Failed epidurals
Hello,
During labour i was given two epidurals and neither of them worked even with a super duper dose. I'm just wondering if anyone else experienced this and knows why they can fail? I plan to have another baby in the future but no way can i go through it knowing i cant have an epidural, with my son I ended up being induced, forceps and episiotomy which was not fun with no epidural
Im wondering who the best person to speak to about it is, maybe health visitor?
Nikola and Joe 9 weeks xx
p.s Sorry just wanted to add that I dont mean to scare any first time mums out there and that ive never heard of an epidural not working until now, so please dont worry!! x
[Modified by: Piahigsy on 04 February 2010 17:28:27 ]
During labour i was given two epidurals and neither of them worked even with a super duper dose. I'm just wondering if anyone else experienced this and knows why they can fail? I plan to have another baby in the future but no way can i go through it knowing i cant have an epidural, with my son I ended up being induced, forceps and episiotomy which was not fun with no epidural
Im wondering who the best person to speak to about it is, maybe health visitor?
Nikola and Joe 9 weeks xx
p.s Sorry just wanted to add that I dont mean to scare any first time mums out there and that ive never heard of an epidural not working until now, so please dont worry!! x
[Modified by: Piahigsy on 04 February 2010 17:28:27 ]
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I too had a similar experience although I wasn't induced, I had a very long, drawn out labour resulting in forceps and episiotomy - my epidural had initially worked but that was short lived and I had a top up which didn't do much so went back to G&A. Basically, it is quite common for epidurals to become dislodged from there initial position therefore compromising there efficiency. It took my anesthetist 40 miniutes and 3 attempts to get mine in and Im pretty slim too! If you are concerned about your options next time, firstly, you can always get the anesthetist back to replace the initial epidural if you do get the same thing, secondly, they can perform a spinal block as an alternative - this is common for c-sections. Regarding it being one sided, it can be just down to your actual spine and the various "obstacles" that maybe present, such as fat, connective tissue etc that may be blocking it.
I found the answers here btw:
http://www.usuhs.mil/ane/resident/pbls/csxepifail.pdf
I keep telling myself that the next one will be fine, I am determined not to let my negative labour/birthing experience put me off having more!