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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kinda shocked that women would go into labor without a backup plan if the epidural fails or they're in too quick of a labor to get one. [b]Spend 15 minutes and read on pain management techniques and breathing. You're not guaranteed and epidural. [/b]

Wanting an epidural is not the same as needing one for a medical procedure like an amputation or a c section. Yes the pain is excruciating but you aren't going into shock from it. [/quote]
 :roll: I took Bradeley classes and I still ended up needing an epidural for my induction; I can assure you that was a little more than 15 minutes' worth of preparation. What the heck is wrong with some of you? Just stupid easy births and shocking lack of empathy?[/quote]

I planned on an unmedicated birth but after I was on Pitocin, forget it -- and I labored for *hours* on Pitocin before finally caving and asking for the epidural. (The doc was giving other epidurals at the time, so I had to wait an hour during which I dilated from 2 cm to 6 cm; it was the worst hour of my life.)

Yes, I can see in hindsight that if the doc had refused an epidural for my health, dealing with the pain of childbirth is preferable to being dead or disabled from a bad epidural. But let's not pretend like women who ask for epidurals in labor are some sort of special snowflakes asking for something unreasonable. Childbirth is extremely painful, and epidurals are a common form of relief from that pain. A woman should only be denied for a serious, potentially deadly/disabling condition.[/quote]

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