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[quote=Anonymous]I planned on waiting as long as possible to get an epi for my vbac. I had in my head that I wanted to wait until 6cm because I didn't want it to stall my labor. After laboring for about 15 hours I was only at 4.5 cm. My OB was going to administer pitocin at that point and I had decided I didn't want to experience pitocin contractions so I got the epidural. Six hours later I had my vaginal birth. That worked perfectly for me because the epi allowed me to sleep and dulled the pit contractions. At the end the epi had lost a lot of its effectiveness but that was good too because I was able to feel the urge to push and I didn't need anyone else to tell me how to push. I was still numb to some extent but not all the way. I don't know if that's how it is for all epidurals. Mine was pretty good, especially at the beginning because all I wanted to do was sleep. It gave me a good few hours of sleep.

If I had to do it again, I would still try to go as long as possible without it. I'd probably keep 6 cm as my benchmark, maybe 5. [/quote]

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