Epidural

If you know for sure that your threshold for pain is low, it’s best to take it even before you really start feeling the contractions. Once you’ve reached 8-9cm, they usually wouldn’t administer the epidural already. So you’d have to deal with the pain. I took it when I was 3-4cm dilated even though I hadn’t started feeling any contractions. I just felt like I wouldn’t be able to handle the pain and stress. So for me, my labour and delivery ended up being very easy. Painless, and it only took me less than ½ hour to push my baby out. I had the typical side effect of shivering, but it only lasted for about an hour after delivery. I also had slight pelvic and back pain for two weeks after, but I think it’s due to my joints/bones readjusting afterbirth.