Sentences with phrase «n't get an epidural»

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.

And I didn't get the epidural I wanted.

Even just a «why don't you get that epidural, honey,» I knew, would cause me to falter and I just didn't want to deal with that pressure.

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.

I didn't get an epidural, a decision that still makes my head reel.

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

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).

With my first, I had problems during labor (don't get me started) that resulted in an epidural (I wasn't progressing and couldn't relax enough to let my body do its job; the epidural worked, I was pushing within 15 minutes of receiving it).

I'm certainly not saying that epidurals don't have their place or that nobody should have one, but I think one should educate one's self before taking on the risks that are involved in receiving one and not get it just because that's what «everybody» does.

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

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.»

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).

This is merely anecdotal, but I have heard several women say that they weren't dilating properly and getting prepped for a c - section, including getting an epidural, and the epidural allowed them to relax and dilate and then be able to give birth naturally.

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).

Plenty of research now demonstrates that epidurals do not slow down labor even if you get on before 3 cm.

I would highly recommend hypnobirthing to any pregnant soon - to - be mom regardless of whether or not they are planning on getting an epidural.

She decided not to get an epidural and is instead getting medication in her IV line to take the edge off the pain.

Luckily, I had learned a very painful lesson during the delivery of my first son — I didn't waste any time on getting my epidural this time.

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

To those women who haven't really given birth because they've had a C - section, to those women who gave in to the pain and got an epidural, to anyone who doesn't understand that only breastfed babies are truly bonded to their mothers...

I had a friend who chose to go drug free and her labor was so hard and intense, she encouraged me to get an epidural, saying she was so sick and puking and exhausted after her birth she couldn't even hold her baby for a day.

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.

They used vacuum to get her out quickly and I pushed as hard as I could (which didn't hurt as I had an epidural).

Needing an epidural because you've been in physical agony for hours and you just can't take it anymore is traumatic — because you were in agony for hours, not because you got the epidural.

Are there any situations that my birth partner / spouse won't be able to be with me (such as getting an epidural or preparing for a c / section)?

However, I would be remiss to not acknowledge the risks of any decision I make for myself and my baby (whether that be to home birth, or to get an epidural, or to get the flu shot while pregnant or breastfeeding (or ever), or to, or to, or to...).

That said, there are reasons that you might not be able to get an epidural.

-- Because labor may have progressed so much that getting an epidural just isn't a possibility.

You can get an epidural, but its just not standard.

To get an epidural or not to get 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.

I was traumatized by my epidural and so will never get one again, but it hasn't turned me off birthing in a hospital.

If you planned to get an epidural, be aware that it sometimes doesn't alleviate back labor pain).

Birth centers are an option for women with a low - risk pregnancy who don't plan to get an epidural.

We're not sure if her eyes are closed because she is trying to bear through a contraction or because the epidural has calmed them down and allowed her to sleep, but we definitely get a sense of the peace of the moment — and that just helps build the excitement.

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

I'm hoping to go natural next time, but not opposed to getting the epidural again if I'm in a similar situation.

we don't really get in arguments about epidurals or midwives.....

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.

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»!!!

«We get more nasty letters that we didn't have time to put in the epidural.»

The very real possibility that things can go wrong, that you won't get the perfect birth you hoped for and that you are not a bad mother or a bad person for inducing, or having an epidural, or whatever.

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.

It was around this time I was also telling myself, «It's ok if you get an epidural, you're husband is not here to help you through a natural birth and you can get one if you want.»

I mean yes, I had a home birth, chose not to get an epidural, and didn't want my kids to have plastic toys.

If you don't want to get an epidural but you still want something to dull the pain a little, there are some medications that your doctor can give you.

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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.

When you add in the other reasons not to get an epidural such as slowing labor, the risk of c - section is greater when you receive an epidural.

If you've opted for an epidural, your doctor is not going to be very happy about you trying to get out of bed.