Sentences with phrase «from getting an epidural»

Although I did not have an epidural with either my daughter's hospital birth or my son's home birth, there was a point during my induced labor with my daughter that an option like this would have appealed to me (had I not had complications including low platelets that prevented me from getting an epidural anyway).

If you are trying to stay away from getting an epidural, it would be best to stay away from Pitocin, which can make contractions stronger and less manageable.

Not exact matches

Not long after getting my epidural, it was turned down to prevent my blood pressure from rising.

Aside from healthy mom and healthy baby, Celeste Bancos» other birth goals were of to avoid getting an epidural, and to not whine..

Secondly he got a little stuck from being quite big so I was able to move into a position that allowed him to become unstuck (unlike a woman who has an epidural and can't move).

Even morphine given in an epidural may cause the baby to be unwilling to nurse or latch on, since medication from an epidural definitely does get into the mother's blood, and thus into the baby before he is born.

Somewhere along the way, I went from the idea of getting an epidural and having a classic hospital birth when I imagined having a baby, to becoming a total hippie who never dreamed of using pain meds during labor, knew I would have a doula and by the second time around, would be having my baby at home.

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.

However, I will also share my resource list with you so that you can contact a some of my favorite local doulas (ranging from Delray Beach and Boca Raton doulas to Fort Lauderdale and Miami doulas) so that they can help you prepare and go over various labor pain coping strategies, especially if you are planning an unmedicated birth (or even leading up to getting an epidural during labor) it is good to learn about your options now so that you can be prepared, know what to expect and know what you want.

Speaking from experience, I was firmly in the «no way am I getting an epidural» camp thanks to a fear of needles.

And then I wound up begging for an epidural, grateful for the rest it gave me and the fuzzy headedness that kept me from panicking when everyone in the room got very quiet and serious about the signs of distress from the babe my belly.

On the other hand, if you want the option of getting an epidural, or you're very anxious about something going wrong during labor and delivery and don't want to chance having to transfer to a hospital, you'll want to be in a hospital from the get - go.

Some women find it helpful to get into different positions to help guide the baby down the canal, and an epidural prevents you from being in any other positions.

Spinal injury due to the epidural, baby gets scarred from the incision, stillbirth, and other complications).

I knew I wanted an epidural from the moment I got pregnant and I was really happy with my emergency c - section, where she chose a birthing center and was upset when her birth plan didn't go according to plan and also had to have an emergency c - section.

Ever heard stories of women who get an epidural and go from 4 - 10 in an hour?

Ever heard stories of women who get an epidural and go from 4 - 10 in an hour?

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.

CPhT)- (2nd Shift) Customer Service, learn how to use the Pyxis machine, answers the phone, triage phone calls for the pharmacist, compounder, deliver the IV run that prints and credits all returns from the run go through cubbies and pull back all medications within 24ths old, run demands doses from nursing communications server from HMM meds manager, pull narcotics from the safe and send them via secure tubes to the floors as needed, tube medications to the floor as needed, pull labels and fill medications as needed from the printer in the main pharmacy, deliver STAT medications to the floor as needed, package medications from Talyst machine as needed, help fill OR anesthesia trays, OR heart trays, Endo trays and code cart trays as needed, restock OB epidural trays and have them check by a pharmacist, restock OR anesthesia cart at the beginning and the end of the shift, several times throughout the evening bring the OR anesthesia / heart trays to the pharmacy and restock and check by a pharmacist, restock floor IV stocks and flushes, print Pyxis fill list and fill items listed for the units, get pyxis fill check by a pharmacist upon completion, deliver pyxis fill to selected units and bring back any returns from the units, check the pyxis for outdated and rotate stocks, deliver narcotics to the floor and pyxis fill.