Epidural or no epidural?

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Tell me your experiences, good or bad!

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I'm all for the epidural. To me, why be in that much pain when you don't have to?

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Read up on it, there are risks and possible side affects when getting an epidural. Obviously none of them can happen to you and everything can work out great. But it’s important to make an informed decision

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I think it all depends on your pain tolerance and mentality. I personally wanted to try it without an epidural, because like some of the stories I've heard, the pain, the miss placement and the slowing down of labor by getting an epidural made me not want to get one. However, I kept an open mind and I told my midwife that if I was in labor for 12+ hours I would get one so I could rest. I ended up doing it all without an epidural. I was in labor for 7 hours, pushed for 1 hour. And let me tell you, my hospital bill was A LOT less expensive without getting the epidural/anesthesiologist!!

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I got the epidural and girl let me tell you, I loved it. It didn't hurt at all and I was able to sleep right after I got it. My daughter is 1 month old and I haven't had any complications from the epidural.

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I got an epidural. I didn't feel anything, but they also messed up my epidural and had to enter twice. The first time they got spinal fluid and it created a hole, which in turn after I went home I got spinal headaches and it was hell. I went back in and they essentially wanted to do a blood patch, but I refused. They gave me a shot instead and that eased my pain and eventually the pain stopped completely after a couple weeks. I'm not sure what I'd choose next time, as I haven't felt the pain without the epidural, only the complication the epidural actually caused.

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I didn't get an epidural, mostly because I was scared of potential long term side effects. I also didn't want to go in planning to get an epidural and then have it not work for me/ only work on half my body/ not work the whole time.
 I was lucky to only have about an 8 hour labor with no pitocin or back labor, and my water didn't break early, so I the pain from my contractions wasn't exacerbated by anything. I found it very manageable and never felt like it was too much for me, but every labor is different.

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I am an unfortunate mama who had terrible experiences with the epidural. First one didn’t work and second one messed up my back permanently. 😕 I will not be getting one this time. Pray for me. Lol

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I didn’t do it. I had a shot of morpheine though. 
The thought of a needle in my spine scared the shit out of me so i’m happy that I could do it without.

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I had horrible back labor because my son was born faced up. I also dilated from 5.5 to 10 in 40 mins. And had no epidural.  You will know what's best for you and your child when the time comes. Just follow your instincts. Good luck and congratulations!

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I had a very long labor (2.5 days) I made it about 30 hours w/ out the epidural but the constant contractions & the vomiting wore me out & I was dilating very slowly so I got the epidural so I could get some rest, there were no issues putting it in, it worked well & I’ve had no issues w/ lingering numbness or back pain or headaches, I went in hoping to avoid it but not in a hardcore way

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