about it though, they may be able to do something.
Don't have kids if you faint at broken nails or minor pain. You don't get the epi right off the bat and i'm sure it doesn't help with all of the pain.
Good luck.
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Try this:
https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ssanty/cgi-bin/eightball.cgi
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This is why I love Fred. Of course, I nearly fainted myself thinking about this.
Ummm perhaps you should worry about your wedding first...
Plus there is no guarantee your epidural will work. Mine didn't.
Ditto. Also, if your that much of a wuss, how do you expect to handle the pain of the epidural needle? You should go find a bubble to live in.
Number one: it is NOT normal to faint from a broken nail. Talk to a physician and/or a psychiatrist about this issue before you TTC.
Number two: an epidural that's placed prior to 5 cm dilation can slow and prolong or stall labor. If your labor slows too much, you'll end up on a Pitocin drip, which is no fun at all. You also put yourself at risk for a C-section for "failure to progress," and recovery from major abdominal surgery is one heck of a lot more painful than a broken nail. And dilating to 5 cm isn't necessarily a painless process. Plus, epidurals don't always work, don't always last, aren't always available, and they involve a very large needle going into your dural space -- that's the fluid-filled area between your vertebrae. If it's punctured, which can and does happen, you'll have blindingly awful headaches from it.
An epidural is not some kind of a magic bullet that alleviates all discomfort and pain throughout the entirety of labor. I think you're looking for scopolamine.
*Blinks*
I'm sorry it took me so long to respond. I plucked my eyebrows and the pain caused me to pass out for an hour.
In short...you're out of luck. No baby for you. And stay away from acrylics, too.
HAHAHA!
Ditto!