Sentences with phrase «like getting an epidural»

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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).

She described the feeling of getting an epidural, «It rushed through my body and I felt like I was having an orgasm, a very long one.

So there is a benefit to delay getting an epidural if you feel like you absolutely can't give birth without one.

I got the epidural and within just a few minutes, the swelling was gone — just like the doctor said would happen.

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.

In fact, if you want an idea of what pushing without an epidural feels like, pooping is the closest you're going to get.

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.

«I caught myself writing a sentence like, «I wanted to go as long as possible before getting the epidural.»

For my induced / epidural birth my Mom got super excited and said the baby's head was almost out after I pushed for like a minute.

Over 3/4 of all women report getting an epidural during labor, and like I said, I can understand why!

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».