Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Expectant and Postpartum Moms
Reply to "Did you have a natural birth and then an epidural birth?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]Unmedicated the first time and epidural the second. I recommend going into labor undecided, and when you get to the point where you're "over" the pain, request the epidural. Or don't, if you never get there. I was also nervous about the side effects, but not as nervous as I was about going through the pain of labor again. The pushing part was weird and the main focus with the epidural, whereas I remember it being more of an afterthought during the unmedicated. I had no side effects, and was still able to feel and move my legs. I did however fell a lot of pressure type pain, and they ended up giving me an extra dose in the epidural before pushing started. That did numb my legs entirely. I felt far more present and actually remember more, and enjoyed that first moment when they put the baby in my arms, rather than being exhausted and in lingering pain. My recovery was also way easier, but that is likely due to being baby #2. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
