I had to have an IV today and they gave me a numbing shot. IVs make me want to wither so I was amazed at how great it went with the shot. They told me they can't do it on the L&D wing because there's no anesthesiologist to sign off on each one . To me that is a big bummer because even with an epidural you are somewhat active and I hated knocking the IV into something or, worse yet , when the automatic heart rate thing squeezed it. Pure misery!

Now that I know the joy of a numbing shot I'll never be able to endure a regular IV again!