Sentences with phrase «gets an epidural at»

I got an epidural at about 4 1/2 centimeters.

Of course they give in and get an epidural at the drop of a hat because they don't realize that there's a difference between good pain and bad pain.

I got an epidural at my request.

I got the epidural at 9 cm and felt great and was able to push and enjoy the process.

I ended up getting an epidural at 10 Cm due to exhaustion and pain and I like the fact that Lynn never made me feel guilty for choosing this path on my journey.

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

Not exact matches

«I feel sore,» Dufner told reporters ahead of the tournament and after getting an epidural a week ago for what he called an arthritic, degenerative condition that began bothering him in April at Augusta.

I made the decision to not get an epidural early in my pregnancy, and was shocked at how many people told me I'd change my mind, or laughed in my face, or told me I didn't have to be a martyr.

Don't cling to the room temperature being exactly 72 degrees, but let them know if the nurses are supposed to ask you for pain medications or if they will get snapped at if they mention the word «epidural.»

Whether it's a nurse, doctor or your own mind suggesting that you give up on your natural birth and GET THE EPIDURAL, it is always an option at the hospital.

With our second, I got the epidural as soon as I was admitted at 5 cm., and it was bliss.

Rupturing your membranes also puts you on a clock, has a greater chance of cord prolapse meaning emergency, increases your risk of infection and takes away your baby's buffer to the strong contractions caused by Pitocin, your epidural can slow labor, making you unable to move and / or push effectively, doesn't allow for proper fetal descent, you will most likely have a catheter placed to your bladder, increasing risk of bladder infections, and if all else fails, at 5PM, you will have a C / S at 5PM before your baby gets too tired or sick to continue laboring (because the doctor is tired of waiting).

At the same time, the risk of epidural side effects are low, and the obvious advantage of getting the epidural — pain relief — is a totally valid and important point.

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!

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.

It must have been the Benadryl they gave me at the hospital for a severe allergic reaction, or the epidural I got after 18 hours of back labor, or the fact that I had only pumped for 30 minutes last time instead of an hour.

Because I had an epidural that was quite mild because I got it at 10 +2.

We can't predict how things will turn out for you, but we can tell you the results of a study that looked at women's plans to get or not get an epidural and whether they ended up getting one.

My secret birth plan had entailed starting contractions at home around 40 weeks, laboring in my house for awhile, going to the hospital, getting an epidural, pushing for a little bit and having a baby, probably all within a span of 24 — 36 hours.

Instead, due to high blood pressure, I was sent to triage on a Wednesday afternoon at 37 weeks, spent a night being monitored, then had a balloon put inside my cervix for 12 hours to «ripen» it, then received pitocin (and an epidural, because by that point I was too frightened of what getting my water broken would feel like), threw up numerous times, developed a fever, was informed that I might or might not be getting a C - section, eventually pushed for 45 minutes and then had my son, on a Friday night.

Later, several people even speculated about whether I got an epidural because my provider pressured me, I was not allowed to labor at home, or I didn't get to relax in a whirlpool.

Remember, there are no epidurals in home births so in addition to the transport and evaluation / explanation at the hospital — they can't operate before they even know what's going on — they also need to call the anesthesiologist, have him / her evaluate the situation and get me appropriately anesthesized.

I was just so fascinated with the twins the first couple hours, the epidural wore off and I hadn't hit the button once, so the pain just hit me at once and they had to come give me an extra shot to get on top of the pain.

At the 21 hour mark I got my epidural (I had been begging for the epidural since hour 8 or 9 but was told I couldn't have it because they didn't want to «stall» my labor... I was stuck at 3.5 cm for the entire 21 hours prior to receiving my epidural, to this day I don't understand why I had to suffer without pain medication, I was already failing to progress, what damage could an epidural have doneAt the 21 hour mark I got my epidural (I had been begging for the epidural since hour 8 or 9 but was told I couldn't have it because they didn't want to «stall» my labor... I was stuck at 3.5 cm for the entire 21 hours prior to receiving my epidural, to this day I don't understand why I had to suffer without pain medication, I was already failing to progress, what damage could an epidural have doneat 3.5 cm for the entire 21 hours prior to receiving my epidural, to this day I don't understand why I had to suffer without pain medication, I was already failing to progress, what damage could an epidural have done?)

The doc even told me next time to get the epidural even though I was calm and cooperative and only cried a little at the end.

My delivery did not go at all as planned (wanted natural but was pressured into getting an epidural, which failed, they gavebme a 2nd one before checking to see he was crowning!

My first daughter was undiagnosed frank breach which frank means for those who don't know her feet by her ears so bent in half I got to the hospital at 8 cm dyalated and was rushed off to have an epidural and c section.

Well, after 48 hours of excruciating back labor at home, I decided to transfer to the hospital to get an epidural.

Don't get us wrong — you know we fully support alternative methods — but what we don't support is judgment in either direction: toward at - home, in - hospital, natural, or epidural births.

Finally at 2 AM we decided to get an epidural.

Call the hospital and make sure that the healthcare providers you'll interact with while at the hospital will be in - network — especially the anesthesiologist, if you're planning on getting an epidural.

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.