My Labour

[butterflymummys]

Hello,

I just wanted some advice because when I was in labour with my son I had to have a last minute epidural due to the pain that I was in. After I had my epidural I noticed that it had only blocked one side of my body, is this due to an epidural being done incorrectly? I then had to go into theatre to have forceps and lost 2.4pints of blood and tore completely. It was a very traumatic birth. Ever since then my back has never been the same and its been about 9 months and I cant even stand up for more then 20 minutes. It has now effected my work and limited the options into what job I can now get.

I just need some advice if people have had a similar problem like me. I am in pain with my back all the time and I've only just started to really take care of myself as being a mum I always have put my sons health first, but now the pain is effecting everything even when i'm holding my son I cannot do it for a very long time which makes me sad.

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also I wanted to add that when I did go to theatre I had to have a full spinal block in which they had to prick test me multiple times because it took a while for them to get the pain completely blocked.

So sorry to hear this awful experience. Did you have back problems before the birth?

No never, i'm a healthy 24 year old and never had back pain like this x

You need to get medical advice on this there may be a side effect of the epidural my SIL had an air bubble from hers

It def shouldn't be like this with no pre-existing conditions - not being able to stand for me than 20 mins and always being in pain isn't right. I would see GP
to ask for an orthopaedic referral to try and work our what's happened x

thank you for your advice I will definitely be booking a doctors appointment to sort this out for sure! X