How long did your back aches/soreness last after epidural?

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If you’ve had an epidural and experienced back soreness or aches from it, how long did it last? 
I’m 1 month PP and started reallllly feeling it lately, where the catheter was inserted. Wondering if this will go away soon or if I should expect it to be a while. A friend of mine said she still felt sore when she was 8 months PP. 😫

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Maybe a month and a half to two months? I’m six months postpartum now and I can’t feel where it the needle went in anymore

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Mine never hurt at all I couldn’t even tell I had one after. Have you looked at the area? Xx

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A couple days. For the first two weeks I thought my back was hurting from the epidural. It was actually muscle pain from breastfeeding/ holding my baby.

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My back hurt from epidural until I stopped breastfeeding at 10 months. I also had numb spots on my leg for the entire time too

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a few days

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I’m 2 months PP and I’m still feeling super bruised in my spine from the epidural. It’s gotten worse since going back to work since my job requires a lot of bending over. :/

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Still going through slight pains with mine and it been 3years.

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My lower back has never been right since and it’s been 7 years. The first 3 years I had a hard time sitting up in the morning and laying down at night would take my breath away. but it has gotten a bit better since then. Epidural didn’t have great effects on me.

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Mine didn’t hurt

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Mine hurt for about 5 months constantly then it would come if I would stress too much or something but I will say my anesthesiologist wiggled that thing around my back and said I almost have it in the right spot smh

How long did your back aches/soreness last after epidural?

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