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i think if i was in a longer labour i wold have but i just about had some gas and air …
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I had whats called Back labor and to top it off doubling contractions…4 hours of that i was ready for the epidural. Once i got it, i was sooo relaxed!!! i just don’t understand why anybody wouldn’t get it.
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I had morphine and gas. both didnt work. Than i had epidural and it reduced pain only. I was told as baby’s head was down, epidural sometimes doesnt work.
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I had back labor with both my pregnancies and both times my labor lasted 17 hours. I was given pitocin both times cuz my water broke but contractions didn’t start. I took epidural half way thru labor. Alhamdullah no side affects at all. I felt that I was more in control of things second time. Baby was out in 3 pushes both times. My husband was too chicken to cut the cord so I cut it with my second one. 
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Epidurals scare me. I wish they were administered orally; I hate injections. I’ve needle-phobia, but the alternative is scary too. Heck, everything about birth scares me, I mean aaaavaryyytheeeng!!! Can’t bring myself to watch a birthing video, I’ve a weak stomach. God help me. 
Alrighty, you ladies carry on. :k:
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^if it makes u feel any better, u don’t have to see the needle while getting an epidural. You have to stay looking down while they give it in your spine.
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^Spine sounds scary too. The day will come when epis are given in fast-acting pill format. Dare to dream.
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I did not feel any pain in my spine, maybe because I was already overwhelmed with labor pains.
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The anesthetist numbs the area before giving you the epidural. You won’t / don’t feel a thing!