Sentences with phrase «get an epidural when»

or «get the epidural when you walk in the door».

A lot of soon - to - be moms know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they want to get an epidural when they give birth; however, some expectant moms are on the fence.

Not exact matches

Did you know that when you get an epidural your baby gets it too?

Or perhaps a friend or family member has called your decisions to give birth in a hospital, use an obstetrician and get an epidural into question, claiming that you'll change what you want when you read what she recommends.

The contractions were very strong at this point and when I did get checked, the nurse asked me if I was planning on getting an epidural because if I was then it was too late!

I loved having an epidural so much, in fact, that when I got pregnant with my fourth baby, there was no questioning it: I'd have the epidural again.

With # 3 I was almost 3 centimeters when I got the epidural and delivered 4 hours later.

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.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

In neither instance did my labor slow, in fact, with # 2 I was 4 centimeters dilated when I got the epidural and delivered 3 hours later.

The first thing she said when she got to the hospital — before telling them her name — was, «I want an epidural.»

When she tells you to «enjoy every moment,» she won't be talking about the 13 times it will take the anesthesiologist to correctly place your epidural, or the innumerable, bleary - eyed hours you'll spend trying to get your newborn to latch while breastfeeding.

Then when my contractions worsened she asked if I was getting an epidural.

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.

I had already gone through 25 hours of labour before finally getting an epidural, but the pain during each feed was excruciating and only ended when he stopped feeding.

When you get an epidural, you really just want your uterus to be numb, but certainly not your breast.

They around hour 21 when they were deciding whether or not to give me another epidural boost I screamed «GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME»!!!

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Myth 5: There's a limited window of time when you can get an epidural.

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When you have an epidural, you can't just get up and walk around, so it is up to dad to provide some distractions to help pass the time.

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.

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 had my husband read this because I wanted him to read that part about the epidural and when he got there he started gut laughing because he remembers that reaction too!

It's fine for women to get epidurals but it's annoying when they start justifying their decision by saying things like «It's risky driving a car».

Sometimes women who otherwise didn't plan on getting an epidural end up getting one because they can't handle the stronger, closer contractions, especially when they aren't able to move around fully.

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.