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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what I need clarified. I keep reading about "low" risks of epidurals to babies but what are they? it seems like the very very minimal risk is really to the mother.  Are there really any long term risks of medicated births to babies. I don't think so, I have no idea what that idea has gained so much traction. Jesus, novacaine and a root canal probably has more risk.   I did click on the epdiural link from PP and didn't see anything in the "con" section from Mayo clinic about effects to newborns.   again, I just don't get the obsession about suffering to to make a point. I am guessing that the overwhelming majority of us on this board we born with medicated moms and we still managed to grow, finish college and then write crazy stuff on an anonymous blog.[/quote]

No one is trying to make a point from suffering. The main risk people are trying to avoid is a c-section, the risk of which is increased by epidural use. If you don't know that, then you haven't done enough reading to come on here and berate the rest of us who are just having our births the way we want without controlling you. C-sections have some risks to the baby, although of course they are the bomb when medically necessary, and vaginal births have some benefits to the baby.

I've given birth twice without an epidural and I find the experience intense and interesting. It's not just suffering. I hope everyone experiences their births positively. [/quote]

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