Epidural
Is epidural recommended while giving birth?

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.
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