NPCER: is there a good medical reason to choose an unmedicated childbirth?

Re: NPCER: is there a good medical reason to choose an unmedicated childbirth?

• StefandTodd member

  

  April 2012

  majorwife:

  if you go med free and tear, please tell me they give you a local before stitching you up.
  

  They do if you want it.  In my case, they asked if I wanted a local and I was like, "Uh, hellz yes"  And really, the stitching up still hurt =/

  But overall recovery and all that jazz was easy peasy.

  

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• karinothing member

  

  April 2012

  majorwife:

  if you go med free and tear, please tell me they give you a local before stitching you up.
  

  They gave me some topical stuff, the gave me localized injections. But my coworker had no pain meds for anything. She said she did not feel the stitch.
  

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• MrsDL member

  April 2012

  msmerymac:

  applecider:

  Here is a summary from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (but unfortunately you need a subscription to access the whole article):

  Epidurals are widely used for pain relief in labour. There are various types, but all involve an injection into the lower back. The review of trials showed that epidurals relieve pain better than other types of pain medication, but they can lead to more use of instruments to assist with the birth. There was no difference in caesarean delivery rates, long-term backache, or effects on the baby soon after birth. However, women who used epidurals were more likely to have a longer second stage of labour, need their labour contractions stimulated, experience very low blood pressure, be unable to move for a period of time after the birth, have problems passing urine, and suffer fever. Further research on reducing the adverse outcomes with epidurals would be helpful.

  It is not mentioned in the synopsis but there is also a small risk of developing a monstrous headache due to problems with the initial insertion of the needle/tube.  And of course, it is an injection so there is a risk for infection.

  A girl on my anniversary board had a spinal headache from her epidural. She had to go get the hole in her spinal column fixed a few days later, after having pretty much a constant migraine for the first few days of her child's life. *shudder*

   

   They do a little blood patch, it's not a huge deal. They don't have to put a hole in your spine for the love of Pete. The epidural needle is the hole. Sometimes fluid leaks. They do another needle so the blood clots the original needle poke. 

   

   

  

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