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My blood pressure dropped dangerously low right away and they gave me a shot of adrenaline or something right away. Then kept having a hard time finding baby's heart beat which they didn't before epi so that caused a few scary moments

I ended up with a c section but it had nothing to do with the epidural.

I voted none. The epidural wore off before it was time to push but for me, that was a good thing. I liked being able to follow my body's cues and push when I felt I needed to.

My epidural stopped working twice. The second time was during my c/s...which I was told is very uncommon.

I'd still likely get one again.

Got an epidural at 6cm, textbook, actually managed to doze off for an hour or so while waiting to get to 10cm. Was still able to walk to the bathroom to (attempt) to go as well. Still felt everything to push and he was out in 18 min.

Mine went smoothly with no complications.

I voted other because my baby's heart rate had lots of issues through contractions that eventually led to a c section but they had nothing to do with my epidural. My contractions did slow a bit after getting the epi, but I was still progressing. The epidural made things so much better. They wanted to do pitocin and I knew I didn't want to labor on it without an epi so I ended up getting if before I was a full 4 cms

When I got my epidural I felt very panicky for a few minutes and my left leg felt a little funny. I was able to put it out of my mind though and the birth went fine. After the birth though, I couldn't feel my left leg at all for 24 hours. That was pretty scary, I started thinking it was going to be paralyzed. The anesthesiologist blamed The OB for letting me push in one position for too long and the OB blamed it on the epidural. I'm not sure really what happened but I'm guessing it was the epidural. It really was just an annoyance cause I couldn't get out of bed to get my baby and needed help going to the bathroom. However, after 24 hours the feeling started coming back in my leg and by discharge I was fine.

To make a long story short, I don't regret getting epidural but it was a little scary. I will still get one next time.

I had an epidural, and a csection. But it wasnt because of the epidural that I had the csection.

Actually I think it sped up labor because I was able to relax. I was induced so they had me on pitocin. They turned it off to give me the epidural and my contractions apparently got stronger without ever turning the pitocin back on. I got it around 6 cm and was ready to push in under 2 hours. Baby and I were fine the entire time and were able to do immediate skin to skin and delayed cord clamping.

@cole: where are you delivering? I was at HF and had NO issues. My epi did wear off in the morning before pushing, but that was just a fluke with my machine...plus DS had a HUGE head, so there was no saving me from that pressure pain! I've never had issues PP either and i was DEATHLY afraid of getting the needle in my back pre-labor too.

My first epidural was amazing. My blood pressure went low but that's common for me. More fluid and some meds to up my blood pressure.

My second epidural felt awesome. I had the same problem with my blood pressure. I also ended up needing a blood patch to fix my spinal headache. I also had numbness down my left calf and foot for more then a month after. My chiro fixed it by adjusting my ankle tho.

I still plan to get an epidural with future deliveries.

@Bookish: Exactly the same as you! I had an epidural and ended up with a C-section. The two weren't related in any way. He ended up getting stuck on my pelvic bone and there wasn't really much of a way for him to come out except through C-section.