Sentences with phrase «up getting an epidural»

After over 48 hours of contractions, I ended up getting an epidural and had my first child a couple hours later.

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.

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.

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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.

I caved and got an epidural which ended up being an accidental spinal, that was supposed to wear off in 1 hour... fast forward 4 hours later, the spinal was finally wearing off and I was trying to crawl off the bed in pain..

I got the epidural right before getting induced and slept for ten hours waking up only to facebook.

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.

However, I will also share my resource list with you so that you can contact a some of my favorite local doulas (ranging from Delray Beach and Boca Raton doulas to Fort Lauderdale and Miami doulas) so that they can help you prepare and go over various labor pain coping strategies, especially if you are planning an unmedicated birth (or even leading up to getting an epidural during labor) it is good to learn about your options now so that you can be prepared, know what to expect and know what you want.

An epidural leaves a woman unable to get up and move around, which can help labour progress.

And then I wound up begging for an epidural, grateful for the rest it gave me and the fuzzy headedness that kept me from panicking when everyone in the room got very quiet and serious about the signs of distress from the babe my belly.

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.

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.

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.

My mom has had two very easy births and one «sunny - side up» one where she got an epidural because she wasn't progressing due to the pain.

When you have an epidural, you can't just get up and walk around, so it is up to dad to provide some distractions to help pass the time.

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

Sandra: «I took hypno - birthing classes hoping these techniques would help me deliver naturally without an epidural, and ended up getting one anyway.

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.