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[quote=Anonymous]I've had a spinal and an epidural. My understanding is that which one you get really depends on the anesthesiologist. I had a spinal with my first c-section and an epidural with my second. The first just sort of happened and I had little time to think about it. With the second, a planned c-section, I discussed it with the anesthesiologist. He preferred an epidural to a spinal for a number of reasons (not going into spine means less risk and chance of spinal headache, lasts longer so the surgeon can really take their time). The epidural takes longer to kick. With both I got up to walk around the same time maybe 12 hours later. They don’t want you up to quickly due to your blood pressure. I would say that I preferred the spinal to the epidural because I could move my legs a lot sooner after surgery, but it didn’t change how soon I was up and walking. Good luck! The anticipation is worse than the actually epidural. Or so I found. [/quote]
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