When i had dd a few years ago at queen charlottes i went thru a 30 hour labour, with umpteen different midwifes attending, epidural not being topped up in timely maner, no-one believing i could still feel pain in my right leg and being refused a cesarean in case i wanted another child! It wasn't until one midwife came and stayed with me continuously for 4 hours that dd was born safe and well.
The main pain I felt was in the pubic bone area and the only relief I found in the 2 nights prior to going to hospital was in the bath, Tens machine did nothing, so wondered whether a water birth might help for dc due in july.
Prior to dd I had been firmly in the 'give me all the drugs you've got' camp, but wonder if i should reconsider. Also wonder whether an operation on my knee from a skiing injury may be the reason why I could still feel pain in one leg despite the epidural and it being moved around to try to get it to work. In the end they had to up the dose.
Bit scared that the drugs just don't seem to work on me. Something they gave me prior to epidural (forget the name) which is meant to make you pretty dopey and not very mobile and I was still staggering around the room. Midwife was most surprised.
If you've managed to read this far, thank you, and I'd appreciate your thoughts and experiences on water births.