I will try and keep this brief. I had my dd in 2011. The labour was pretty short, my waters started leaking on my due date and I was told to go into hospital the next morning to be monitored.
On my way in the next day contractions started. I was given 2 paracetamol at 8cm and went to the delivery suite. My plans to stay mobile and bounce on a ball went out the window as I was in too much pain. I requested pain relief to be told it was too late. I never got the urge to push and when I did push I literally felt like it was bone pushing on bone, not stretching like I imagined.
My daughter ended up being a ventouse delivery.
I felt traumatised about the pain I was in and for months after the birth I would cry thinking about it.
I am due to have baby #2 next week and I'm scared that it will be as painful and traumatic. My partner is not particularly keen on me having an epidural and has researched stories of them not working or causing problems later on.
What I would like to know is, did any of you have an epidural and regret it? Because when I watch One Born Every Minute they seem to be having a lovely childbirth experience after having an epidural!
That wasn't very brief, sorry!
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Has anyone regretted having an epidural?
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TheWoot · 14/08/2014 19:29
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