Epidurals
Hi Ladies,
Sorry to g/c from Pregnancy but have a question for those of you that have had an epidural. How long were you unable to move for after having your baby & did you need to have a catheter? Are any of you suffering any after effects as a result of the epidural?
Thanks for your help!
Zoe
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Sorry to g/c from Pregnancy but have a question for those of you that have had an epidural. How long were you unable to move for after having your baby & did you need to have a catheter? Are any of you suffering any after effects as a result of the epidural?
Thanks for your help!
Zoe
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I had a catheter but didnt feel a thing, I actually needed one before the epidural because I couldnt go for a wee after the diamorphine injection for some reason! Like barbarella said though, you wont feel a thing and you really wont care anyway to be honest.
I didnt have any after effects with mine at all.
HTH xx
I had no side effects and neither did Jack xx
I stayed in bed for probably 2-3hrs after giving birth - nearly 1 of those hrs was being stitched up!
But then I stayed in bed for cuddles with Toby and seeing our visitors.
It was a few hrs later when I got up and showered. I felt fine, if a little light-headed but I think that was due more to the fact I lost quite a bit of blood.
No after effects for Toby or I.
Good Luck!
xxxxx
I also had one with my second but i had a really stronge dose of it as i went to theater to get him tured so i couldnt walk till 12 hours after having it, and i had to keep catheter in for 6 hours after labour,
I have nothing bad to say about epidurals i thought it was fantastic, i had a few back pains after having them but soon went after a few days
I will defo not be ruleing out one with this baby x
Hayley 38+6
Good luck!
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I had catheter out the next day. I had an em c-section tho, due to position of the baby, so not quite as easy to get up and about so soon. I was walking woozily about by the afternoon tho, after having baby in the early hours of the morn. Hth xx
I think I had a cathether, only whilst the epidural was in. x
I had a cathether right before I started pushing to empty my bladder but didn't have it afterwards.
I made the mistake of mentioning that I would like one if I felt I needed one to a friend of mine (who gave birth with nothing but gas & air and mentions this fact all the time!) and she came out with a whole list of horror stories regarding them. Some of these were, contractions slowing and long labours, baby's being pulled out with forceps with such force that head and face was funny shapes, painful cathether insertion/removal, not being able to move after and the nurses taking the baby away for hours after giving birth and long term back pain for over a year after giving birth. Basically she was adament that it would be a bad idea!!
But hearing from people that have actually had an epidural has put my mind at rest so thank you all very much.
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good luck
sarah