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When my husband and I were looking for baby delivery packages at hospitals, we came across this option that said, 'painless delivery'. On inquiring further, we found out that the epidural would ensure a painless delivery if we happened to have a vaginal birth. Now we were really excited at the prospect of having a totally painless delivery with an epidural anesthesia during labour. But on the ground, it did not go quite well as we had imagined it to be.
STAGES OF LABOUR AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM
Epidural does give pain relief but if you imagine that it will make child birth a cakewalk for you, then you are wrong. Epidural probably only makes child birth easier by making the unbearable pain bearable. However, it does not make the entire thing painless. So, if you are tempted in by the prospect of a painless delivery by using epidural, then it is a bit of an eyewash.
Here are some of the facts about taking epidural anesthesia during labour that you should be aware of.
You
Have
To
Be
In
Labour
You
cannot
get
epidural
before
your
labour
pain
starts.
You
have
to
dilate
up
to
at
least
4
cms
to
be
eligible
for
epidural.
And
dilating
4
cms
is
not
going
to
be
painless.
It
will
be
bad
enough
to
bring
tears
to
your
eyes.
The
Channel
The
epidural
injection
is
given
in
between
in
your
spine
and
that
requires
you
to
bend
down
to
the
lowest
level
that
your
pregnant
body
allows
you.
The
injection
itself
will
hurt
because
it
is
being
injected
into
your
spine.
And
all
this
has
to
be
done
while
you
are
in
labour.
The
Push
When
you
have
to
give
the
final
push
to
bring
your
baby
into
this
world,
your
epidural
will
be
taken
away.
This
is
because
if
you
cannot
feel
anything,
you
will
not
be
able
to
push
your
baby.
So
during
the
worst
period
of
pain,
you
have
no
epidural.
Post
Operative
Pain
An
episiotomy
or
cutting
of
the
vaginal
opening
is
given
almost
routinely
during
normal
deliveries.
You
will
not
feel
a
thing
when
you
are
being
stitched.
But
as
soon
as
the
effect
of
the
epidural
anesthesia
during
labour
fades,
you
will
feel
the
pinch
of
the
pain.
Trust
me,
painkillers
do
not
cure
that
pain.
Post
Epidural
Backache
Having
an
epidural
during
pregnancy
gives
you
a
terrible
backache
that
lasts
for
quite
sometime.
You
could
say
that
taking
epidural
will
lengthen
your
post
partum
recovery
period.
If
you
do
not
take
proper
care,
the
back
pain
will
never
leave
you.
So technically, epidural does not make delivery painless altogether. But it does help in reducing the pain manifold.
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