If you had an epidural does it still hurt?

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I had an epidural and if I put pressure on the injection site on my spine it hurts. It's not agonizing, just a bit sore. Is that normal? Does your back do the same?

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I had one but haven’t had any back pain from it. I couldn’t tell you where my injection site was.

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I had one with my first and have had no pain. Like the other person said, I couldn’t even tell you where it was! With my most recent I did no pain meds so it’s been almost 3yrs since I had one.

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I had one but have no pain from it. Nor do I even know where the injection site was. I would ask your doctor about it.

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I have no pain regularly but on a couple of occasions, I am pretty sure I have felt the site the needle went in, like it’s bruised. Doesn’t bother me the slightest bit and was 100000% worth it though!

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I had pain for months after my first birth that I had an epidural for, that and I itched for weeks after. Big reason why I had a natural birth the second time.

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I’ve heard that’s a common side effect. I had an epidurals with both of my deliveries and haven’t had any complications. In fact, I don’t even know where on my spine it was placed.

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I had one and never had any issues...

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I didn’t have it with my first but I didn’t with my second and third. I have no back issues at all, if I didn’t get my tubes tied I’d get the epidural every time I had a child.

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I have heard a lot of women complain about back pain years after an epidural and especially with change of weather, but if you speak to doctor/anesthesiologist they all say it’s not correlated. I have had patients opt out of epidural for this reason. I had a spinal and I wouldn’t be able to know because my back always hurts from breaking it back in 2017.

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I had an epidural for two deliveries and for a spinal surgery and haven’t had any issues after but I do see other ppl mention this often so it must be fairly common

If you had an epidural does it still hurt?

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