Any mama's have experience with epidurals? I hear all kind of horror stories and I just want to know what to expect!
I've had 3! All were amazing. I experienced some of the after epidural back pain for around 6 months after the youngest was born but it stopped. My husband almost fainted when he saw what was going in my back😂 all I felt was a light pinch.
@xomia, yes I am, thank you. You'll do fine though don't let the horror stories scare you.
Bless your heart!!! I hope your doing better after going through all that. @skyy12221
I had one and it was perfect..weird at first but everything went smooth...i have a friend who had one and she has really bad back problems because of it...everyone is different though
My labor was 18 hours long I did 13 natural once they broke my water I would stop breathing during my contractions so I got an epi to make sure baby had oxygen although he did fine with me not breathing just to be on the safe side. I have slight scoliosis so they had a hard time getting it in I got stuck twice to me the epi hurt worse than my contractions. It can cause you to lose your feeling of warmth so I was freezing cold and had about 10 blankets on me and one on my head lol I had horrible back and knee pain for almost a year after giving birth. Luckily I didn't get the headaches. I will never get one again! Plus my goal has always been natural birth soo yeah
@xomia, I've had one with both pregnancies, they're a life saver lol. No issues what so ever.
mine was great, felt like heaven once I had it done and didn't hurt at all when they did it
I'm due this week and I honestly was so traumatized by everyone's experience I decided to watch a video of them putting the epidural in and honestly that was the biggest mistake ever lol
I've had an epidural twice it wasn't a breeze but the nurses that were with me had me relaxed.
Mine the Dr did it wrong the first time, hit a nerve and sent pain shooting down my leg. Had to pull it out and do it all over again. By the time he was done it was too late for the meds to work until my last few pushes and the rest after that. My leg was completely numb for the next 24hrs or so and now the nerve is so screwed up that if I stand or walk for too long it hurts like a b!tch.
I was good. I felt so much better. I had pitocin cause I wasn't dialating much n I couldn't handle the contractions since it was making them stronger. but I did have a migraine
They're amazing but I did get not one but TWO spinal headaches.

I will be 41 :/
Short Luteal Phase?
I've just started temping because I believe that the reason I haven't had a BFP yet, after 20 months, is because I believe I may have a Luteal Phase Defect.
Things I never thought I'd say...
Until I became a mom:
Yesterday I went out with my boyfriend went to watch a movie, me and him don't live together yet. but point is yesterday when he was dropping me off his like sleep over at my house witch the mom and dad lives. I said no,
his response was why is everyone deciding or making choices for you and their going to do the same with the baby, when I know that's not true. what he thinks is that my mom tells me not to sleep over. So he left all mad. and I felt in my heart that he went on and cheated on me...
I loved my epidural... It was amazing and it helped me have a better birthing experience. The hardest part is trying to stay still while you're having contractions. I will do it again.