I have been seeing more and more that first time moms are getting pressured
into getting an epidural for their upcoming labor.
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!
I've been scared to have another natural birth and have been looking
into getting an epidural.
Not exact matches
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).
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.
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.
Perhaps I did not think too much
into the actual birth part, but I was under the impression that an
epidural would
get rid of the pain.
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.
Recently the Journal of Human Lactation posted an article based off of a research study done to prove how birth practices do in fact effect the initial birth weight of the baby, and if the mother has had an induction, a cesarean birth, or an
epidural longer then 6 hours, the additional fluids passed
into her will in turn
get passed
into the baby, thus resulting in a «false» birth weight.
Sarah Pursell: With my daughter, my first one I wanted to do it naturally and with you know, we were pretty set on that but then once I went
into labor I had no idea what to expect and ended up
getting an
epidural.
Getting anything extra put
into my body has paralyzed me with fear since — so an
epidural with a catheter was not on my list!
While transitioning an hour
into labor I did sign to
get an
epidural because I thought with first baby this labor was going to last 12 hours and I couldn't take the pain for that long.