Hi all, due my first child in a couple of months and had been planning to have an epidural. However I’m lucky enough to be low risk and midwife led (but in a unit attached to a hospital). My sister in law just told me that when she gave birth she couldn’t have an epidural because this would mean she would need a consultant led bed and they couldn’t spare any. I had no idea about this and it has scared me as I’m terrified of giving birth.
Does anyone low risk have any experience of this? Were you able to get epidurals if you wanted them?
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Can I have an epidural if I’m low risk?
Lulette · 08/01/2018 21:38
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