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AJsMommy122
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Posted by betty
Posted by AJsMommy122
Posted by paulandles912
I actually found getting the epidural to be by far the most pain I experienced during my labor. I guess I'm in the minority there. After it kicked in though, it was great. It worked too well though b/c I couldn't tell if I was pushing or not -- so they ended up turning off the pump.
No you are not alone. The pricess of actually getting the epidural was the WORST pain of the whole process for me - but in the long run I think the few seconds of horrible pain is better then hours of contractions pain 
What exactly is the pain like?
I thought it was just a pinching and slight burning that only lasts a second?
It does only last a few seconds but it was more then a pinch for me!
I don't want to scare you and tell you what it was like for me
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Ali1
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Can i ask what is the difference between a epi and spinal.
Stefanie said she had both and then some of you who had c-sections said they had a spinal.
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AJsMommy122
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
I think the epi makes you numb from the waist down
but the spinal makes you numb from the chest down
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| Posted 8/18/05 1:29 PM |
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betty
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
OH NO!
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Tany
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Posted by betty
Posted by AJsMommy122
Posted by paulandles912
I actually found getting the epidural to be by far the most pain I experienced during my labor. I guess I'm in the minority there. After it kicked in though, it was great. It worked too well though b/c I couldn't tell if I was pushing or not -- so they ended up turning off the pump.
No you are not alone. The pricess of actually getting the epidural was the WORST pain of the whole process for me - but in the long run I think the few seconds of horrible pain is better then hours of contractions pain
What exactly is the pain like?
I thought it was just a pinching and slight burning that only lasts a second?
For me it was like really bad stomach cramps like when you have to do #2, sorry if that's tmi. For me it was so bad, that I started shaking uncontrolably.
you have to realize though, every person's pain tolerance is different.
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betty
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
You got stomach cramps when you got the epidural?
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Tany
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Posted by betty
You got stomach cramps when you got the epidural?
no, the contractions were like stomach cramps. I though that's what you meant. When I got the epidural I didn't feel a thing, I guess that's how much in pain I was.
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| Posted 8/18/05 2:32 PM |
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betty
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
That's what I thought Not looking forward to cramping getting worse 
Message edited 8/18/2005 2:40:58 PM.
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jillybean66
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Just wanted to say that I felt absolutely nothing when I got my epidural - no pinch or anything. I remember that they numbed the area first...
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| Posted 8/18/05 2:58 PM |
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Ali1
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Would they give you a spinal if you were delivering vaginally? I am a little scared of the fact that some of you felt like you could not breath.
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| Posted 8/18/05 4:10 PM |
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Kris
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
Spinal is for c-section only.
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jpsgirl
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Re: Question for those of you who've had an epidural
it was weird, but I could care LESS - being out of that pain was worth it. (and I was dead set against the epidural before I went into labor!)
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