i know its a long way off ........

[roxane 1985]

but seriously cant decide what to do about pain relief, i never had an epidural before and dont particuarly want one but gas n air and pethadine are not enough for me im hoping that the hospital will just give me the spinal blocks again

 

[cosmicgirl]

Epidurals are fabulous, wish I could could have one for period pain x

 

[roxane 1985]

Epidurals are fabulous, wish I could could have one for period pain x

ive watched them being done on tv and in books and everyone ive asked including my mom said they are uncomfortable to have - my plan was to try and get a job working in the hospital, gain keys to the medicine cabinet and just grab one of everything lol

 

[cosmicgirl]

Sounds like a plan
I didn't find it uncomfortable or bad being put in, just a sharp scratch for the local then numb legs. I would have thought it would be similar to a spinal?? x

 

[roxane 1985]

tbh by the time i had the spinal block i didnt even know what was going on, they gave it me as though i was going to need a c-section but was too far gone for epidural, apparently it was six small injections into my back, all i remember is being too busy screaming that i couldnt breathe as all the back of my throat was swollen from screming the far too long 16 hrs lol

 

[cosmicgirl]

Oh right, well the epidural sounds easier than that. You only feel one needle, it's very fine and you dont feel anything more than a scratch.
You sit bent over your bump, legs dangling off the bed, I think this is the hardest bit because it's not comfortable if you have a contraction. The anaesthetist will wait for a space between contractions, wipe your back to make it as sterile as poss then one small injection. You don't feel anything else after that - nothing.
You can feel him fiddling about, like touches on your back but no pain. Then your legs go numb - like the spinal feeling x

 

[roxane 1985]

cant i make my partner give birth instead lmao, i hate needles so much, and the fact i had about 12 in my last labour scares me

 

[cosmicgirl]

Men should have to give birth, even just once so that they can sympathise with us about the pain! x

 

[roxane 1985]

i agree lol, then again i watch my other half panick about me constantly in pregnancy so i think if he had to go through it he would have a bloody nervous breakdown lol