Sentences with phrase «feel about epidurals»

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Families planning medication or a cesarean may feel, «Why bother to learn about positions and movements in labor if I'm getting an epidural / C - section?»

When my plans of natural childbirth didn't go as planned, Christi was continuously supportive and helped me feel good about my decision for an epidural.

When my second daughter had been born, I felt those huge waves of euphoria people talk about (even with an epidural).

Women having their first baby frequently commented they had been advised or «warned to have epidural» by friends; they were fearful about not being able to access epidural analgesia, stating that they «feel happier with [the] possibility of epidural», or being «terrified not to have [the] epidural».

While I totally support pregnant people making informed choices and when possible, consenting to medical procedures (when safe for both them and their babies)-- and I think it's horrible when people feel pressured into procedures they don't want — I want to tell everyone about my epidurals.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but women who used epidural pain relief have less positive feelings about their birth experience than women who use no medical pain relief.7, 8 No matter what methods of pain relief a woman used, low levels of pain have not been found to be associated with high levels of enjoyment during labor.9 So what matters for a good birth experience?

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Its comforting to know im not the only one, I was set to be induced with my fifth child on jan 1, went to hospital at 5 am, put on pittosin at 6, dialed slowly, and had painful contractions, Dr broke my water at 11, contractions even more painful, got the epidural at 12, labor did not progress, was dialated 3 cm all day, @ 8 pm,, Dr took me off pittosin for an hour to see if I would progress if we started over again, at 9 they hooked me up again, all night and just progressed to a 4, that next morning, still nothing, finally Dr said we need to do a c section, since my water was broken earlier the previous day, he was worried about infection, finally went to operating rm, it was so cold, I was shaking and crying, I was so scared, btw my previous 4 children were vaginal births, I felt so guilty, thinking it was my fault my labor did nt progress.Finally I had her, when the Dr held her up for me to see, I started bawling, she was perfect, it was very emotional, she weighed 6 lb 4oz and 18in, Im very proud of her, and myself

I started talking with Terry about an epidural, told her I was considering it, since I thought it would be a long haul and I felt the pain I wanted to feel... and then I threw up.

In 2012, the National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health published the results of a study finding that women who received continuous labor support were more likely to have spontaneous vaginal births and less likely to have any pain medication, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps - assisted births, and C - sections.

Women who had continuous support from a doula were also less likely to have any pain medication or epidurals, vacuum or forceps - assisted births, C - sections, or negative feelings about childbirth.