bad experience with epidural

[ZoeyKaspian]

The Epidural didn't work for me either. I kept telling the doctors I felt sharp pain still and they kept telling me, "Well, you're going to feel pressure, we're not going to give you anymore of it." I told them "It isn't pressure. It's a sharp and I'm not asking for more. I'm asking you to fix this problem." I finally got frustrated and just gave up with them. They told me I wasn't making any sense. Getting the Epidural hurt like a son of a bitch, by the way. My fiance told me that me getting the Epidural was just as touching as me giving birth. I haven't cried like that in forever.

 

[MummyMana]

Mine didn't work at all! And they didn't believe me. Even when I was standing up. Plus they refused to give me painkillers afterwards because "I'd had an epidural".

 

[Pearls18]

Sorry I'm only quickly dipping in, I am assuming and hoping others have said go into labour with an open mind, you can't really decide what pain relief you are going to opt for before experiencing your labour, for instance I had a 4 hour labour so I couldn't have had an epi even if I had of wanted one. I'm not against medication, whatever gets women through it, but the more natural you can keep it the more straight forward labour generally tends to be so I find it is better to try and do as little as possible, but always know the option is there if you need it. I heard a scary statistic this week that only 1 in 4 women who have an epidural in the UK go on to have an unassisted birth, so for this reason I think it is better to think "if I need it I will have an epidural" rather than "I'm going to have an epidural".