Wanting to hear experiences with Epidural. I've tried it once with my second and it scared me to not…

I got it twice and honestly it’s the best thing and made it soo much easier and a much better experience for me in general . But everyone thinks differently about it . If you can do it natural then that’s awesome too!

Hey mama when I got my epidural it felt me in more ways than one .. prior to getting the epi I was vomiting a lot the episode took away the nausea and vomiting and was able to enjoy labor some what . 2. I was exhausted not sleeping the night before from being induced the Epi gave me some rest

The only down side to getting the epi was they made my husband leave the room but it wasnt it painful at all . The only down side was I could t walk around after getting it Bc you can’t feel your legs sorry this is longer than I thought lol

I got it all 3 time and will get it again with the next baby. I love how i was able to not feel the pain and actually enjoy pushing out my children and not feel like i need to to stop the pain.

I got it with both and it made labor so much easier and I was actually able to catch some sleep here and there

So none of you have experience it fail?

Best thing ever!

I did not get the epi with my first. But with second I did because this labor was more painful and stuck for a long time at 5cm dilated..and I heard it’s a much easier and better experience and actually enjoy the whole thing.. but I regret it so bad the guy had to poke me two times because he did something wrong I guess idk .. and it only numb me on one side the right not the left.. I still felt the contractions like if I never even got the epi. Worst first time ever

I had to get an emergency C - section I had back pain a lot after surgery I get pain from here n there now . Also I have some leg pain . I honestly think getting it damaged my nerves . Getting an epidural is always a hit and miss situation . Would I get it again . Maybe . But if I do an VBac i would try another choice of pain medicine

I had to get it to slow contractions down and try to relax my body because little man's heart rate kept rising and falling and I was shaking from exhaustion since I'd not been able to rest at all. I've still got pain at the insertion site from the epidural, hoping not to have to this time around.

I got it and i’m glad I did, it allowed me to rest a little bc the contractions were killing me but after I got the epi I finally stopped feeling them as much

plus I didn’t exactly have a super high dose so I still felt a little bit of the contractions but i just felt pressure, not really any pain. it took more for me to push bc I was so exhausted and I still felt my son come out but the epidural did help so much. I was only able to not move my legs for maybe an hr after I gave birth but after that I was up and moving

Thank you every one for your insight on this topic. I'm leaning towards trying it again. However I'm gonna expect it to fail cuz this way I won't be as surprised and maybe not panick and push to hard and fast. Therefore not strangling baby like before. And if it doesn't fail... then well I have a much more relaxing delivery for my last pregnancy and baby I'll have. Still not 100% but I still got little bit of time. But yeh think that's possibly what I'll do.