I am due to give birth for the first time in a couple of months. I asked my midwife if I could have the perineal local anaesthetic (the sort they use before an episiotomy) as a form of pain relief, as my last smear test was agony and took me three days to recover from.
I think I'll be able to cope with the contractions and abdominal pains, but it's the last bit I'm worried about.
Anyway, the midwife said no, I should have an epidural instead, which I really don't want as I'd like to be upright and mobile (and definitely not in stirrups!!!).
I just wondered if anybody else has been allowed to have this injection, without necessarily having the episiotomy, and did it help at all, or will I really not care by that point?!!
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Perineal Anaesthetic Injection
CuppaTeaJanice · 01/03/2008 15:03
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