Terrified of epidural not working!

Me

Melissa • TTC for the first time. Male fertility factor. 1 chemical pregnancy and 1 blightened ovum. First round ivf oct 2021

Hi all,

I am 37 weeks and as the time approaches, I am getting so nervous about all of the stories I read, especially failed epidurals. Positive stories needed! Any advise?

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ar

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i’ve never known anyone it didn’t work for! don’t stress

ar

ariana smols • Aug 30, 2022
yes, i’ve heard that before.

Ka

Ka • Aug 30, 2022
Just an interesting fact, red heads actually have a higher chance of them not working. My friends didn’t work but she also said since she’s a red head she needs a lot more pain medication.

c

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I had my baby on the 5th and my epidural didn’t work much. The first initial one it did and my epidural stopped working at the end of it. I felt my son be born. I was in labor 26 hours they broke my water at 25 hours but I stopped progressing at I still had thick ness on my right side of my cervix and 9.5 cm dilated I had to start pushing then they did vacuum extraction before jumping to C-section. My son fractured is collar bone on the way out. I felt everything from the first push to the last. Not trying to scare you at all but it does happen.