So uhmm.. kinda extremely terrified of having a baby now. Epidural.. labor..10-20hrs...then u can rip and get sutures and dry off your "yahoo" with a hairdryer?!? and you can't poop? catheters??? what the heck?
girl, the tearing and stitches are nothing. you are sore down there but it isn't a distinct sore that you pinpoint to just one spot. at least that's how it is for me. it's nothing you can't handle I promise. don't worry yourself.
If you google everything your gunna end up psyching yourself out, I know I did and I was so nervous but once getting there and going through it, it was not even half as bad as I expected
No you don't need a catheter if you can walk that's why you only get it if you get the epidural, it's honestly not bad with my first I was only in labor for 6 hours, contractions do hurt but with the epidural you can't feel anything
lol it's really not that bad I went to 8 cm without the epidural and you only get the catheter if you get the epidural, which you can't even feel the catheter and I got stitches and you most certainly can go #2,