Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Epidurals.... Posted: 02-02-06 14:56pm
About a year ago I had surgery on my
tailbone to remove a cyst. It left me
with 36 stitches...3 layers of 12....
Since conceiving, i've wanted no pain
intervention with my birth. I consulted
my Dr. And told him about my incision and
let him know that I am not really allowed
to become constipated due to damaging the
scar area. Which was really hard after
the surgery due to anestesia blocking you
up!! Lol...Anyways...He was very
optimistic about it...He said that it
actually makes his job a lot easier..Being
that you can feel the urge to push and
feel what your body is trying to tell you
to do.
I have started 'perenial massage' which is
the stretching of your vagina to promote
non riping during crowning. It also
simulates crowning so that your body
doesn't freak out when you finally feel
the sensation of the head emerging.
I guess what i'm getting at is has anyone
here given birth with out the use of pain
medication? If so...Are there any other
tips that you could give me about the
situation. I am looking for a class to
begin my breathing lessons....
Any suggestions???
Sarah
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acoles70
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 191 Location: KY
Posted: 02-02-06 18:34pm
I gave birth to my son with no pain
medicine. I didn't even take demeral
(stadol). The medicines given in
epidurals and pain medicine can effect the
baby or cause problems with the mother.
I know alot of women that have back pain
from having them, others have been
paralyzed (rare). I was only in labor 5
hours and pushed him out in 3 pushes, it
was my first baby. I was able to get up
and move around right after I had him. I
would go no other way. It really wasn't
that painful, until the last hour.
Pushing made the pain go away for me. I
tore a little, not even enough for one
stitch. I had a small baby though.
6lbs.12oz. Good luck. You can do it.
Ashlee
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 02-02-06 19:23pm
Thanks for your response...That's what I
heard about the pain...That it only gets
so bad and then it levels off at that
stage of pain..Then you push. I really
want to experience childbirth like my
ancestors did. There are millions of
people a day who give birth without an
epidural..So what makes me any
different..Ya know?
My Dr. Said that in many cases ripping
naturally is better than being cut due to
infection and healing time. I have a
really young Dr. Who isn't about standard
procedure if ya know what I mean. He
doesn't belive in always making an
incision or using pain meds. The only
thing he mentioned about maybe making a
cut is if the baby's head is threatening
to tear me upward into my clitoris area.
Thanks again for being optimistic about my
decision....Did you go to any childbirth
classes??
Sarah
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El
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 476 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Done Both Ways Posted: 02-02-06 19:23pm
I had an epidural with my first, and
nothing but the gas with my second.
It was hard, but as soon as the baby is
out, it ends so siddenly that it's hard to
believe it was happening.
I didn't tear either time, and to be
honest, I never bothered with all the
excersizes massage etc that they
recommend.
It's true you cant feel to push with the
epidural, I couldn't feel a damn thing- I
just thought about pushing real hard, and
hoped something was happening - the baby
came out, so I guess I managed a few
pushes !!!!
It was funny, they were saying wait till
you feel another contraction, and then
push- I couldn't feel a damn thing, so I
just pushed- or thought "push" at
random.
Good luck either way.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 02-02-06 19:35pm
Lol....Yea..That's basically what i'm
trying to avoid..I would hate to have to
get some hemmeroids cuz I can't feel
anything and am pushing too hard!!
Yikes..Just the thought makes me
cringe!!
Thanks for your response!! Every little
but helps!! I'm this anxious and I got 12
weeks to go!! I can't wait until it's
time!!!
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mum2bubba
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Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 256 Location: Australia
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Posted: 02-02-06 20:16pm
I had no drugs with hayley (but believe me
I wanted every drug there was) I labored
at home for about 3 hours and gave birth 5
minutes before arriving at hospital so I
didn't have time for anything. The pain
is intense but when you start pushing it
doesn't hurt as much. Hope all goes well.
:)
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fatfamily02
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 02-02-06 20:19pm
acoles
wrote:
i know alot of women that
have (chronic, permanent) back pain from
having them, others have been paralyzed
(rare).
this is exactly why I did not believe in
them either. I was in hospital with one
of my miscarriages(only one I went into
hospital with--molar pregnancy--almost
bled to death) and a girl lay in the same
room paralized from an epidural--this was
25 years ago though. Well, I had mine
that long ago.
My first 36 1/2 hours labor, demerol
towards what they believed to be the end,
but I went so many hours longer, I was out
of meds, but so exhausted I was passing
out.
2nd induced from the beginning--late--no
pain meds at all, I felt it all and I
loved the part where she came out. And
chose to do it the same way the next
child. 26 hours labor.
3rd child all ready to do the "natural
child birth again" induced 2 different
times(2 weeks apart)---really late--fetal
distress--c/section. I was so
disappointed. I did not like recovery
either.
I did not ever do birthing classes--did
not plan on having my daughter natural it
just happened so fast once she decided to
get into birth canal--no time for meds. I
would do it again if I could--just like my
daughter. I cant explain it, and if you
can actually make it to the pushing pains,
then you got it made. The pushing
relieves the pains.
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diamondsz
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Posted: 02-03-06 04:01am
With my daughter labor was 4hrs22min and I
went natural during active labor, I had a
shot of demerol in early labor to help me
sleep so I could have energy and that did
the trick. This time I think I want
demerol/entonox to help if I cant go
through it natural but im hoping to avoid
it all, I will never get an epidural I
worry to much about the side effects...
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Sammy001
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Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 711 Location: ,
Posted: 02-03-06 09:09am
No pain meds at all. I was in labour for
26.5 hours. I ripped some, required 1
stitch.
My boy was huge tho...9 lbs 10 oz..
I was 9 lbs 15 oz... My poor mother...
She ripped problem to appetite with me..
Sorry !!!
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~*~Jillian~*~
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Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1759 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: 02-03-06 19:47pm
Well I had an epidural...Actually I had
two ..Because the first one didnt take on
the left side of my body and they had to
do a spinal one ...And I havent had any
back pain..Or any other problems at
that...So I think its very rare for things
like that to happen ..I dont think I could
have made it through my labor without it
...To tell you the truth I was in so much
pain ..But that was me and everyone is
different..
