Sentences with phrase «epidural right»

I'm sure we can all understand her desire for an epidural RIGHT NOW.

«My plan is epidural right off the bat,» she says.

I got the epidural right before getting induced and slept for ten hours waking up only to facebook.

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Even though he was born at a free - standing birthcenter with a midwife attending and therefore no epidural or other drugs to make him sleepy, he did not latch on right after birth, nor for the five hours we were at the birth center before going home.

I couldn't feed him right away, because they had topped up my epidural so much that I could barely speak or keep my eyes open.

I asked if it was normal to feel pain in my right side after having the epidural.

My first and only birth involved no complications, no interventions (that's right, no epidural, induced labor or any medication whatsoever) and was finalized on my hands and knees.

Thankfully, my husband had returned from the bookstore right before I got my epidural and he was holding my shoulders as I was receiving it.

I believe a lot more of my family came in with gifts right after I received my epidural which was perfect timing.

You can read it here: Epidural, Is it right for You?

It took her four tries to put the epidural in the right place and the experience was incredibly painful and frustrating.

Discuss and write down your preferences for everything from epidurals and breastfeeding right after delivery, to taking photos, before heading to the hospital.

Here are my top 3 reasons I think getting an epidural might be the right thing to do...

Yes, sometimes the epidural is just right and you can still feel your legs and possibly get to the bathroom with help, but I wouldn't count on this as it's the exception rather than the rule.

She had the option of saying, «Give me an epidural, right now,» whenever she wanted.»

... we can run into little obstacles on our way and there are tools available and mostly they are my clinical skills but occasionally I suggest an epidural or maybe the patient really demands one and I have not enough to offer that she can do without, yeah of course, interventions need to be used wisely in order to achieve that goal... So I'm open to anything... I use a lot of alternative, I pretty much use any tool that is available, hopefully in the right situation to achieve that goal.

Because I idealized the perfect birth as «natural,» meaning without pain meds, I felt like I was weak when I begged for an epidural, like I had failed to do the right thing.

Which is weird because my local BFHI makes a HUGE deal out of how they support your choice on how to give birth (midwife or OB, waterbirth, hypnobirth, epidural) but I guess your right to choose (nursery or rooming in / pacifier or no, EBF, EFF, or combo) goes out with the placenta.

Whether your birth plan was followed to the T, you had an emergency C - section, you opted for an epidural, or you gave birth at home, each story is beautiful in its own right and everyone's experience is equally valid.

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A doctor who says «Well, most of my clients do end up choosing an epidural, but if you want to go natural you can do that, I suppose...» When you find the right care provider, they will understand your birth plan before you even show it to them, because it's what they already do EVERY DAY.»

Soon I had an external fetal monitor around my middle, an epidural in my back, an IV in my left arm, and a blood pressure cuff around my right arm.

The epidural was lovely — not too strong, just right — and the birth was really calm: baby on chest and boob in mouth straight away.

«Epidural stimulation electrodes are implanted during surgery and are located right on the surface of the spinal cord, so they require little current to activate the spinal cord,» Moritz explained.

Compared to my emergency C - section's «cranked up» epidural, which made me shake and chatter so hard that a filling cracked right out of my teeth, it was a numbing fantasy come true.

Well, from my 2nd through 5th labors, I had increasingly unenjoyable experiences with the epidurals (the medicine wearing off when I was in active labor, getting numbed everywhere except in my right buttock), and with general hospital treatment.

Kristen's plan for the delivery was right up my alley: «I want a glass of whiskey, I want the epidural in my back.