Sentences with phrase «on getting my epidural»

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

I got my hands on «The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy» by Vicki Iovine, which told me that Lamaze was useless, as were all other birthing classes, and what I really needed to focus on was how quickly I could get the epidural.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Youre stuck on your back with monitors strapped on which makes labor even more painful, so you get the epidural which makes labor slow, so you get the Pitocin which can cause stress in the baby, so you end up with a C - section.

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.

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.

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.

While I know there's a whole movement out there trying to shame moms who do get an epidural (which I call bullsh*t on, because mothers need to do what they feel is best for their body.

I will admit now that there was a moment during my labour that I thought «Ok, I understand why people get epidurals, but I want to do this on my own» — and I did.

Depending on the doctor, some will tell you that you need to get an epidural if you want to have a vaginal birth after caesarean.

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.

Yes, sometimes the epidural is just right and you can still feel your legs and possibly get to the bathroom with help, but I wouldn't count on this as it's the exception rather than the rule.

Moms dead set on having a natural birth end up with C - sections, and moms who swear by the epidurals don't make it to the hospital in time to get one.

She assessed me when we got to the hospital and said, «When women have this severe a level of pain early on epidural is usually the best way to go.

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.

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.

If mom is set on getting pain relief via an epidural, it just won't happen.

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.

Getting anything extra put into my body has paralyzed me with fear since — so an epidural with a catheter was not on my list!

If you don't have your heart set on natural childbirth and nothing is helping you manage your back pain, consider getting an epidural.

With Pitocin, we've got contractions more intense, so even if the mom was planning on having a natural birth, we often end up with an epidural, so now we have the epidural meds in the mom's system, therefor also in baby.

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

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My first I was induced and got a mild epidural early on.

On a personal note, I'm going to take all the great things medicine has invented, and take all the epidurals and help I can get to get my future babies out;)