Sentences with phrase «with getting a epidural»

There are many risks involved with getting an epidural (for both the mother and the baby) and many women (if properly educated) could give birth naturally, med - free the way we were intended.

Natural birth is very special, but if you are afraid of the pain, there is nothing wrong with getting a epidural.

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However, even having done that, I still came away with an impression that babies are born in hospitals and you should get the epidural.

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).

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.

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).

Narrator: If your goal is a drug - free childbirth or you want to ease labor pain naturally before getting numbed with an epidural, moving and trying different birthing positions can help you come closer to having the birth experience you want.

With baby 5, no question got the epidural immediately.

With our second, I got the epidural as soon as I was admitted at 5 cm., and it was bliss.

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.

I loved having an epidural so much, in fact, that when I got pregnant with my fourth baby, there was no questioning it: I'd have the epidural again.

With my first and fourth I had a c - section, both of which were determined necessary before I got an epidural.

With # 3 I was almost 3 centimeters when I got the epidural and delivered 4 hours later.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

In neither instance did my labor slow, in fact, with # 2 I was 4 centimeters dilated when I got the epidural and delivered 3 hours later.

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.

However, if I was pregnant with my fourth, I'd probably be getting 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)?

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

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.

If you get an epidural, it's possible that your let down effect will be hindered because of the epidural interfering with the production of oxytocin.

But with the help of birthing classes, you can learn about natural methods for pain relief, such as breathing techniques, massage and acupuncture — and get a more informed idea as to whether an epidural is your first choice, last resort or something in between.

With my second child, I got an epidural as soon as I got to the hospital, but it wore off before it was time to push and I delivered without medication.

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.

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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!

I knew I wanted an epidural from the moment I got pregnant and I was really happy with my emergency c - section, where she chose a birthing center and was upset when her birth plan didn't go according to plan and also had to have an emergency c - section.

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The other big thing that happens with Pitocin, and the same is true for epidurals and caesarean sections, is that we have a mom who is also getting a lot of IV fluid, and we have new research that tells us that with all of the extra fluid the mom is getting, some if it will go in the baby.

Many women give birth with out an epidural, but equally many women choose to get the epidural.

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

«As someone who has never experimented with drugs, I really enjoyed it,» the Frozen actress said about the epidural she got for a December c - section.

While transitioning an hour into labor I did sign to get an epidural because I thought with first baby this labor was going to last 12 hours and I couldn't take the pain for that long.

Well, from my 2nd through 5th labors, I had increasingly unenjoyable experiences with the epidurals (the medicine wearing off when I was in active labor, getting numbed everywhere except in my right buttock), and with general hospital treatment.

But with several hours of back labor behind me and hours more ahead of me, I eventually took the advice of my midwives and got an epidural.

I was primarily advised by well - meaning friends and family with the first set of phrases in my first pregnancy... and got the epidural.

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.

But if it does get to the point where I am screaming for the epidural, I have no problems with that.