Epidural: yes or no ?

This is my first pregnancy and if possible, i would like to go for natural delivery with epidural. I have very low tolerance pain. However i heard epidural’s side effect can be brutal and most of the time you will tear and it can also slow down cervix opening. Those mummies who have taken epidural before, was it a good experience and do you recommend it ? And how was your experience. Im leaning towards taking it but im scared and want to know what to expect😣 For now i am 25 weeks and still under kkh subsidized. #advicepls #firsttimemom

Vô danh

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Yes - if you wld rather cut the pain of pushing. No - if you think you can endure the pain & push push push! I didn’t take epidural cos I wasn’t sure I want it or not. By the time I thought why not just take the epidural to fasten the whole process of pushing, I was already 7cm so the head nurse said I can’t take epidural so I have to keep pushing whenever the contractions came (the urge to poop kinda feeling). So I just continued trying till my daughter came out after a few heavy pushing of my tummy (apparently it is to help baby come out). I did get back pain nonetheless arnd 7-8 months postpartum. So I was wondering, what if I had taken the epidural - wld it be more painful & brutal than the back aches I am getting? Okay, just typed out to share that ultimately it is your gut feeling as a first time mom.

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