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(@) Labor Meds (again?)
I can't remember if I asked a similar question a few days ago or not.
This is actually a 2 part question:
A) Do you HAVE to go to the hospital if your contractions are really close even if your water didn't break yet - does your house's distance from the hospital play a role in this? (we live .38 miles from the hospital we would use)
and
When is the latest you can get an epidural? At what point can you no longer get one?
Re: (@) Labor Meds (again?)
Both of these probably vary between hospitals and healthcare providers, but generally this is what I've heard:
a) If you are full term (37 weeks and beyond) stay at home as long as possible. I see a lot of nesties' dr's go by the 5-1-1 "rule" which is go to the hospital once your contractions are 5 mins apart, 1 min long each and holding that pattern for at least 1 hr. In our birth class we were told same thing but 3-1-1. Some healthcare providers will tell you to stay home for a while even if your water breaks.
b) Apparently, in NYC you can even get one while you're pushing the kid out
I don't know if that's literally true, but this probably depends partly on the anesthesiologists' availability at the hospital and your healthcare provider.
ETA: There are medical reasons not to get one too soon, but beyond allowing for sensation during the pushing stage of labor, I don't know of any medical reasons you shouldn't get one past a certain point.?
Ditto SBP. Even if your water hasn't broken, if your contractions are really close together, it's probably a good idea to go ahead and go to the hospital. Most women's water doesn't actually break before they get to the hospital so that in itself isn't a good indicator of labor. My water actually never broke - well apparently it did, but nobody knows when. They tried to break it once, couldn't do it, then a couple hours tried again and couldn't find it. Apparently it broke at some point but I didn't notice and neither did anyone else. It was weird.?
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I got my epidural when I was 8 cm. They told me that as long as the baby isn't coming out, you can get one provided you can be still for long enough for them to put it in.?
ok I think I get ya. You have to be sitting up for an epi anyways, right? so I guess if you are already pushing its to late to stop and sit up and get an epi in, lol.The more I obsess about this and read about it from others birth stories, the more it really sounds like its all in how the nurses manage the epi and how good they are at it for your situtaion.
I had none of these. In fact, having the epi actually speeded my labor, not slowed it. They told me that I was so tense from the pain, it was preventing me from making any progress. If I hadn't had the epidural, I would have had to have a c-section (which I did NOT want). For me, the biggest negative was the fact that it completely numbed my left side - I could not feel my left leg at all, couldn't move it at all. I hated that, but after the pain I'd been going through, it was worth it. The other big negative was that since I had so little feeling, I couldn't tell if I was pushing correctly, so the pushing part was hard. But I pushed for about 30 minutes and everything turned out ok (no tearing!).?
I was very much not wanting an epidural going into this whole thing, but after having one, I would definitely do it again (and earlier!!). ?