When sitting in the hospital bed and feeling horrible shooting pains called contractions all some women can only think about is having an epidural. I myself am one of those women. Two years ago I had a beautiful baby girl, she was my first baby so I was a bit nervous about going to the ...
There are many opinions about what is safe or healthy during labor and delivery. This is especially true for women who are attempting a vaginal birth after a Cesarean section (VBAC). Even medical professionals do not always agree on issues such as whether or not epidural blocks are a method of pain management during a ...
Almost everyone has experienced back pain from time to time. There are some who suffer with it on an almost daily basis due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) . Deliberative changes to the spine cause slight misalignment of the vertebrae, and as a result the discs can sustain trauma from compression, and from nicks and ...
Prior to the birth of a child, one of the last concerns you may have is the expertise with which the hospital overnight bag is packed. Thanks to countless television enactments, parents-to-be often imagine a mad-dash to the hospital, woman screaming in agony, both fearing the child will need birthed in the car. Most energy ...
One of the first things an expectant mother will ask for when coming into the hospital in labor is an epidural. The cramping and pain of contractions during labor can be so intense that some women choose to “numb” this pain and relieve some of their suffering. Epidurals are not only used during pregnancy however. ...
An epidural for all those soon to be mother’s out there who do not know is simply a procedure that dulls the pain during the delivery of your baby. An epidural uses a long needle that is placed in to your lower back between the bones on your spine and allows medicine to drip in ...
So many women in today’s world automatically decide to have an epidural rather than experience the joy of natural childbirth. Is that the best decision? Some women liken giving birth naturally to “laboring like an animal.” Others feel that having an epidural takes away from the magical event of bringing a new life into the ...
Pain medications known as narcotics, are often used in labor to help lessen or reduce the pain the mother feels. Many women opt for using narcotics, rather than an epidural because using narcotics does not restrict movement as extremely as an epidural does, and generally do not have the risk of stopping or stalling labor. ...
Both of my children were born at Palomar Hospital’s Birth Center in Escondido, my first daughter in 2000 and my son in 2006. Despite the excruciating pain of labor and delivery, both experiences at the birth center were wonderful from start to finish. The birth center at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California features private labor ...
If you think there are risks that come with taking an epidural during labor, you are correct. In fact, up to 23% of women who have an epidural during labor will experience some complications. Epidural side effects range from vomiting, fever, shaking and headaches, to low blood pressure, fetal distress, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery, and ...
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