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[quote=Anonymous]They are probably talking about what others here are calling a hep lock, but it has saline in it rather than heparin. They just place the needle and tape it down so that if you do need an IV, it's already there. You aren't actually attached to anything. This is what I had. It was in my arm and it didn't bother me at all during labor. I delivered with the midwives at GW and Whitney recommends getting it because if you lose a lot of blood, it can be difficult to place an IV, which you'd need to administer pitocin to help stop the bleeding. This is exactly what happened to me and I was really glad to have the needle already in place so they could quickly hook me up to pitocin and slow down the bleeding after I'd delivered.[/quote]
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