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I suppose it depends if you consider an otherwise normal birth to be a "medical procedure."[/quote]
Didn't OP say the mother was induced in this case? So it was, by definition, a medical procedure.

Regardless, though, I had epidurals for both my births. And I wouldn't challenge an anesthesiologist. Though if it's just a matter of feeling uncomfortable, I would hope they would suggest calling someone else (I actually think that might have happened with my first). For both of my pregnancies, I developed an immune response to my platelets, and it was a question whether my count would be high enough for an epidural. For my second, they actually had to run BW before they could do it.

I think it's a gray area the extent to which an epidural is a "medical necessity". Both of my labors were difficult, and both my kids got stuck in the birth canal leading to hours of "assisted" pushing. With my second, it was painful with an epidural, and I'm sure I would have fainted in pain had I done it unmedicated (I know, because I had to push for a little while before they got my BW back). I'm certain I would have needed a c-section without an epidural, which would also have been way riskier than a typical c-section due to the baby's positioning. But this is an extremely rare circumstance, and it's one where doctors would have made a judgment call between two different risky scenarios based on the situation.[/quote]

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