Pregnancy, Childbirth & the ABCs ...

[hareem01]

Re: Pregnancy, Childbirth & the ABCs …

@Gemini_the_Great

^ that’s true but an experienced anesthesiologist will first monitor your contractions, time them, prepare everything and then inject during your contraction break..my contractions were 30 secs apart, he did the prep, numbed me, got me in position, waited for my contraction to end and injected…didn’t feel a thing! I was so surprised when they said, it’s over because of course I was expecting to jump during contraction but he was a pro! Do some research on the anesthesiologist for the hospital as well..I knew we had the best one in state, that’s what they say about him! I can’t praise him enough!

I think 30 seconds is a good time to get it done with the epidural. I was given pethidine (another pain relief option we’re given in UK) and was already drugged and dizzy…it would’ve been really hard for me to stay still even for 5-10 seconds.