So I was reading somewhere that they can now put the epidural in your IV instead of the back, is…

I've read and heard that too🤔

Hrmm not sure, you'd have to ask the hospital where you will give birth. I gave birth a little over a week ago and got my epidural in my back, didn't hear about doing it through an IV. I'm not sure how that would work since they are numbing a specific area/nerves by going through your back/spine. With an IV how would they localize it to just numb a specific area?

idk that doesn't seem right to me. an epidural is a nerve blocker so you can't feel. they do it there for a reason. I feel like going through the iv your entire body would be numb and sounds dangerous

Idk that doesn't sound right...it has to be put in your spine to work...

no thats not right. ive had the epidural 5x and plan on having it this time to and it will be in my back on the spin

that's not true I just had my baby and they didn't give me that's option I even asked

they do give you another type of pain medication thru IV i was giving that. But i havent heard anything about an epidural thru IV

No it's just pain meds but they aren't strong enough

(Sorry I'm totally stalking your account 😂) but it's not the epidural. It's another pain med, I got both. I got one through an iv and it made me feel really loopy and sleepy, and it did help with pain but only for like an hour. Then I got the epidural (lord bless the person who invented the epi because I was numb for 8 hours)

And the epidural wasn't even that bad, the only part that hurt was when he numbed my back tissue before he inserted the rest for the epidural, and he had me lay on my side instead of sitting up, which I liked because I could just lay there relaxed and close my eyes until it was done