Reasons why epidurals don’t work???

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Mine worked like a charm. I dont know why it would not work.

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Not sure why...but I had an epidural last week and it never fully took to my left side. I could still feel contractions, but they didn’t take my breath away. They supplemented it with narcotics and that helped for a few hours and I felt nothing, but it eventually wore off as well. I was nervous about what crowning was going to feel like since I still had some sensation, but I ended up with an emergency C-section since baby refused to descend. I don’t think my experience was common.

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I needed to be move to my left side so that drugs would literally “drip down” to that side. It worked though! 
My SIL didn’t have a successful epidural because she has scoliosis and the hospital staff didn’t care to listen to her. She changed hospitals for her second baby and it worked fine because the doctors took her scoliosis into account.

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My shit worked too well couldnt feel when to push

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My first worked amazingly so I knew I wanted it the second time around. Well I was too far along. I was probably  8cm dilated but it had only been an hour since pitocin was started and everyone thought I must be 3cm by then. Anyway, it never took to my left side or crotch. It was just focused on one leg. 30 mins after, I was at a 10 and ready to go

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Mine definitely worked and regret taking it I heard women suffer taking they get back pain and let me tell it hurts like hell ... do you what the epidural is made out of ?...I recently found out and I’m shaken ....

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If you are a plus size mama, they say the epidural won't work as effectively and in my experience it's not worth the aftermath pain that you feel even years after receiving one. It's like a pain in your lower back that never really fully recovered but you grow to ignore it in a way.

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I read this post that red heads need more anesthesia 🤔
It can be administered wrong
I'm so much more scared of getting the epidural than the birth itself, but I've been told it's night and day..
 but I have great birth experiences without. Labor is intense but pretty short lived!

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Only numbed my left side. Still felt the pushing at the end. Felt the catheter 100%. Numbed my chest when they had me use a peanut ball. Also caused itching in numb areas so I would try to scratch but it wouldn’t help stop the itching. Was NOT pleasant.

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My old boss told me her epidural wound up being inserted crooked or something so she was only half numb (or that's how she described it). So it did it's job but also not lol. Never heard of any other mom who had that issue though.

Reasons why epidurals don’t work???

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