Who you allow into your birth space matters💯 It is a sacred environment that should be protected at all costs. The people in your birth space should make you feel ✨safe ✨supported ✨confident ✨comfortable ✨important This is not a time to feel like a watched pot or be concerned about others. This is YOUR moment.

I'm planning to have epidural, what do you think ladies who tried it?

Epidurals are a type of anesthesia used during labor and delivery to help relief pain. Although there are risk involved with getting an epidural the risk are overall extremely rare. The goal of epidurals are to keep you comfortable and alert during your labor progress. Despite a large needle being used to place the epidural, it is only in place a short time until the catheter is inserted. The area is numbed prior with a local anesthetic that may feel like a pinch or bee sting for 5-10 seconds. Once you are numb you may feel pressure but not pain. In order for the Anesthesia provider to place the epidural, proper positioning is key. Arching your spine widens the gap between your spines allowing easy entry of the needle. Epidurals typically take 15-20 mins to take full effect however continuous medication is giving via the catheter and last as long as needed. It is important to talk to your provider about any questions or concerns you may have about epidurals prior to labor.

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It’s not your birth. It’s her birth. Let her make her own plans!⁣ ⁣ In all seriousness, women love to share their birth stories. Especially if it was a traumatic one, or if it deviated from the birth they envisioned. Even more so if they didn’t prepare for their birth.⁣ ⁣ You want an unmedicated birth? Here are my top tips:⁣ ⁣ ▫️Learn about normal, physiological childbirth.⁣ ⁣ ▫️Consult with a few doctors in your area to get the scoop on birth location and provider options. You need to hire a provider who is an expert in the birth you want. You wouldn’t go to a plumber for electrical work, so why would you go to a surgeon who has a high cesarean rate with plans of a vaginal unmedicated birth?⁣ ⁣ This reduce risk of cesarean section, are associated with lower use of pain medication, and tied to greater birth satisfaction. A great doula can take your birth from “just okay” to empowering and joyful.⁣ ⁣ ▫️Take a childbirth education class taught by a specialized or someone outside of the hospital. THIS is a non-negotiable. With a hospital class, you’ll learn how to be a good patient. With a private class, you’ll learn your OPTIONS and how to make sound decisions that are right for YOUR family!⁣ ⁣ ▫️Prepare your mindset. Birth is 90% mental and 10% physical. Your body is gonna do what it does - but it’s your mind that allows, or doesn’t allow, that to happen.

For those who tried it, Does the epidural sometimes fail to block the pain?

One month after delivery, I started having severe backpain 😭 can it be from epidural?

Did you have an epidural? ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣Epidurals vs natural labour.... it’s the great mum forum debate and good god do people have opinions on it. On both sides of the spectrum. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ The only thing that matters is that women in labour feel empowered and confident in the information they have to choose what is best for them. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Not what is best for their husbands, mother-in-law or their ‘family friend who is a doctor’ 🙄. Not your uterus, not your choice! ⁣ ⁣ The epidural rate here is high. But so what 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⁣ ⁣ Do I believe in active birth and minimal interventions... Yes. To my very core. ⁣⁣⁣But I also believe choice has to be at the centre of our birth culture. It is my role to educate and support. Not judge. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Women who choose epidurals are not weak, taking the easy way out or working any less hard than women who do not choose one. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Truth be told, there is almost more pressure to birth ‘naturally’ now and it can set women up for feelings of failure, guilt and disappointment. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ So I’m just here to remind everyone that we should never judge mothers on their choices and trust them to do what is needed for them to achieve the birth they want. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Do whatever works for you! ⁣

I'm planning to have epidural, will it be painful? Any experience?