Sentences with phrase «walking epidural»

It's also worth considering that once you get the epidural, you'll most likely be unable to roam around freely, even with a so - called «walking epidural,» a low - dose epidural that allows for some movement in the legs.

She requested a «walking epidural,» and the nurse said they didn't exist.

Many of the epidural side effects mentioned below are not improved with low - dose or walking epidurals, because women using these techniques may still receive a substantial total dose of local anesthetic, especially when continuous infusions and / or patient - controlled boluses (single large doses) are used.34 The addition of opiate drugs in epidurals or CSEs can create further risks for the mother, such as pruritus (itching) and respiratory depression (see below).

Not exact matches

If a woman says that she could never go through with natural child birth, tell her that it really wasn't that much worse that really bad menstrual cramps and that you were so glad to be up and walking around within minutes of giving birth, rather than being confined to the bed for another half day or so (for an epidural) or longer (for a c - section).

or «get the epidural when you walk in the door».

In the hospital, you can still walk around, use the birthing ball or bar, take a shower, try morphine, the doctor can place a pudendal block or paracervical block, or even retry the epidural.

The epidural had worn off by then, so I was able to walk to and use the bathroom on my own strength.

From nurses that delay your epidural, to being made to walk / use birth ball when you do not want it, to pushing VBAC regardless of history and demonizing ECRS and formula, and adding the «baby friendly» (mom unfriendly) nonsense, too much NCB is bad news.

In the last five to ten years, epidurals have been developed with lower concentrations of local anesthetic drugs, and with combinations of local anesthetics and opiate pain killers (drugs similar to morphine and meperidine) to reduce the motor block, and to produce a so - called «walking» epidural.

After walking around the unit for a while and experiencing some of the most intense contractions I'd ever experienced (I had had an epidural with my first delivery), I was ready to have my baby.

We walked into the labor and delivery ward and the first thing I said was «I need an epidural NOW!»

Walking around can help labor to progress but getting an epidural usually leaves you pretty much bed bound.

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.

Even after a c - section or after an epidural, you can begin to walk with assistance in just a few hours.

most epidurals restrict your movement and mean you are unable to stand or walk during labour, and this may restrict the birthing positions you can try

While some narrowing of the spinal canal occurs with normal aging and does not always cause pain, more severe compression of nerves limits mobility and leads patients to try stronger pain medications and epidural steroid injections in an attempt to control the pain that is associated with walking and standing.

In addition, Kessler is partnering with the University of Louisville to investigate epidural stimulation, in which a chip is implanted to deliver an electrical current through the spine to trigger walking.

In another project with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, we're also working to create a larger bank of virtual hospital experiences that could include things such as walking into the operating room, learning what it feels like to have an epidural or nerve block, or go into radiology.

Hospital birth, no pain meds, no epidural, no iv, I was able to get out of bed and walk around.