I recently just learned that “labor shakes” are a thing. When I was in labor I was not feeling contractions in my stomach, it was all in my back. I held out for about 20 hours of labor until I got my epidural. I thought it was amazing for maybe 30 minutes and then I hit a major wall and felt so awful and sick. I had to have my family leave the room. I felt super nauseous, had chills, and was shaking and shivering uncontrollably. They kept giving me blankets but I just couldn’t get warm or stop shaking. The nurses said this was a really bad reaction during labor and then my baby and I both went into distress with irregular heart beats. I was able to get her out eventually but I am scared to ever get the epidural again. I think it was this that caused me to have the reaction but now I’m thinking maybe it’s just labor shakes and I might have it with every delivery. Did anyone else experience this or is it just me? I don’t know what to think. Sorry for this super long and way after the fact post!