The most educated guess I can take is that if they're referring you to a neurologist, their concern is more complicated than whether or not you should
deliver with a pain medication, especially because the most common form of pain medication used during a c - section IS an epidural.
Not exact matches
Instead, I (mostly) heard horror stories of traumatic births, shared in painful detail, all meant to try to persuade me into having a home birth instead of a
delivering in a hospital
with doctors, nurses, and access to
pain medication.
I ended up
with a nightmare of back labor, wanted and received
medications to ease that
pain,, so not part of the birth plan LOL My MIL did not respect boundaries, and within hours of
delivering I had to get ugly
with her regarding our plans for visitors, etc..
The
medication is typically
delivered continuously, replacing
pain with a sense of pressure.