Ladies; how far along were you when you got your epidural?

After 12 hrs of active labor. Got the epidural and it only worked on me for 2 hrs. Ended up having a csection with a spinal tap.

I never got to get it I asked at nine cm and then I signed the papers and then I was like I need to push all in a matter of five min

@whitney, how many centimeters were you dilated?

5 cm

When you get to the hospital you can ask for one and they will give it to you depending on how far you are dilated

I was induced and got it on day 2 of induction, I dilated from a 1-3with water breaking via dr, and got stuck at a 3 for 6+hrs and they said an epidural might help and it did I went from a 3-9 between 4pm and 9pm and then to a 10 when they woke me up and adjusted me I dilated with that. then pushed for an hr and 51 min

@whitney, @abeals04 @rylannsmommy2016 @mskiera15 when do you guys think I should get mine? I'm almost 4cm right now and am 6 hours in...I'm doing okay, contractions are getting stronger and closer together and they're talking about breaking my water

@kiml7613, do you think I should get mine soon to speed it up? I didn't get to tag you in my last comment

With my first I got it at 2cm I had back labor and was in the worse pain of my life lol and with my second I held out till 7 1/2cm 😊😊😊

After they broke my water I went from 5 cm to 9 cm in 30 min I would just wait till they actually feel painful I didn't really want one so I waited as long as possible

I was 3cm dilated and I got it

If you think you can do without then do what's best but don't wait too long especially if the contractions get worse

@rulannsmommy2016, @mommyoftwo0321 @abeals04 @mamaash @mskiera15 well it's like I'm not worried about it hurting my back because I have back pain all the time and I've already had to get a spinal tap that hurt...I'm just worried about when my contractions get stronger I don't want to be rolling all over the bed you know? They just upped my pitocin for the third time

you can get your water broken if you want @shayleesimmons. that itself could make you dilate more. being 6 hrs in i WOULDN'T get one yet. I myself was induced at 8pm on a Sunday night and they broke my water on a Tuesday morning around 9 am. at 4 PM that Tuesday they gave me the epidural because I didn't dilate anymore. I had a pitocin drip all of the Monday from 7am-8pm as high as it would go I think was 20 drips/min. anyway, Tuesday after they broke my water they started the pitocin drip again and I dilated to a 3 and stopped dilating. that was 6+hrs of no progress. they offered it as a past resort to a c section. so I took it and it took 5 hr to fully dilate from a 3 to a 10

@shayleesimmons,

@kinl7613, I was almost to four cm the last time they checked at 6, they said if she's moved down enough when they check again in a few minutes they're going to break my water