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@loveisstrange: my midwives don't use them at all here apparently.. they are not trained. So if I did require forceps/vacuum I would be transferred in the OBs care (same hospital).
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I had an epidural and pushed for about 30-40 minutes, no assistance.
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No. I almost needed a vacuum but my MW had the OB hold off and let me keep trying. I pushed for three hours but it had nothing to do with not being able to feel anything. I could feel plenty! He was sunny side up and just stuck in my pelvis. He turned as he came out though.
She definitely shouldn't have said that!
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Not with DS, but DD was pulled out by her feet following her brother (she was breech). If she had been head down, I would have been able to push her out... I think.
ETA- they really cranked up my epidural at the end, because the doc knew she would have to do a breech extraction, which in turn dulled my you-need-to-push-NOW instinct.
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My best advice is to labor as long as you can without epi. I do think adopting the mentality I suggest is ideal- and may cut down on interventions. However, an epi can be a great tool for 2014! (To quote my gp.)
I had a low dose epi so I could still feel and I got dd in one push! I just got the epi right before delivery. Glad to have a positive memory because before that... laboring 17 hours no meds...
But at the same time I believe striving for my ideal and waiting so long to get the epi possibly helped things go so well (?) Med free to me is just that- an ideal.
I took Bradley classes and the idea that "meds equal interventions" was a common theme. I found it a bit extreme but labor can be so hard that I think they are helping by setting you up with an ideal.
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@Mrs. Champagne: That's how it went for me. The midwives asked for the doctors opinion and then he came in and delivered C with the midwives present and assisting.
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@Mrs. Champagne: I had an epidural and pushed my son out in 15 minutes. He was only 5 lb 5 oz though.
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Nope and my baby was over 9 lbs as well.
ETA: I did have an episiotomy though. His noggin was just too big.
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No, but I ended up with a c-section.
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I had three attempts at an epidural with my first. Literally, it was taken out and replaced three times.
I didn't have forceps or vacuum.
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I don't think I know a single person in real life who made it all the way through without an epidural, and to my knowledge 0 of them had vacuum or forceps. There were a few c-sections, but not a ton.
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Nope! I likely would have had an incredibly long and terrible labor without the epidural as I barely progressed until I had one. LO had a big head but I still got her out on my own.
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Nope- had one both times and pushed for 1 hour with baby 1, 10 mins with baby 2. No assistance needed.
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Had an epidural, pushed for :20, hello baby! No problems/assistance needed. What a stupid thing for her to say
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Yep. I was with a midwife, I had an epidural, and I had to have an OB come in and use forceps. But DS was stuck under my pubic bone, I don't think it had anything to do with the epidural.
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Nope. But that sounds like something a doula would say.
I had an amazing epidural experience. It didn't lead to any interventions and if anything it sped my labor up because it allowed me to relax.
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Nope. Looks like this poll is proving her wrong
I loved my epi and would do it all over again!
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Epidural with no assistance both times. I also had a small tear that didn't require stitches with my first and didn't tear with my second.
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I was induced and had an epi but didn't need any further interventions. I had a great birth experience.
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Not even close to needing it. I only pushed for 20 minutes. I don't understand how someone can say such a generalization. All births are completely different and needing an assisted delivery involves so many more variables than a med or med free birth...
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Nope, I had an emergency c-section.
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I only know of one person who had to have the vacuum. Everyone else delivered even big babies without assistance.
Olive was small so she was easy!
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@Mrs. Champagne: Hah what an exaggeration. PLUS people that for some reason or other need assistance delivering might also elect, for those same reasons, to get an epi. Correlation =/= causation! Fwiw I had an epi and pushed for somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes!
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Epi and no forceps/vacuum. Love the epi!
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Nope, had an epi, pushed for 30 minutes, no issues! The epi was the BEST THING EVER....I was relaxed and calm!
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I had epis with both of my births. They were amazing both times and no assistance was needed.
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No but I ended up with a C section.
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I had an epi and pushed her out on my own in 45 minutes. Though it was turned down before I started pushing, so I could feel all of my contractions and how I need to do it.
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Nope!!!
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Nope - pushed for 10 minutes.
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Nope.
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I voted one yes and one no!
My kids both had 99th percentile heads.. but my son's was huge. I had an epidural (long story, but 3 epidurals and a really exhausting labor) and I pushed for 3 hours and he never crowned. They never saw the top of his head. So the doctor placed the vacuum and he popped right out in 3 pushes or so.
Then my daughter (second) was induced and I had an epidural turned to spinal cath (another long story..) with her she was crowning away immediately and I pushed her out in 15 mins! Probably could have pushed her out in the first push but the doctor was still preparing. I couldn't believe she came out so easily after the 3 hours of pushing with my first... she literally just slipped right out with very minimal effort from me.
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I did not need assistance, but I did tear a little. I think I could have even gotten away without an epidural under normal circumstances, but baby girl was sideways, and my back pain was unbearable.
My sister needed both, though, with an epidural. I feel like she wasn't really trying hard enough though (I was in the room). She was really young and super tired and her epidural wasn't even really working, no matter how many times she pushed that button.
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epidural, episiotomy. no forceps/vaccum. ds was a big baby. almost 9 lbs with a 14 inch head. hence the episiotomy.
they dont regularly use forceps/vaccum at our hospital tho
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Yup, she had a huge melon and we pushed for 2 hours with no progress.
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they did need to redo the epidural (wasn't low enough the first time), but no forceps or vacuum. i felt heavenly once as the epidural started working.
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