https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:28:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447947 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:44:16 +0000 twinmama 1447947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to give an extra bolus to get it evenly applied, but after that it was very effective. I only had it for about 3 hrs though. I had some occasional aching at the injection site for many months after birth, but it's completely gone now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447928 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:36:42 +0000 keiki_mama 1447928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No side effects for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447914 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:29:12 +0000 Greentea 1447914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB said it you can have bruising at the sight (causing it to feel sore for some weeks after). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447897 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:25:57 +0000 mrs. wagon 1447897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: I think the blog post is called "My Cursed Spine"... and it was only traumatic because of my history with epidurals!! And I really, truly believe I just had bad luck or my spine is just cursed. But while my epidural (and spinal cath) were working they were GLORIOUS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447893 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:24:46 +0000 Alivoo01 1447893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447883 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:22:23 +0000 mrsjyw 1447883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did have swelling due to an IV edema (being on fluids for so long), but no long term issues with the epidural </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447879 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:20:51 +0000 coopsmama 1447879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: Oh my goodness. That is so scary and sad! It's because of that one in a million chance that I waited so long to get one. :( </p> <p>@mrs. wagon: Ohhhh I'm going to go look for your post on that! Sounds interesting and, yes, traumatic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447855 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:12:36 +0000 yin 1447855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No side effects for me either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447848 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:10:53 +0000 Maysprout 1447848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing with the first one except I felt they gave me too many iv fluids along with the epidural so my bottom and legs ballooned up for a couple hours. Also I got itchy but that went away as soon as I got off the epidural</p> <p>With my 2nd LO there was a spot in my lower back on one side where all the pain seemed to gather during contractions. That spot hurt on and off for several weeks after giving birth. It wasn't intense pain just a bit bothersome and it's gone now. I also asked them to turn it down when I got it, I had a cold and it was making me panicky bc I already was having trouble breathing and I just felt numb too high up. Once they turned it down I was fine though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447818 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:01:57 +0000 ShootingStar 1447818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have any side effects after the epi was out, other than a bruise at the site and some soreness that went away after a few days. </p> <p>But getting it done was really painful, and most of the time while I had it I was a total zombie. It was like being mostly asleep - I could hear people and knew what was going on, but it was really difficult to respond. But oddly, there was a problem with the connection for it and it started to wear off, and after they fixed it the zombie-ness didn't come back. I don't know if I could've walked, I had a c-section at 10:30pm and had no desire to do anything other than be with baby and sleep until the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447802 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:57:17 +0000 LuLu Mom 1447802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None from mine, it was glorious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447773 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:47:42 +0000 illumina 1447773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had mine placed for 6hrs and about an hour after giving birth I was up and walking around no problem. The only weird after effect I had was a numb patch on my thigh for the rest of the day...but it soon went away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447682 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:26:13 +0000 littlebug 1447682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have any long-term effects. Mine was only in place for about 3 hours before it fell out. They replaced it but it never took after that. Even so, it took a long time for me to regain my leg strength - I was not steady on my feet for another 6 hours or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447676 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:24:20 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1447676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None for me, but I only had it in for 3 hours or so. I could walk basically as soon as they took it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447646 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:09:51 +0000 mrs. wagon 1447646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second went too far and became a spinal cath which led to a spinal headache. I got the blood patch procedure done 3 days post partum and we stayed in the hospital an extra day. Not gonna lie.. one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I blogged about it here on the blog.</p> <p>With my first I had numbness on one spot on one leg, but it could have been from pushing. It went away after about 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447604 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:48:04 +0000 Lilbear 1447604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a spinal headache that lasted for a few weeks. I went back to the hospital 3 days after the birth to have a blood patch treatment done.......that only made it so headache medicine kept the spinal headache under control. Before then there was nothing I could do or take that gave any relief. I was able to stop 24/7 headache meds about 2 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447452 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:15:09 +0000 lamariniere 1447452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None for me either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447397 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:48:55 +0000 Sapphiresun 1447397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A coworker of mine's wife was paralyzed from the waist down permanently, (she's still alive, so I supposed she could recover eventually) but I assume that's a one in a million thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447396 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:44:44 +0000 Purpledaisy 1447396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447202 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:50:18 +0000 coopsmama 1447202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing your experiences! That was really interesting. </p> <p>I agree -- the epidural was amaaaaazing. I labored for 30 hours without and the epidural was my little piece of heaven that got me through. I will probably ask for it much sooner this go around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447028 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:25:55 +0000 Kimberlybee 1447028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No side effects at 9 months pp but the epidural was the most painful part of my labor memory. I was trying to hold in my tears but it was hard, it took the dr forever to find the right spot but so thankful it worked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1447027 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:24:18 +0000 Lindsay05 1447027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It made me have the shivers pretty bad as it wore off. Not sure if its epi related or not. I also have a numb spot in my right heal/achilles area. Once again, not sure if its related or not. The epidural was way too amazing to even worry about these small side effects! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446994 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:00:35 +0000 deerylou 1446994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Their first attempt went in too far, and was unsuccessful (second worked just fine), and I ended up with pretty severe spinal headaches. I had two corrective epidurals done over the span of a week, post-birth. The second one remedied the issue, but I had some localized tenderness for another week, or two (likely from getting four epidurals in five or six days). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446984 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:45:50 +0000 MamaMoose 1446984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had some soreness at the epi site for a couple weeks after but nothing that really affected me at all, just a little pinch if I over extended my back. My epi experience during L&amp;D was amazeballs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446976 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:41:30 +0000 Mommy Finger 1446976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None for me, unless you count the fact that it kept wearing off. . . . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446974 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:40:23 +0000 Silva 1446974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None, I was walking within an hour of delivery. It was awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446965 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:31:36 +0000 MrsH 1446965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446955 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:26:40 +0000 Sunderling 1446955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my mom had an epidural with me she got really itchy for several hours afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446873 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:30:29 +0000 Running Elley 1446873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing for either of my births! The epi was amaaaaazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epidural-side-effects#post-1446857 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:22:02 +0000 yerpie110 1446857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None for me! </p>